Max Naumov honors late parents with inspiring Olympic skate

RIGHT THERE WITH HIM. TONIGHT WHAT HE FELT. ON THE ICE AND WHAT HE. TOLD HIS PARENTS IN. PRAYER. >> OH, GLORIOUS. THAT JUST FLOATED. THROUGH THE AIR. >> Reporter: AS MAXIM. NAUMOV STEPPED ON TO. THE OLYMPIC ICE, THE. WORDS ON THE BIG. SCREEN SAID IT ALL. MOM AND DAD, THIS IS. FOR YOU. FOR THE 24-YEAR-OLD. SON OF OLYMPIANS, TODAY WASN'T MEASURED. IN POINTS, BUT IN.

PERSISTENCE. HIS YEAR DEFINED BY. UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY. MAX SAYS HE FELT A. CALM HE COULDN'T. EXPLAIN. YOU INDICATE SKATED. THOUSANDS, 10,000. TIMES. DID THIS FEEL. DIFFERENT? >> YES, DEFINITELY. I FELT SO CALM AND SO. CONFIDENT. I FELT LIKE I WAS. BEING GUIDED LIKE A. CHESS PIECE ON A CHESS. BOARD. >> Reporter: LAST. YEAR, MAX LOST BOTH. HIS PARENTS, VADIM. NAUMOV AND EVGENIA. SHISHKOVA IN A. DEVASTATING MIDAIR. COLLISION. BUT HE CARRIED THEIR. WISDOM WITH HIM. >> THIS IS MY DAD'S.

FAVORITE QUOTE. HE KEPT SAYING TO ME. ALWAYS, YOU'VE GOT TO. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED. AND CONTINUE TO MOVE. FORWARD. >> Reporter: MAX FELL. TO HIS KNEES AND. BENEATH THE ROAR OF. THE ARENA A PRIVATE. MESSAGE. WHEN YOU GOT ON YOUR. KNEES, YOU HAD YOUR. EYES CLOSED. WHAT WERE YOU. THINKING? >> LOOK WHAT WE JUST. DID. I REPEATED IT IN. ENGLISH, IN RUSSIAN. >> Reporter: AS HE. WAITED FOR HIS SCORES, MAX ONCE AGAIN HELD ON. TO THAT PHOTOGRAPH OF. HIMSELF AS A TODDLER. ON THE ICE WITH HIS. PARENTS. A TANGIBLE PIECE OF.

ALL HE'S LOST. >> I COULDN'T HAVE ANY. OTHER EMOTIONS, MAN. JUST THE PIECE AND THE. PALMER CALM AND. SUPPORT, IT'S JUST. WOW. >> MAX IS THE EPITOME.