“Stage costumes are absolutely not intended for street performances” – Zhurova on the causes of Kostomarov’s illness

Olympic speed skating champion Svetlana Zhurova told KP how the famous figure skater could get sick Roman Kostomarov.

On Tuesday, Olympic champion Tatyana Navka told that Kostomarov, with whom she won gold at the 2006 Games, was in intensive care. Later, choreographer Ilya Averbukh told that Kostomarov was transferred to the Kommunarka center. His condition remains stable.

– Svetlana Sergeevna, Roman Kostomarov is still in the hospital. It turns out that it is very dangerous to ride on open ice rinks in cold weather?

“It’s only dangerous when you’re sick.” For example, you already have a cold and you go out. If you’re healthy it’s nothing special, but again it depends on the temperature. If it’s 10 degrees, that’s one thing, but if it’s 25, that’s another.

Have you ever run in such cold weather?

– At 20 degrees? Yes, as a child. But when the temperature dropped below minus 20-25 degrees, we canceled the competition.

Does it comply with international rules?

– No, even according to the SanPiN of the Russian Federation. And now I think they exist.

– Kostomarov skated several shows at once during the New Year holidays, performing both on indoor and outdoor rinks almost on the same day.

– Yes, there is an additional danger in this … There should be training in everything. If you don’t ride outdoors for a long time, don’t train your whole body, then, of course, you get used to it, and it’s a shock to the body.

“We haven’t had such frosts for a long time…

“And even more, skating on an open rink after a closed rink is very difficult. Our sports were originally recommended by doctors specifically for the prevention of colds, who had problems with their lungs. Because you train them, you get used to them little by little, and in the end you get by, even if you had some problems. But this is gradual, no one will immediately expel a person to a 25 degree freeze.

– You and Roman know each other well and even became champions at the same 2006 Olympics in Turin, you skate and he is ice dancing with Tatiana Navka?

– Yes, I always communicate with them when the guys have shows, as far as possible, they constantly bump into each other.

– What is his condition now, they say, even relatives are not allowed to see him.?

“Now no one is answering. I understand that they are a bit closed to everyone. We only discuss all this indirectly, unfortunately. And we all wish him well.

“Did you skate this winter?”

– Yes. In December, we celebrated International Skating Day. But then it was 10 degrees, it was very good there. And at minus 20 degrees, I wouldn’t go out, of course, now.

– That’s what you’re talking about, you need to prepare for such frosts, constantly train.

– Sure. Again, going out fully dressed, covering your face with a scarf, is one thing. And going out and breathing cold air, and even in stage costume, of course, is completely different.

“And these costumes aren’t intended for performances in the street?”

– Absolutely not. Previously, there were completely different suits for outdoor training, and we wore a lot of still warm things underneath. It was even difficult to move there. Why training was so meaningless and often not very effective. Because you were all wrapped up, dressed.

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