MOSCOW, March 23 – RIA Novosti. The 2006 Olympic champion in figure skating, Roman Kostomarov, had his fingers amputated on his left hand. informs Moskovsky Komsomolets cites a source at the hospital.

Kostomarov was admitted to intensive care for pneumonia on 10 January and was later transferred to a hospital in Kommunarka, where he began the procedure for artificial oxygen saturation of blood with ECMO, which is used to sustain life in emergency situations. Later, the patient was disconnected from this system and his condition improved. Later, sources told RIA Novosti that doctors cut off part of the skater’s leg and several fingers on his hands. In early March, an RIA Novosti source reported that Kostomarov had begun to recover.

“He’s either conscious or falling into a deep sleep because, more specifically, he’s taking a lot of painkillers and tranquilizers. But when he wakes up, he eats his meals by himself, not through a tube in the trachea. The rest is fully fed by his wife or a nurse who’s always by his side. Sometimes he acts aggressively. No matter how reassured the athlete is, his mental, moral state is borderline. A person understands everything, understands what is happening to him … Yes, it is very, very difficult for him to understand in every way,” added the source.

Kostomarov performed in a duet with Tatyana Navka. In addition to Olympic gold, they have two wins at the world championships and three each at the European and Russian championships and the Grand Prix Final. At various times, Ekaterina Davydova and Anna Semenovich were partners of Kostomarov.