Kostomarov admitted that in the first months in the hospital he did not want to live

Olympic figure skating champion Roman Kostomarov admitted that during the first months in the hospital he was absolutely disappointed and unwilling to live.

On Saturday, December 2, an open dialogue “Iron Will and Technologies for Life” takes place with Kostomarov within the framework of the “Russia” forum in the “Made by Us” pavilion of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Federation from Russia to VDNKh. In January, the Olympic champion was hospitalized and was not released until July. The skater suffered several amputations.

— The first months were an absolute disappointment, a refusal to live. Only thanks to my loved ones, my wife, my brother, who came every day, supported me and told me that we would make this journey together. We need to move on, since this happened, it was probably given for some reason. I didn’t understand why. It’s very cruel. Here, I think, the enormous help of doctors, family and friends, my strong heart also saved me, all my organs failed, they put me into an artificial coma when a microphone -Stroke happened… I don’t know how it happened. continued to beat. I didn’t understand how to get back to normal life. Day after day, a rehabilitation specialist came to me, with whom we began to gradually raise my neck. I started moving my head and raising my arms again, which was very difficult. He hung weights on his arms and legs. Over the course of several months, I simply progressed to the point where I could sit up. It was difficult, my head was spinning. I lost the sense of verticality in life. There was a desire to walk rather than lie down. I wanted to go home alone. This motivated me a lot,” reports Kostomarov’s words.

Kostomarov, together with Tatyana Navka, won the 2006 Turin Olympics in ice dancing, became a two-time world champion and a three-time European champion.