Maxim Naumov is honoring his late parents. According to the Associated Press, the 23-year-old received a one-minute standing ovation after he skated for his parents — Russian World Figure Skating champions Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov — at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on Sunday, March 30. As Maxim took to the ice for his routine, he looked up at the sky and patted his heart, before mouthing a few words to Evgenia and Vadim, who died in the Jan. 29 crash between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. “This is for you guys. You guys 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 making the sign of the cross. The figure skater, who finished in fourth place at the 2025 U.S. Championships just days before the death of his parents, performed to Mac Miller’s posthumous 2020 song “That’s on Me." “Lately, for some reason — well, not for some reason — but lately I’ve just been listening to Mac Miller’s album Circles. Like just over and over and over,” Naumov said, per AP and Olympics.com. “And knowing the unfortunate story about him as an artist, it’s been very relatable," he continued of Miller, who died in 2018 of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 26. “I relate to it, and I feel really deeply and emotionally what he’s talking about in those songs. And it’s also been really helpful for me to almost get my emotions out in that way personally.” The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Sunday also saw Maxim open up about the love and support he’s received since losing his parents. The couple were returning from a U.S. Figure Skating developmental camp in Wichita, Kansas, where they had been coaching young skaters from their Skating Club of Boston, when they were involved in the tragedy. “I don’t think I’ve walked through a hallway and haven’t given a hug since. And I feel that support and love,” he said, according to AP. “It’s been beyond anything that I could have ever even 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’s able to escape from the tragedy of losing his parents when he’s on the ice. “As soon as I hit the ice, my brain just — I don’t know whether it’s focus or just calmness or stillness or what, but it feels like I tune everything out,” he said, per AP. “And I’m just talking with them, and they’re helping me.” “I don’t hear the crowd. I don’t hear the announcers, I don’t hear anything. I just have this internal dialogue and I’m just able to almost be calm and just be in my heart,” Maxim continued. “And they’re always there, too. And every time I think of them, especially when I’m on the ice, it really, really helps me get through.” Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Maxim’s comments come after he revealed his mother’s last words to him earlier this month. “It was actually the last thing that they said. It was actually my mom that called me,” he said during an interview with Craig Melvin on the Today show on March 27. “She was like, ‘Hey, I just want you to know that we love you and we’re proud of you.’ It means everything to me. My whole life, a part of it, was to make them proud.” Sixty-seven people, including 28 members of the figure skating community, lost their lives during the tragic crash on Jan. 29. There were 64 people on board the American Airlines flight, while three soldiers were on board the helicopter at the time of the incident.