Roman Kostomarov, the 2006 Olympic champion in ice dancing, told how he decided to pair up with Tatyana Navka in the NTV channel “Secret of a Million” program.
“It was a very difficult decision. It takes me a long time to get used to people, so I didn’t accept it at first… Moreover, I didn’t know how to get along with Tanya. He was already a famous athlete at that time… But he had to make a choice for the sake of his career.
We have a hard sport, ice dancing, figure skating. I have to betray people… Katya and I did not communicate afterwards, from 1998, when I broke up, until the 2005 World Cup. Then at the banquet I asked Lidia Karavaeva for forgiveness for everything (Kostomarov’s first coach, – “socialbites.ca”). It brought me to tears and now it’s coming,” the athlete admitted.
Kostomarov’s first partner was Ekaterina Davydova, with whom he made her debut at the world junior championships and competed for almost 10 years.
At the beginning of January 2023, Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized after New Year’s performances at an open-air show. It was reported that he was in intensive care due to pneumonia and was connected to a ventilator, and his condition was evaluated to be extremely serious.
The athlete was then transported to a hospital in Kommunarka, resuscitated and connected to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine. During the treatment, both Kostomarov’s feet and hands were amputated. On July 6, doctors discharged the skater from the hospital.
Previously Kostomarov statedNo prosthesis can replace his arms and legs.