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Irina Slutskaya
Russian figure skater Irina Slutskaya told Teleprogramma.pro about her incurable disease.
She admitted that she had to take hormonal drugs due to rheumatoid vascular disease for the rest of her life. “Unfortunately, it cannot be cured,” she said, adding that she was diagnosed in 2003.
Earlier, Slutskaya already said that she suffers from vasculitis. “Thank you for surviving, because sometimes these diseases are fatal,” she said in 2019.
Slutskaya won silver at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City and bronze at the 2006 Olympics in Turin in singles skating. The athlete also won the world championship twice (2002, 2005). She completed her sports career in 2006.
