Russian Olympic figure skating champion undergoes chemotherapy

Olympic figure skating champion Elena Ilyinkh said that she underwent chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Now the athlete is in permanent remission. About the experience in recent months, she told in social networks.

“I fell ill with an autoimmunka, did a course of chemotherapy, now I am in stable remission,” Ilyinkh wrote. She also thanked her husband for his support.

Ilyinykh completed her sports career in 2017. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she won gold in the team tournament and bronze in ice dancing. She also holds two silver and one bronze European Championships.

The figure skater is married to ballet artist Sergey Polunin. He proposed to her in May 2022, but the couple married only in 2024. The couple have four children: sons Mir, Dar and Era, as well as a daughter Rune.