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Olympic champion Maria Shurochkina seriously burned in Moscow apartment fire
Russian synchronized swimming champion Maria Shurochkina was injured in a fire at her Moscow apartment.
She was taken to the Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine in Moscow.
Reports say her clothes caught fire while she was refilling a bioethanol fireplace, though investigators’ preliminary theory is that fireplace operating rules were violated.
Reports say the burns cover more than 30% of her body, and one gives the figure as 32%.
Her condition is described as serious, while another account calls it critical.
Shurochkina won Olympic team gold medals in 2016 and 2021.
The Russian Aquatics Federation says it will support her and her family and continue to monitor her situation.
Olympic synchronized swimming champion Maria Shurochkina was seriously burned in a fire at her Moscow apartment.
She was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine, and doctors assessed her condition as serious.
Reports said her clothes caught fire while she was refueling a bioethanol fireplace.
Mash reported that burns affected more than 30 percent of her body.
The Russian Aquatics Federation said it was ready to support Shurochkina and her family.
- Who
- Maria Shurochkina, a two-time Olympic synchronized swimming champion.
- What
- She suffered serious burns in an apartment fire.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Her apartment in Moscow, Russia.
- Why
- Reports said her clothing caught fire while she was refueling a bioethanol fireplace; a preliminary theory cited a violation of fireplace operating rules.
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Shurochkina’s clothes caught fire while she was refueling a bioethanol fireplace, according to reports.
She was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine.
The Russian Aquatics Federation said it was aware of the situation and ready to provide support.
- Age
- 31
- Olympic gold medals
- 2
- Hospital
- Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine, Moscow
- Burn extent
- More than 30% of her body, according to Mash
- Cause under investigation
- A preliminary theory cited a violation of bio-fireplace operating rules
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What people are saying
We wish Maria strength and a speedy recovery,
The Federation will continue to monitor the situation and provide any assistance needed.