Nearly one year after Maxim Naumov last spoke with his parents before their tragic deaths, the figure skater fulfilled a dream by being named to the U.S. team bound for the Winter Olympics.

Naumov, 24, was one of 16 skaters selected to the U.S. Olympic Team following the U.S. figure skating championships in St. Louis. His parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, were on an American Airlines flight to Washington that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River, killing 67 people.