Figure skater Maxim Naumov, 24, has secured a place on the US team for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. He earned this spot after finishing third at the US Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, competing behind Ilia Malinin and Andrew Torgashev.
Naumov's parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, died in January 2025 in a plane crash in Washington D.C. They were world champions in pairs figure skating in 1994, representing Russia, and later coached at the Skating Club of Boston. Naumov stated that achieving his Olympic goal was something he had discussed with his parents. While competing, Naumov carried a photo of himself as a child with his parents.