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The Childhood of a Champion : Alyona Kostornaya
Alyona Kostornaya was born on August 24, 2003 in Moscow, her parents always adhered to a healthy lifestyle, to which they inclined their children. Kostornaya’s father used to be involved in athletics, her mother was in figure skating, so Alyona’s love for sports can be said to be in her blood. Alyona also has a younger brother Stepan, who also began to practice figure skating, but quickly abandoned his lessons, he was more attracted to football and wrestling.
“ As a child, my mother was a little engaged in figure skating. She didn’t tell in detail at what level. And my father was an athlete and he ran. My father is an employee of the housing and communal services, and my grandfather also works in this field. Mother, like almost all women in our family, she’s doing household chores. she’s taking me to training daily, to the rink, and my brother to football. "
As a child, Alyona was an active and restless child - her friends were mainly boys, with whom she ran, raced on a bicycle and roller skates and climbed trees. Because of this, she often came home with bruises and abrasions, and sometimes received more serious injuries, so the doctors advised her parents to send their daughter to the sports section in order to teach her how to fall and at the same time direct her irrepressible energy in a healthy way.
So Alena at four years old came to a rink of the youth sports school "Polar Bears", which was located near her house.
" I was a very energetic child. I ran and jumped a lot, climbed trees. Naturally, I often fell. And the falls sometimes ended in injury. To teach me how to fall, I was sent to figure skating. Almost all my father's and mother’s friends and acquaintances had children. Boys, therefore, I very often participated in the games of the lads. The didn't spare a cat like me. Rather, it was them who escaped from me and ran away. "
“ I started skating when I was four years old when my mother took me to the ice rink, which was next to our house. It was SSHOR No. 1. So I began to learn with Marina Yevgenyevna Cherkasova. ”
Alyona Kostornaya got into the Polar Bears children's and youth sports school. There she was trained by Marina Cherkasova. At first, Alena did not particularly like the classes, however, after a couple of years of training, her parents asked their daughter if she wanted to continue practicing figure skating, but more professionally. Alyona, without hesitation, answered in the affirmative.
At the age of seven, Alyona transferred to Sambo-70 - but not to Tutberidze, but to the department of Tchaikovskaya’s Konyok. Yelena Tchaikovskaya is a well-known trainer who trained World and Olympic champions (Mariya Butyrskaya, Natal'ya Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov). However, Kostornaya was mainly trained by Yelena Zhgun.
“ Initially, I began to practice figure skating at the Sambo-70 Sports and Education Center in the Skate of Tchaikovskaya department. The culture of my skating, ideal or not ideal, was not for me to judge, it was set by Yelena Vyacheslavovna Zhgun. We worked very hard to make it happen I got a good feeling for sliding.
I began to understand the steps, from which edge to which transitions were made. And yet this time was not enough to “finish off” so that it became really very beautiful. Later, Eteri Georgiyevna and Daniil Markovich Gleikhengauz, who were already in the Khrustalniy Department, took everything into their own hands, and it turned out like it turned out. "
Under the leadership of Yelena Zhgun, Alyona began to show good results, perfectly mastered the technique of sliding and pulled up the choreography. In order to add plasticity and artistry to her performances, the skater even attended drama courses.
“ When I was still very young, I went to acting classes. Maybe it helped. But here is what I know for sure - if I like something, I will go all the way. If I like some kind of music, then I will squeeze myself to the maximum under it, squeeze so hard, that people around will start talkin - this is really good. ”
But at competitions, she was significantly inferior to the wards of Eteri Tutberidze, who consistently occupied the highest steps of the podium. At the Russian Championship among juniors in 2016, Alyona took only sixteenth place, losing to the winner Alina Zagitova by as much as 60 points. This failure put Kostornaya and her parents in front of a serious choice - either Alyona goes to Tutberidze and continues her serious professional career, or permanently leaves the sport.
Alyona several times secretly sat in the stands of Khrustalniy and watched the athletes train, in the end, her parents helped her arrange the transition. The Sambo-70 leadership was not opposed: it was not fundamentally important for them which skater worked for which coach.
“ I knew that Eteri Georgiyevna was very demanding. Therefore, I took a long time to prepare. I came to the assessment, skate a little, the ice ended, they said that they seemed to have taken me. "
And Kostornaya changed her coach for a reason. Confirmation of this was Kostornaya's rapid rise: in 2017, she won the first stage of the Junior Grand Prix in Poland with a total of 197.91 points. At the second stage in Italy, she took second place, losing to Sof'ya Samodurova, and in the Nagoya final of the series she became the Silver medalist, while setting her personal record. Two weeks later, Alyona won the bronze at the Russian Championship, performing for the first time in a senior tournament.
2018 was even more successful for Kostornaya than the previous year. In January, she won Silver at the junior championship of Russia, in February she won the Cup of Russia. A month later, Kostornaya successfully performed at the World Junior Championships, where she lost only to Aleksandra Trusova.
This season Alyona had two victories at the stages of the Grand prix, the Gold of the Series' Final, the Silver of the Russian Championship and the first place in the European Championship.
“ Even before the September Open Test Skates, when discussing plans, I was inwardly very hurt when I heard from different sides: “ Well, yes, well done, but if you had jumped something like that. ” How could these “ if you ”! It could turn out that with such a set in the second half of the season, I’ll be put back into juniors again? Therefore, the triple Axels in my program can be said to be the result of wounded pride. "
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From: https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/sportwithmari/2755712.html
Alyona Kostornaya was born on August 24, 2003 in Moscow, her parents always adhered to a healthy lifestyle, to which they inclined their children. Kostornaya’s father used to be involved in athletics, her mother was in figure skating, so Alyona’s love for sports can be said to be in her blood. Alyona also has a younger brother Stepan, who also began to practice figure skating, but quickly abandoned his lessons, he was more attracted to football and wrestling.
“ As a child, my mother was a little engaged in figure skating. She didn’t tell in detail at what level. And my father was an athlete and he ran. My father is an employee of the housing and communal services, and my grandfather also works in this field. Mother, like almost all women in our family, she’s doing household chores. she’s taking me to training daily, to the rink, and my brother to football. "
As a child, Alyona was an active and restless child - her friends were mainly boys, with whom she ran, raced on a bicycle and roller skates and climbed trees. Because of this, she often came home with bruises and abrasions, and sometimes received more serious injuries, so the doctors advised her parents to send their daughter to the sports section in order to teach her how to fall and at the same time direct her irrepressible energy in a healthy way.
So Alena at four years old came to a rink of the youth sports school "Polar Bears", which was located near her house.
" I was a very energetic child. I ran and jumped a lot, climbed trees. Naturally, I often fell. And the falls sometimes ended in injury. To teach me how to fall, I was sent to figure skating. Almost all my father's and mother’s friends and acquaintances had children. Boys, therefore, I very often participated in the games of the lads. The didn't spare a cat like me. Rather, it was them who escaped from me and ran away. "
“ I started skating when I was four years old when my mother took me to the ice rink, which was next to our house. It was SSHOR No. 1. So I began to learn with Marina Yevgenyevna Cherkasova. ”
Alyona Kostornaya got into the Polar Bears children's and youth sports school. There she was trained by Marina Cherkasova. At first, Alena did not particularly like the classes, however, after a couple of years of training, her parents asked their daughter if she wanted to continue practicing figure skating, but more professionally. Alyona, without hesitation, answered in the affirmative.
At the age of seven, Alyona transferred to Sambo-70 - but not to Tutberidze, but to the department of Tchaikovskaya’s Konyok. Yelena Tchaikovskaya is a well-known trainer who trained World and Olympic champions (Mariya Butyrskaya, Natal'ya Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov). However, Kostornaya was mainly trained by Yelena Zhgun.
“ Initially, I began to practice figure skating at the Sambo-70 Sports and Education Center in the Skate of Tchaikovskaya department. The culture of my skating, ideal or not ideal, was not for me to judge, it was set by Yelena Vyacheslavovna Zhgun. We worked very hard to make it happen I got a good feeling for sliding.
I began to understand the steps, from which edge to which transitions were made. And yet this time was not enough to “finish off” so that it became really very beautiful. Later, Eteri Georgiyevna and Daniil Markovich Gleikhengauz, who were already in the Khrustalniy Department, took everything into their own hands, and it turned out like it turned out. "
Under the leadership of Yelena Zhgun, Alyona began to show good results, perfectly mastered the technique of sliding and pulled up the choreography. In order to add plasticity and artistry to her performances, the skater even attended drama courses.
“ When I was still very young, I went to acting classes. Maybe it helped. But here is what I know for sure - if I like something, I will go all the way. If I like some kind of music, then I will squeeze myself to the maximum under it, squeeze so hard, that people around will start talkin - this is really good. ”
But at competitions, she was significantly inferior to the wards of Eteri Tutberidze, who consistently occupied the highest steps of the podium. At the Russian Championship among juniors in 2016, Alyona took only sixteenth place, losing to the winner Alina Zagitova by as much as 60 points. This failure put Kostornaya and her parents in front of a serious choice - either Alyona goes to Tutberidze and continues her serious professional career, or permanently leaves the sport.
Alyona several times secretly sat in the stands of Khrustalniy and watched the athletes train, in the end, her parents helped her arrange the transition. The Sambo-70 leadership was not opposed: it was not fundamentally important for them which skater worked for which coach.
“ I knew that Eteri Georgiyevna was very demanding. Therefore, I took a long time to prepare. I came to the assessment, skate a little, the ice ended, they said that they seemed to have taken me. "
And Kostornaya changed her coach for a reason. Confirmation of this was Kostornaya's rapid rise: in 2017, she won the first stage of the Junior Grand Prix in Poland with a total of 197.91 points. At the second stage in Italy, she took second place, losing to Sof'ya Samodurova, and in the Nagoya final of the series she became the Silver medalist, while setting her personal record. Two weeks later, Alyona won the bronze at the Russian Championship, performing for the first time in a senior tournament.
2018 was even more successful for Kostornaya than the previous year. In January, she won Silver at the junior championship of Russia, in February she won the Cup of Russia. A month later, Kostornaya successfully performed at the World Junior Championships, where she lost only to Aleksandra Trusova.
This season Alyona had two victories at the stages of the Grand prix, the Gold of the Series' Final, the Silver of the Russian Championship and the first place in the European Championship.
“ Even before the September Open Test Skates, when discussing plans, I was inwardly very hurt when I heard from different sides: “ Well, yes, well done, but if you had jumped something like that. ” How could these “ if you ”! It could turn out that with such a set in the second half of the season, I’ll be put back into juniors again? Therefore, the triple Axels in my program can be said to be the result of wounded pride. "
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From: https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/sportwithmari/2755712.html
That is super cool! :agree:
But I'm a bit confused, because I thought Aliona had given up on her dream to be a neurosurgeon...?
Still, studying how to do sutures is cool, even if she never ends up studying to be a doctor. :yes:I hope Aliona is staying safe and healthy!
And I hope the same for all of you!
Link is dead for me, is it working for everyone else?
Apparently that account is private now, so you won't be able to view the link if you're not already following her...
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I wouldn't be surprised if Alyona and/or her friends were pulling a practical joke on us ;-)
Still, she seemed to be fully concentrated on surgical stitching in a cafe like surroundings.
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I was able to follow her before she closed it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she ended up removing followers she doesn’t know personally and making it a truly private account just for close friends. Or if she makes a new, private account entirely. I wonder if she was overwhelmed with more comments and followers than she expected in those few short hours it was public?
Previously, I was following Diana Davis’s photography account, but at some point she changed it to private and removed most of her followers. Whatever reason she had, I have to respect it - these young skaters deserve their privacy if they want it!
Previously, I was following Diana Davis’s photography account, but at some point she changed it to private and removed most of her followers. Whatever reason she had, I have to respect it - these young skaters deserve their privacy if they want it!
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Yes, our little star always has to stand out, doesn't she?
So training is suspended until April 12. I think that's absolutely the right thing to do, but it probably means that Aliona will end up growing a lot again... I'm hoping that when training finally resumes--whenever that may be--she will be able to get back into top shape quickly, and without injuries. :yes: :agree:
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This made me laugh... most welcome in these times..
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She probably came prepared, aspiring medicine student after all ...
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Yes... she is such a sweetheart!! I love her sense of humor and I bet she convinced the (notable) others to go along with the ruse... they are a wonderful team..
Here's an interview with Olga Ryabenko, who makes the costumes for Team Tutberidze:
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/m...ja_shjet_kostumy_luchshim_figuristkam_planety
This is what she had to say about Aliona (based on GoogleTranslate):
I do agree that Aliona looks good in bold colors (I think that's what she means?). But I was surprised that Olga thought that Aliona doesn't look good in black, because I think she looks good in the black dresses that she wears to the banquets, or when she wears black practice clothes.
But perhaps bright colors are better. (Personally I think Aliona would look good in anything! )
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/m...ja_shjet_kostumy_luchshim_figuristkam_planety
This is what she had to say about Aliona (based on GoogleTranslate):
I do agree that Aliona looks good in bold colors (I think that's what she means?). But I was surprised that Olga thought that Aliona doesn't look good in black, because I think she looks good in the black dresses that she wears to the banquets, or when she wears black practice clothes.
But perhaps bright colors are better. (Personally I think Aliona would look good in anything! )One more!
Swipe to the right to hear Ted Barton talk about Aliona:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B91j6wVplnu/
Swipe to the right to hear Ted Barton talk about Aliona:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B91j6wVplnu/
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Here's an interview with Olga Ryabenko, who makes the costumes for Team Tutberidze:
https://matchtv.ru/figure-skating/m...ja_shjet_kostumy_luchshim_figuristkam_planety
This is what she had to say about Aliona (based on GoogleTranslate):
I do agree that Aliona looks good in bold colors (I think that's what she means?). But I was surprised that Olga thought that Aliona doesn't look good in black, because I think she looks good in the black dresses that she wears to the banquets, or when she wears black practice clothes.
I thought that was a bit strange too since her both her Gala outfits have been mainly black - for the Twilight program and Never Tear Us Apart. Plus, one of my favorite performances of Adios Nonino was in the simple black training skirt and tank at JGPF last year...
I do agree with her light hair and coloring that a pale yellow or pink would not suit Aliona and the jewel tones likely emphasize her coloring better.
100% agree with the bolded statement--definitely one of my favorite performances ever, by any skater!
I was about to agree with you about the pale colors...but then I remembered that Aliona wore same pale yukatas (like summer kimonos) in Japan at Dreams on Ice last year, and I thought it was fine:
https://vk.com/photo-156669444_456247936
Not quite pink or yellow though...
Also, in the middle of this edit, there's a version of Aliona's Juliet dress in periwinkle, which I thought looked nice:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B93mQ_tBZas/
But yes, perhaps bold colors are best. :yes:
(Yes, I am bored and have a lot of time on my hands! )
I randomly came across this German article, which named Aliona as one of the 5 top athletes for winter sports over the past season: :agree:
https://www.sportschau.de/winterspo...nternationalen-top-fuenf-des-winters-100.html
GoogleTranslate:
)I randomly came across this German article, which named Aliona as one of the 5 top athletes for winter sports over the past season: :agree:
https://www.sportschau.de/winterspo...nternationalen-top-fuenf-des-winters-100.html
GoogleTranslate:
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(Yes, I am bored and have a lot of time on my hands!
I randomly came across this German article, which named Aliona as one of the 5 top athletes for winter sports over the past season: :agree:
https://www.sportschau.de/winterspo...nternationalen-top-fuenf-des-winters-100.html
GoogleTranslate:
I’m glad she seems to be getting some positive recognition from the German media. I don’t remember exactly when, but there was an article this season with some not so nice things to say about Aliona and her teammates...
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