Maxim Naumov gets standing ovation on World Skating Champs after the death of parents

Maxim Naumov honors his late parents.

According to Associated PressThe 23-year-old got a standing ovation after he went on his parents-Russian world figure’s skating master Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov – At ISU World figure skating championships in Boston on Sunday, March 30.

When Maxim took to the ice for his routine, he looked up in the sky and patted his heart, before he went a few words to Evgenia and Vadim, who died in January 29 Between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army Black Hawk Helicopter in Washington, DC

“This is for you. You are with me. I love you both,” Maxim said in Russian, according to the outlet. He then patted his heart again and waved to the audience before leaving the ice and made the cross sign.

The figure skater, which finished in fourth place at the 2025 American championships just a few days before his parents, appeared to Mac MillerPosthumous 2020 Song “That’s On Me.”

“More recently, for some reason – yes, for no reason – but recently I just listened to Mac Miller’s album Circuits. As just over and over and over again, ”said Naumov Per AP and Olympics.com.

“And to know the unfortunate story of him as an artist has been very related,” he continued from Miller, as d subject In 2018 of an accidental overdose of drugs at the age of 26. “I relate to it, and I really feel deeply and emotionally what he is talking about in these songs. And it has also been really good for me to almost get my feelings that way personally.”

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Sunday also saw Maxim open about the love and support he has received since losing his parents. The couple returned from an American figure skating camp in Wichita, Kansas, where they had trained young riders from their ice skating club in Boston, when they were involved in the tragedy.

“I don’t think I’ve gone through a hall and haven’t given a hug since. And I feel support and love,” he said according to AP. “It has gone beyond everything I could ever have imagined. And it helps so much to get through this day.”

“It’s overwhelming,” he added. “But it makes my heart so full.”

Maxim also told reporters that he can flee from the tragedy to lose his parents while on the ice.

“As soon as I meet the ice, my brain just – I don’t know if it’s the focus or just calm or silence or what, but it feels like I am alling everything out,” he said by AP. “And I just talk to them and they help me.”

“I don’t hear the audience. I don’t hear the announcers, I hear nothing. I just have this internal dialogue and I can just be almost calm and just be in my heart,” Maxim continued. “And they are always there too. And every time I think about them, especially when I’m on the ice, it really helps me, really to get through.”

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Maxim’s comments come after he revealed his mother’s last words to him earlier this month.

“It was actually the last thing they said. It was actually my mother who called me,” he said during an interview with Craig Melvin on Today View on March 27th. “She was like,” Hi, I just want you to know that we love you and we are proud of you. “That means everything to me.

Sixty -seven people, including 28 members of figure skatinglost their lives during the tragic crash on January 29. There were 64 people aboard American Airlines flight, while Three soldiers Was aboard the helicopter at the time of the event.