Multiple world and European champion and two-time Olympic medalist in women’s singles Irina Slutskaya admitted that she had no thoughts about sports when she learned about the serious disease vasculitis. His words lead the way “Soviet sport”.
Slutskaya was diagnosed with vasculitis in 2003 and therefore had to miss the 2004 European Championships.
“I am incredibly happy that although the disease cannot be cured, it is at least in remission and I can continue performing. I repeat, we were not even talking about sports at that time, it was important to survive, not to be disabled, not to sit at home. “Since the etymology of the disease is unknown, no one knows and will never know where this wound comes from,” he shared.
The former skater said he became disabled at the age of 43. Now Slutskaya is 44 years old.
Slutskaya won gold medals at two world championships in 2002 and 2006. The Russian woman climbed to the top step of the podium at the European Championships seven times. She won the silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, losing only to Sarah Hughes of the USA. At the Turin Olympics in 2006, Slutskaya took third place.
In August 2015, a figure skating school named after Irina Slutskaya was opened in the town of Lytkarino near Moscow.
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Source: Gazeta
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