Skater Samsonov: “A doctor said surgery was dangerous. You can touch the growth area and the leg will stop growing.

Russian figure skater Daniil Samsonov after performing a short program at the Panin-Kolomenkin memorial, he told how he survived a long break without performances and was undergoing treatment, and also noted that he did not even think about ending his career .

On Friday in St. Petersburg, at the Panin-Kolomenkin memorial, men performed short programs.

– After the Russian championship in Krasnoyarsk, I went for an x-ray and found out that I had a fracture. So I stayed at home for a long time. Then he went out on the ice, went to training camp. I started riding because the season was getting ready with the first international competitions. I had to participate in the Grand Prix d’Amérique. But a month before the tournament, my right knee started hurting. I really wanted to perform, so I fought and endured until the end. But at some point I stopped feeling my leg during the jump. It turned out that the growth on the bone. I had to undergo an operation. First in December, then in April, and a long rehabilitation.

When I came back on the ice, I had to relearn everything. It’s hard even now, I’m recovering. In training camp, I got all the triple jumps back, then slowly started throwing programs.

I didn’t even think about ending my career, because I love figure skating too much. Doctors have talked a lot. One of them said that at my age surgery is very dangerous. You can touch the growth area and the leg will stop growing. That is, one will grow and the other will not. I was lucky to find a good doctor who drew up a competent treatment regimen, ”Samsonov told reporters.