MOSCOW – Former Olympic figure skating champion Roman Kostomarov has lost one leg and part of the other following an amputation due to a serious case of pneumonia. This was reported by the Russian daily Izvestia.
Forty-six-year-old Kostomarov, who won the dance pairs competition at the 2006 Turin Olympics together with Taťjana Navková, was hospitalized exactly one month ago due to chest pain and general weakness.
Doctors diagnosed him with sepsis and pneumonia and placed him in the intensive care unit, where he was connected to a ventilator.
One of Kostomarov’s feet was completely amputated, and he lost part of the heel and toes in the second. His condition is still serious and, according to Izvestia, he has already agreed to have his fingers amputated due to blood circulation problems.
Together with Navková, Kostomarov also became two-time world champion and three-time European champion in 2004-06.
