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Alena Kostornaia

Another wrist injury. Vacation in Cuba in the middle of the season.

She's 20 this year. If she gave total commitment every day for the next 18 months maybe she could be competing in the 2024/25 season but it would be very difficult.

Now that's going to be delayed since she has her wrist in her splint. It could be a couple months before it completely heals, plus she's on vacation. Realistically she's probably looking at 2025/26 unless she starts training again tomorrow.
another injury? :palmf:
The problem is not even the injury itself, but the repetition pattern
 
What sad news! I love how she enjoys the seaside and the sun, but honestly, I should have preferred her not to be injured.
Sun of course is very good to heal from a broken bone, particularly vitamin D.

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i'm not sure which hand it was she previously broke but if its the same one, maybe she's wearing it for some extra support if it flared up? she isn't wearing it 100% of the time.
 
i'm not sure which hand it was she previously broke but if its the same one, maybe she's wearing it for some extra support if it flared up? she isn't wearing it 100% of the time.
She had both broken successively!
I really hope she's exhausted her lot of bad luck.
 
Pairs certainly looks promising but it is such a stacked field..
However we might see a throw 3A 🤗 never know!
Am I the only one who believes she would be awesome in ice dance with the appropriate partner
She is so musical, definitely has the skill, originality and personality for it and would really imho put ice dance on the map!
 
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Am I the only one who believes she would be awesome in ice dance with the appropriate partner
She is so musical, definitely has the skill, originality and personality for it and would really imho put ice dance on the map!
Dance? Maybe somewhere else but in Russia she would have no chance. She can't compete with kids who train hard for this discipline from earliest age...
 
Pairs certainly looks promising but it is such a stacked field..
However we might see a throw 3A 🤗 never know!
Am I the only one who believes she would be awesome in ice dance with the appropriate partner
She is so musical, definitely has the skill, originality and personality for it and would really imho put ice dance on the map!
I wouldn't say the field is stacked quality-wise. I believe they may have a throw quad in the future? Or maybe I'm too optimistic.
Ice dance with her would certainly be beautiful, but there the field is stacked, with boys and girls who can't jump but who have as good basic skate as her, and train for a decade their skating skills.
 
my main worry about couples is her injury history.
Trown jumps are very demanding on the body and on any landing there are tons of energy to dissipate
We will see, she seemed to have a hand injury again recently. Osokina recently switched to pairs and is quite successful already, so there's some hope here.. :pray:
 
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