Kostomarov: “What would I like to wish young people? Set high goals, but don’t become a social media star.

Olympic figure skating champion Roman Kostomarov said he would like to wish the youth.

In early 2023, Kostomarov was hospitalized due to pneumonia and complications. The 47-year-old athlete began suffering from tissue necrosis and underwent several limb amputations. Kostomarov then underwent prosthetic surgery, and in December he returned to ice skating in Ilya Averbukh’s show.

— What would I like to wish young people? Set high goals, but just don’t become a star on social networks, where everyone thinks that this will bring success, money and they will become happy. No, you have to find the right job. Social media can live alongside your business. If you aspire to something, everything will not go well. We must show great patience,” reports the correspondent of , according to Kostomarov’s words.

Kostomarov, together with Tatyana Navka, won gold at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, also became world champion twice and won the European Championships three times.