“Before, I was never so tired when I had my own legs” – Kostomarov spoke about the colossal loads in training

Olympic figure skating champion Roman Kostomarov said he had never had so much difficulty during training before.

In early 2023, Kostomarov was hospitalized due to complications from pneumonia. 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.

“I hope to improve our prosthetics.” I tied my racket with an elastic bandage and played tennis with my daughter. I really like tennis. After finishing my career, I played hockey, tennis and swimming. It is now functionally difficult to put oneself in such a state. You can no longer play tennis normally. After skating, you can wring out the jersey, it’s very difficult now. This is a colossal burden on the body. I was never so tired when I had my own legs, ”the correspondent of reports Kostomarov’s words.

Kostomarov’s wife, Oksana Domnina, added that at first she was skeptical about the idea of ​​Roman returning to the ice.

– When Ilya Averbukh began to suggest skating, I answered him: what are you talking about anyway? At first I wasn’t sure it would work. But deep down, I knew he would get back up, but I didn’t know it would happen so quickly. And get up, and go, run, roll, swim. I admire Roman,” Domnina said.

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.