The key facts

  • The fire occurred on the night of November 8-9 in an apartment on the 17th floor of a residential complex on Bagritsky Street in Moscow
  • Maria Shurochkina is in intensive care, her condition is stable, and she is conscious
  • A skin graft operation is possible due to serious damage to the skin of her chest and abdomen

The athlete's condition

Two-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Maria Shurochkina was seriously injured in a fire at her Moscow apartment. The incident occurred on the night of November 8-9 in a business-class residential complex on Bagritsky Street: a room in a four-room apartment on the 17th floor caught fire. The athlete's condition was described by her brother, singer Ivan Shurochkin, in a conversation with Super.ru (a retelling is provided by Gazeta.Ru). According to him, Shurochkina is in intensive care, but her condition is stable: 'She was conscious the whole way <...> She is conscious and in good spirits.'

What is known about the injuries

The injured athlete's brother said that the skin on her chest and abdomen was seriously damaged, and she may require a skin graft operation. According to him, doctors did not diagnose serious burns to the head. Cause of the fire in the apartment had been mentioned in earlier publications, but its formulation is not given in detail in the available materials. Shurochkina is one of the most decorated synchronized swimmers in Russian history and the younger sister of the singer Nyusha; details of the incident are set out in the Gazeta.Ru article.