The beginning of the year is traditionally the time when star Russian figure skaters delight their fans with performances in various ice shows.

Evgenia Medvedeva, together with her colleagues, was not afraid of severe frosts and presented bright numbers as part of the Ice Age, and then took part in Ilya Averbukh's The Wizard of Oz.

Together with her, the 2006 Olympic champion in ice dancing Roman Kostomarov entered the arena of the Luzhniki Sports Palace, a few days later he was in the hospital in serious condition.

As the well-known figure skater in the past, and now the choreographer Maxim Stavisky, said, Kostomarov did not feel well even during the performances, but did not attach any importance to this.

However, on January 9, his condition worsened and he was hospitalized.

“Roman was hospitalized with pneumonia, he is on a ventilator.

Doctors say it's not COVID.

During his performances in the show, he coughed, but there was no temperature, so he did not seek help, as there was no reason for concern at that time, ”RIA Novosti quotes Stavisky.

However, not everyone around the athlete believed that the health problems of the famous skater were not caused by a coronavirus infection.

In particular, this opinion was expressed by his father Sergei Kostomarov, noting that in the near future they plan to transport his son to another hospital.

“They said he was being transferred to Kommunarka.

Probably coronavirus.

What kind of doctors do we have?

My youngest son called me, said that somewhere in the news they wrote that he was connected to the ventilation of the lungs.

A nightmare.

I don’t understand where he could get sick, ”said Kostomarov Sr. to the 360 ​​° TV channel.

The words of Father Kostomarov were confirmed by Averbukh.

He stated that the athlete was indeed being transferred to the clinical center, while calling the situation "very difficult."

“But I believe that everything will be fine,” Sport-Express quotes the words of the silver medalist of the Games in Salt Lake City.

According to the source, in Kommunarka, doctors also did not find a coronavirus infection in Kostomarov, and the athlete himself underwent an emergency procedure of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

During it, blood is taken from the body and saturated with oxygen, which gives a person the opportunity to cope with a serious condition and restore the functioning of diseased organs.

However, significant improvements have not yet been achieved.

While figure skating fans are waiting for news about Kostomarov's condition, the community is expressing words of support for him.

The 1988 Olympic champion in ice dancing, Natalya Bestemyanova, called the incident "terrible" and added that she would pray for Roman's recovery.

Irina Rodnina, the three-time winner of the Games in doubles, wished him good health, noting that the problems may be due to a too busy schedule.

“I started with open skating rinks.

And they brought me to figure skating because I had pneumonia 11 times.

And it cured me.

Here - I don't know what costumes they were skating in, what kind of performance it was.

But I can say one thing: processing - not only in figure skating, but in general in life - does not always bring positive results.

I understand that the holidays, a lot of plans, but you're not 18 years old.

The most important thing for him is recovery, this is the most important thing now, ”Rodnina told Gazeta.Ru.

Alexander Enbert, the silver medalist of the Olympic Games-2018 in team competitions, also wished Kostomarov a quick recovery.

The athlete himself was not aware of Roman's problems, since he had not worked with him recently.

“We performed in different performances and in different cities, I haven’t seen anyone for a long time, I only talked with those with whom I performed, and I didn’t cross paths with Roman.

Unfortunately, I don’t know the details, I hope everything will be fine with him, ”said Enbert.

The Acting President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) Alexander Kogan also turned to Kostomarov.

The functionary called him a great athlete and expressed the hope that he would soon recover and recover.

He was supported by the honored coach of the country Tatyana Tarasova.

“Today the news came that our Roma Kostomarov is in the hospital.

We wish him a speedy recovery, ”Tarasova wrote on social networks.