U.S. figure skating legends Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir opened part of Thursday's European Figure Skating Championships with a tearful tribute to the victims of Wednesday night's American Airlines plane crash,

Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski broke down while discussing the American Airlines crash after a moment of silence at the European Championships.

Figure skating legend Tara Lipinski is mourning the tragic loss of multiple athletes following the catastrophic plane crash in D.C.

Hours after a plane crash tragically took the lives of U.S. Figure Skating members, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were calling the European Figure Skating Championships, and they opened the broadcast with an emotional tribute.

"So many of our own were on this tragic flight and my heart aches," Lipinski wrote The figure skating community is mourning an unimaginable tragedy following a devastating plane crash that claimed the lives of multiple athletes,

Figure skating broadcasters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were emotional in discussing the plane crash that is presumed to have taken the lives of many skaters.

As news trickled out about the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash, the figure skating community mourned several of its own.

Tara Lipinski and Tonya Harding were among those in mourning after learning figure skaters were in Wednesday's plane crash near Washington D.C.

The Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society is grieving the loss of several beloved members who were among those killed in a fatal crash over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan.

Megan Briggs/Getty Images Many Washington-area sports teams have expressed their condolences after the fatal Wednesday, January 29, plane crash in the area. "We join all of the DMV in grieving the tremendous loss of life in last night's horrible accident over the Potomac River,

Among UD-based skaters who excelled at the highest levels were the 1992 Olympic pairs duo of Calla Urbanski and Rocky Marval and 2006 world champion Kimmie Meissner. Three-time national champion and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir also got his start at UD.