While practicing together a day before the start of the competition, the pair had an accident on a lift and Rodnina ended up in hospital with a concussion and an intracranial hematoma.
Mentres practicaban xuntos un día antes do inicio da competición, a parella tivo un accidente nun levantamento e Rodnina acabou no hospital cunha conmoción cerebral e un hematoma intracraneal.