PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,

The married couple, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994, had reportedly lived in the US since at least 1998.

Former world champion Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the passengers on the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington D.C. on January 29, the Kremlin and state media have confirmed.