Sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev expressed his dissatisfaction on his Telegram channel results VTsIOM poll for Russia’s best athlete in 2024.
According to him, such a title cannot be given to 2006 Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov, who won the voting together with Alexander Ovechkin.
“All this shows once again that Russia is not much of a sports country. No questions about Ovechkin, fair enough but Kostomarov… Courage, overcoming, but not athlete of the year! Unfortunately, we do not like sports and we do not like athletes either,” Guberniev wrote.
During the survey, 77% could not name the best athlete, 8% were convinced that such an athlete does not exist in Russia. Among those who were vocal in this poll, Kostomarov and Ovechkin each received 3% points. The remaining athletes could not score more than 1%.
At the beginning of January 2023, 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.
A fire broke out in the athlete, who was a five-time Olympic champion burnt medals.
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Source: Gazeta
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