Figure Skating
- The World Figure Skating Championships in Prague are cancelled after the entire USA team of skaters, officials, leaders and chaperones are killed in a plane crash on 15 February en route to the competition.
- Among the dead are:
- Bradley Lord (21), USA men's figure skating champion;
- Maribel Vinson-Owen, USA women's figure skating champion and coach;
- Maribel Yerxa Owen (20), USA women's figure skating champion;
- Laurence Owen (16), USA women's figure skating champion.
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