Maxim Naumov after skating in the Legacy On Ice US Figure Skating Benefit in Washington in March, 2025. His coach had a notion that the two should work on a few routines to see if they might make a potentially great figure skating pairs team representing the Soviet Union. Evgenia 'Zhenya' Shishkova and Vadim Naumov perform at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships in Birmingham, UK. “It’s all about being resilient,” said Maxim Naumov shortly before competing at this year’s US Figure Skating Championships in St Louis, Missouri. For the free-skate performance that clinched his place at the Olympics, Naumov chose The Irrepressibles’ In This Shirt as his musical accompaniment.

Source: The Irish Times January 29, 2026 12:00 UTC