The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. The second day of the competition in Estonia continued on schedule with the men's short program Thursday afternoon,

Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa paid tribute to the victims of the plane crash in the United States after taking the men's singles lead on a sombre Thursday at the European figure skating championships. "I really wanted to skate this programme with all my heart,