“Mononucleosis is very unpleasant for an athlete, you become unemployed” – Betina Popova about Anna Shcherbakova’s illness

Mononucleosis, which fell ill Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova it’s very unpleasant for an athlete, you fall off work, the body needs a lot of time to recover, the coach and choreographer told Betina Popova .

Earlier, Sport24 reported that Shcherbakova suspended training at Eteri Tutberidze’s team preparatory camp due to mononucleosis. Popova coached figure skater Daria Pavlyuchenko, who contracted mononucleosis in March 2021 and missed a month and a half.

– Mononucleosis is very unpleasant for an athlete. Because you stop working and the body needs a long time to recover. The most disgusting thing is that after an illness you have to engage in a training program for a long time. Everyone, more or less, goes through the disease in their own way. Dasha argued for a month and a half, Popova told .

Mononucleosis is an acute viral disease characterized by inflammation of the tonsils, swollen lymph nodes, fever, enlarged spleen and liver, high fever.

Shcherbakova, 19, is the gold medal winner of the 2022 Games in the individual figure skaters’ tournament. The athlete entered the reserve team of Russia for the new season.