Navka, after a video of Kostomarov’s training with prostheses, said she was proud of him
Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka reacted to the training video of her former partner Roman Kostomarov. She spoke in her Telegram channel.
“Proud of Roma! I never doubted that he was a real fighter. Our champion, whom millions of people look up to, not only in Russia, but all over the world!” Navka said. She also expressed confidence that Kostomarov would do many more beautiful things for himself, his family and his fans.
On June 26, Kostomarov showed a video of training in the hospital. In the footage, the 46-year-old athlete is engaged on an exercise bike, he has prostheses on his legs.
According to the Telegram channel “112”, the skater was given temporary prostheses, which will later be replaced with individual and modern ones. It is noted that specialists from Germany came to the clinic for consultations on the use of prostheses.
Kostomarov was admitted to the hospital on January 10 with pneumonia and influenza B. Due to the prolonged connection to a blood oxygenator and a ventilator, tissue began to die. According to Moskovsky Komsomolets, the doctors had to amputate both feet of the figure skater, then the shins of both legs, the entire right hand and several fingers of the left.
Source: Lenta
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