Roman Kostomarov, the 2006 Olympic champion in ice dancing, said he was driving the car despite previously amputated limbs. His words are quoted “Match TV”.
The athlete arrived by car to the New Year’s party of Red Machine HC at the Zorkiy stadium in Krasnogorsk. The event took place on December 26.
“Yes, I’m going myself. Like surpassing myself every day? It’s very difficult because everyone knows the situation I’m facing. Every day is a challenge, something new. Everything has to be relearned. Kostomarov said: “Walk, run, cycle, and with my current physical abilities, I go daily “Continue my life,” he said.
At the beginning of January 2023, the skater was hospitalized after New Year’s performances at the outdoor show. The champion was taken to intensive care and put on a ventilator with pneumonia, and his condition was assessed to be extremely serious. The athlete was transported to a hospital in Kommunarka, resuscitated and connected to an artificial blood oxygen saturation device (ECMO), after which he remained on a ventilator for a long time.
Complications caused by the disease led to the development of gangrene, for which doctors had to perform a series of amputation surgeries: the skater lost both legs, the hand of one hand and the fingers of the other hand. On July 6, Kostomarov was discharged from the hospital in Kommunarka, where he spent 175 days.
Previously Kostomarova in the name Athlete of the year in Russia.