The double Olympic champion has lived in Switzerland since Soviet times. He died there.
The figure skater and his wife Lyudmila Belousova have won two Olympic Games. Belousova herself died in 2017.
Zhurova suggested what former figure skater Kostomarov could do now
“The ISU pays tribute to the memory of Oleg Protopopov and will remember him with great warmth,” reads a message on the organization’s website.
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