(30 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Norwood, Massachusetts – 30 January 2025
1. Pan left, Team USA figure skaters Alisa Efimova, Misha Mitrofanov and Jimmy Ma arriving at a briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"We lost family members today. The Skating Club of Boston is a big family. And even though we all have different coaches, for us, they feel like second parents."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"It’s undescribable in terms of the loss that we have because we see these kids every day. We will not see them every day anymore. And that is that’s something that we need to come to terms with."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Ma, figure skater, team USA:
"If I was their age, back when I was their age, they would blow me out of the water. Even Jinna, at 13 years old, I couldn’t do anything. And she was already ten times better than me." ++SHOT CONTINUES++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"At such a young age, they showed championship level skating. It would take time for them to develop, you know, to maximize their full potential. But the amount that they were able to achieve in such a short amount of time was absolutely remarkable."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"Jinna had an amazing smile. Every time you say her name, she’d immediately give you a smile back and.."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alisa Efimova, figure skater, team USA:
Champions:
"And and high voice.."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"Yeah, and and in her high voice, yes."
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9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Ma, igure skater, team USA, 5th place US Championship: member of Boston Skating club:
Champions:
"Hi Jimmy, hi Misha, hi Alisa."
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Misha Mitrofanov, figure skater, team USA:
"Spencer was a firecracker. The best way to put it. And his love for the sport was unbelievable. He would watch every single competition, any any video that you know, he could find anything they could get his hands on. He started later in the sport, and the way that he progressed was unbelievable. The amount of talent he had was just phenomenal in such a short amount of time that he was able to, you know, skate."
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11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Ma, figure skater, team USA, 5th place US Championship: member of Boston Skating club:
Champions:
"Their ( Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov) meticulousness in developing young skaters is almost unparalleled. You could tell by their son Max, who I consider not just a friend, but a fierce competitor. You know, I look at him every day and I’m like, damn, I got to do better. And that was them. That was all them."
12. Wide of Efimova, Mitrofanov and Ma departing from the briefing
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Hartford, Connecticut – 30 January 2025
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Denis Petukhov, figure skating, 2006 Olympian:
"So we have been spending holidays together at their house and having dinners, and we were very good friends. I could tell that as people, they were absolutely remarkable. They were not only the world champions, but they were also champions in life. They were always polite, always inspiring."
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14.SOUNDBITE (English) Melissa Gregory, figure skating, 2006 Olympian:
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