Recent content by Willowway

Roman is clearly a force of nature. God bless 'im.

Your comment is interesting. Yeah, us humans have an instinct to imply "I would never be so foolish as to..." - you name it. And we like to point to a reason that something, something big or something little, happened. In this way we distance, even protect ourselves from the reality that random...

It is lovely to hear that Roman was nice to you. This situation is a nightmare and I don't wish this on him or anyone.

Excuse me for saying that you're the person who just said don't believe everything you read. You don't know Roman; I don't know Roman. Or if we've met him, we don't know him well enough to know what he agreed to and what he is thinking. "It is said" is not a viable citation, especially in figure...

Averbukh hits just the right note when he talks about "energy of love and show that he is not alone" - that is exactly what all of us who care about Roman should be doing. Actually, that is all we can do right now.

I understand the debate about the accuracy of these news articles and why we should be careful about what we take as the truth. That said, I think that expressing concern about Roman and contributing to the good wishes, prayers and positive vibes for him is great. His medical situation is...

This is heartbreaking.

Roman's situation is a nightmare come to life. I pray for him and his family (wife, Oksana, and children, Anatasia and Ilia) - life changing for them all.

it was reported that in the week preceding his hospitalization Roman treated himself with ice hole dips. It said that since he didn't have a fever he assumed that he should just be getting along without medical attention.

There are several reports in the broader news world that Olympic Champion (ice dance) Roman Kostomarov is seriously ill with pneumonia, and hospitalized. Initial reports say that his illness is not Covid related. I'm sending him my best hopes and most sincere prayers for a complete recovery. Nancy

Terrific IG of Kaitlyn and Ilia practicing some lovely footwork with a surprise ending. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXWs_bAvInG/

Penn State's Pegula Arena (2 large ice rinks) is beautiful. I don't know anything about their program. Skating in New York City is fraught at best - the Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers (21st and West St) is quite a ways from Columbia (116th and Broadway) so it presents a time and/or money problem...

Several folks here seem to like following Kulik's career (as do I). He has decided to recover from his long-term allergy to social media, has opened an Instagram account and has put up quite a few videos about Navka's Moscow shows. Fun stuff. https://www.instagram.com/iliaa.kulik/

Yes and he works hard to maintain his skills - skating almost everyday and lots of tennis (he is an accomplished tennis player). Before social distancing he was also continuing his Aikido practice regularly - the situation has limited that but he'll likely be back to it when he can be. A jump...

Exactly bethy. To imagine a young woman in so much pain that she couldn't envision an alternative or a way to improve her situation is so profoundly sad.