Ice dancing Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov will still manage to surprise everyone after he recovers. Such an opinion in the comment TASS said Maxim Maxaim Trankov, two-time winner of the Olympic Games in double skating.
On July 6, Kostomarov was discharged from the hospital after 175 days of treatment.
“This day has finally come, after half a year of worries and the belief that everything will definitely work out – it has happened. Roman’s strength of character is simply incredible – a real athlete, a man with incredible willpower, a man.
His story of overcoming is not over yet, but he has already shown the world what he is capable of. I am sure that he will pleasantly surprise us all more than once, ”said Trankov.
In early January, Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized after New Year’s performances at an open-air show. It was evaluated that the figure skater, who was taken to the intensive care unit due to pneumonia, was dependent on artificial lung ventilation and his condition was extremely serious. The athlete was transported to a hospital in Kommunarka, resuscitated and connected to ECMO, after which he was placed on a ventilator for a long time.
Complications caused by the disease led to the development of gangrene, for which doctors were forced to perform a series of amputation surgeries: the skater lost his feet and several fingers on his hands.
In the spring, the Olympic champion began the rehabilitation process. 26 June Kostomarov for the first time published video of her exercising with prostheses. He also shared footage of his workouts. 29 June And 4th of July.
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