Alena Kostornaia

[Elucidus]

Elena Radionova (she is commentator on match tv from Universiada in Krasnoyarsk) said that she have seen Kostornaya and Kogan there just now. Most likely she would participate in gala tomorrow with her new twilight performance - but it strange - to say the least 0_0

 

[Fluture]

Elena Radionova (she is commentator on match tv from Universiada in Krasnoyarsk) said that she have seen Kostornaya and Kogan there just now. Most likely she would participate in gala tomorrow with her new twilight performance - but it strange - to say the least 0_0

What? This doesn't make any sense. I mean, I would be thrilled to see Alena of course (JWC just isn't the same without her) but I doubt she'd choose not to compete if she could actually skate and then do a gala program instead... she should focus on recovering!

 

[SkateSkates]

Elena Radionova (she is commentator on match tv from Universiada in Krasnoyarsk) said that she have seen Kostornaya and Kogan there just now. Most likely she would participate in gala tomorrow with her new twilight performance - but it strange - to say the least 0_0

Very strange and you can also get in trouble from the ISU for skipping competitions to do shows - I remember something happened with Plushenko a few years back. It would only make sense if she doesn’t do any jumps? Maybe she’s just there to watch? Keep us posted if you hear anything else!!

 

[SkateSkates]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Buv4-wGn5il/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1lvdqs1t3g6dh

Alena at universiade!!

 

[flanker]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Buv4-wGn5il/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1lvdqs1t3g6dh

Alena at universiade!!

If only she could skate there :luv17:

 

[jenm]

Whatever happened to Alëna, I wish for her fast recovery.
I was rooting for her for JWC. Her skating is just magnificent.
Looking forward to her senior debut.

 

[Elucidus]

Radionova said that Alena arrived in Krasnoyarsk because there is main russian team doctor there.

 

[Azikin]

Radionova said that Alena arrived in Krasnoyarsk because there is main russian team doctor there.

That makes sense.. hopefully she will be OK soon...

 

[Scott512]

That makes sense.. hopefully she will be OK soon...

Hoping whatever it is is minor but there's no reason to risk her future on a Junior event even though it's a big Junior event and she could win it. Alena is skating for 2022 not 2019.

 

[SkateSkates]

Her fans gave her flowers and gifts for international women’s day. She looks happy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuykZenHexl/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=3gjhffc43d2z

 

[Batsuchan]

Her fans gave her flowers and gifts for international women’s day. She looks happy
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuykZenHexl/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=3gjhffc43d2z

Beauty! It's so good to see her smiling! :luv17:

I hope that Alyona recovers soon and isn't too disappointed that she missed Jr Worlds!

Elena Radionova did an interview recently, and she had some lovely things to say about Alyona:
https://rsport.ria.ru/20190307/1551611049.html
(from GoogleTranslate)

Q: Nina Moser in a recent interview told me that she was not interested in the Russian championship, since the majority of figure skaters and figure skaters do not meet the modern requirements of skating - few have the necessary lightness, airiness, skill of the skate. Radionova has never had such a claim at any age. Are you impressed by any of the current athletes?
A: Alena Kostornaya. She is pleasant to look at, because she merges with the music; she has good skating skills. She just needs to smoothly go into adult skating, not to lose jumps. As far as I know, she owns a triple axel. I think someday she will show it to us at competitions.

Elena is one of my favorites, so it was quite cool to see her complimenting my other favorite.

 

[SkateSkates]

Finally some information on the injury: rsport.ria.ru/amp/20190310/1551665168.html

As we suspected, inflammation where the skate hits her leg. The wrap on her ankle at jr Nationals was very obvious. They were clearly hoping she could make it though Jr Worlds and then recover but it wasn’t possible. I’m just glad she’s taking the time off that she needs now.

 

[Scott512]

Whatever happened to Alëna, I wish for her fast recovery.
I was rooting for her for JWC. Her skating is just magnificent.
Looking forward to her senior debut.

Finally some information on the injury: rsport.ria.ru/amp/20190310/1551665168.html

As we suspected, inflammation where the skate hits her leg. The wrap on her ankle at jr Nationals was very obvious. They were clearly hoping she could make it though Jr Worlds and then recover but it wasn’t possible. I’m just glad she’s taking the time off that she needs now.

Is it because she's growing and adding ounces to her weight and her boot is too tight? I am sorry for any pain Alena is in.

 

[SkateSkates]

Is it because she's growing and adding ounces to her weight and her boot is too tight? I am sorry for any pain Alena is in.

It’s likely from repetitions when she taps in for her triple toe/takes off on the axel since the wrap was on her left leg. Impossible for it to heal without taking time off and they probably inadvertently made it worse by not addressing it immediately after JGPF. Had she taken time off then and skipped nationals she would have had time to recover for Jr Worlds. Hopefully this is a learning lesson for her and her team to not ignore or minimize any health problems.

 

[atsumiri]

easy to say. RN is really important if you want to get funding and got in a main national team.

 

[SkateSkates]

easy to say. RN is really important if you want to get funding and got in a main national team.

Right so I guess they chose to get selected to the national team and funding for next year over sitting out to recover in time for JWC. Honestly she won JGPF which is a higher level of competition so she didn’t necessarily need Jr Worlds for her international reputation but it does hurt her with ranking points for next season.

 

[Scott512]

It’s likely from repetitions when she taps in for her triple toe/takes off on the axel since the wrap was on her left leg. Impossible for it to heal without taking time off and they probably inadvertently made it worse by not addressing it immediately after JGPF. Had she taken time off then and skipped nationals she would have had time to recover for Jr Worlds. Hopefully this is a learning lesson for her and her team to not ignore or minimize any health problems.

She should have missed Jr nats instead of Jr world's. I hope Alena is healthy soon.

 

[SkateSkates]

She should have missed Jr nats instead of Jr world's. I hope Alena is healthy soon.

Health is the most important thing. Unfortunately I think she would have had to sit out of both senior and junior nats to recover in time, and it doesn’t seem like that was an option. 4 weeks off the ice post GPF would take her to mid-January, which would only give her about 6 weeks to recover for Jr worlds. I see why they decided to try to push through to the end of the season with the hope that they could manage the pain, but unfortunately it wasn’t possible. I’m glad she withdrew and didn’t push herself to compete and risk further injury or a bad performance.

Hopefully we will see her in an exhibition in the off season

 

[GlitterIce]

Finally some information on the injury: rsport.ria.ru/amp/20190310/1551665168.html

As we suspected, inflammation where the skate hits her leg. The wrap on her ankle at jr Nationals was very obvious. They were clearly hoping she could make it though Jr Worlds and then recover but it wasn’t possible. I’m just glad she’s taking the time off that she needs now.

Glad it isn't anything more serious. Get well, Alena!

 

[vesperalvioletta]

Just saw on Instagram that Daniil confirmed that Alena, Anna, and Sasha are all moving to seniors next year. The team wants all three girls to learn triple axels and compete them in their short programs [emoji15]