Minerva Fabienne Hase RNikita Volodin of Germany compete during the pair free skating at ISU European Figure Ska

Watch live coverage of the Ice Dance and Free Dance at the European Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Estonian skater took a dominant lead in the competition in an emotional return to home ice while Georgia's Anastasiia Gubanova and Belgium's Nina Pinzarrone reclaimed their spots from last year's event.

Gold medalist Niina Petrokina of Estonia, centre, silver medalist Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia, left, and bronze medalist Belgium's Nina Pinzarrone celebrate during the victory ceremony for women free skating competition in the ISU European Figure Skating Championships, Tallinn, Estonia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. Credit: AP/Sergei Grits

As it became apparent that multiple figure skating athletes and coaches had died in a collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., the International Skating Union (ISU) expressed its condolences.

The European figure skating championships carried on Thursday in Tallin, Estonia, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died in an aircraft collision near Washington, D.C.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating

International Skating Union President Jae Youl Kim has held back tears while announcing they will honor athletes and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., when the world championships are staged in Boston in March.

US Figure Skating said that skaters and their teams were on board the flight after attending a training camp in Wichita, Kansas.

Full Replay of the Women's Short Program from the 2025 ISU European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

Spectators mark a moment of silence during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships at Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia,

Minerva Fabienne Hase frontNikita Volodin of Germany compete in pairs short program at ISU European Figure Skatin