All of Russia is praying. Figure skating star in intensive care on a ventilator
The news about the condition of Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov shocks fans. Even the day before yesterday he performed in the show!
Roman Kostomarov / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Ekaterina Chesnokova
The first working week of the new year began with disturbing news for all figure skating fans. One of the most titled and famous figure skaters in Russia ended up in intensive care on a ventilator.
The condition of the Olympic champion raises serious concerns. Fans en masse wish Roman good health and write that they are praying for him.
2006 Olympic champion in ice dancing Roman Kostomarov joined the game after his retirement Ilya Averbukh. For more than 15 years, Roman has been a constant participant in ice performances and TV shows, as a producer he met with the public Averbukh. On these New Year holidays, Kostomarov, together with his wife Oksana Domnina, performed in the show “The Wizard of OZ”, where he met the sorceress Brunnhilde. The audience especially likes his duet with the famous dancer Maxim Shabalin.
On the last day of the New Year holidays, January 8, the troupe of the show went to Kolomna, where they pleased the residents and guests of the city with a performance on the skating rink as part of the Winter in the Moscow Region project. Kostomarov appeared on the ice in a pair with a former partner in the TV project, actress Valeria Lanskaya. The show was also attended by Evgenia Medvedeva, Ivan Skobrev, Albena Denkova, Maxim Stavisky, Maxim Shabalin, Oksana Domnina and other members of the Averbukh team.
Just a day after the performance in Kolomna, shocking news appeared. Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized with pneumonia and connected to a ventilator. Ilya Averbukh told Match TV that the skater was being transferred to a hospital in Kommunarka.
The doctors say it’s not COVID. During his performances on the show, he showed, but there was no temperature, so he did not ask for help, since there was no reason for concern at that time, ”Stavisky told RIA Novosti Sport.
The fact of the hospitalization of her former partner was confirmed by Match TV Tatyana Navka. Together they performed in half-seasons, during which they managed to become three-time champions of Russia and Europe and two-time world champions. And the main victory of the star duet was the gold of the Games in Turin-2006. In 2014, Kostomarov married Oksana Domnina, with whom he has two children: daughter Nastya and son Ilya.
In the absence of complete information about the state of health of Kostomarov, both fans and figure skating stars rallied around the sick champion. Social networks are full of comments with words of support and prayers for the health of the skater.