Domnina about the situation with Kostomarov: “Of course, life was divided into before and after. But there is also life after that.

Oksana Domnine wife of an Olympic figure skating champion Romana Kostomarova said their lives changed forever after the athlete was hospitalized.

In early 2023, Kostomarov was hospitalized due to complications from pneumonia. The 46-year-old athlete began suffering from tissue necrosis and underwent several limb amputations. Kostomarov then underwent prosthetic surgery, and in December he returned to the ice on skates for the first time, participating in Ilya Averbukh’s show.

— Of course, life was divided into before and after. But there is also life after that. It is in our hands to make her beautiful and happy.

— How do you see what you and your family had to go through?

“No one, not even me, will ever understand what Roman went through.” How can he not understand what I went through? It’s hard to imagine what people facing problems experience. “I would like to wish you to believe and never give up,” reports the correspondent of , reporting Domnina’s words.

Kostomarov, partnered with Tatyana Navka, won gold at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, and also won the World Championships twice and the European Championships three times.