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Alena Kostornaia

So I just finished watching the movies again.
#AlionaMadeMeDoIt [emoji23]

I really hope she goes to Finlandia, I wanna see her earlier than GP France. [emoji7]
 
The more I watch her LP the more it grows on me. I can’t wait to see it again once she’s got another solid month of training under her belt and is able to clean up the couple of little mistakes here and there.
 
Some nice words about Aliona in this article (google translate from Russian)

Yesterday's juniors Kostornaya, Trusova and Shcherbakova went into adult sports. But does this mean that their skating has become more mature?
- You know, if we talk about Alena Kostornaya, then when she was thirteen years old, I looked at her and saw skating, which is usually called female. She is unusually gifted in terms of gliding, I believe that Kostornaya is already one of the strongest skaters in the world. The magnificent choreography, the way she feels the music, moves amazingly: her performances of the eyes are pleasing.

https://m.realnoevremya.ru/articles...ium=redirect&utm_campaign=mobile#from_desktop

I don’t think Aliona will get lower than 30 PCS. She deserves at least 35 though, which probably won’t happen (at least at the beginning of the season). I think the scoring at Lombardia was just really harsh for some reason.
 
SkateSkates said:
Some nice words about Aliona in this article (google translate from Russian)

Yesterday's juniors Kostornaya, Trusova and Shcherbakova went into adult sports. But does this mean that their skating has become more mature?
- You know, if we talk about Alena Kostornaya, then when she was thirteen years old, I looked at her and saw skating, which is usually called female. She is unusually gifted in terms of gliding, I believe that Kostornaya is already one of the strongest skaters in the world. The magnificent choreography, the way she feels the music, moves amazingly: her performances of the eyes are pleasing.

https://m.realnoevremya.ru/articles...ium=redirect&utm_campaign=mobile#from_desktop

I don’t think Aliona will get lower than 30 PCS. She deserves at least 35 though, which probably won’t happen (at least at the beginning of the season). I think the scoring at Lombardia was just really harsh for some reason.
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Thanks for this! Seems like Vazgen Azroyan is a big fan of Aliona! :agree:

Alexander Zhulin also had nice things to say about her after the test skates:
https://rusbiathlon.ru/news/figure-skating/id130883/

GoogleTranslate:
- Let's talk about the performance of singles. Have you noticed someone for yourself?
- I really liked how Alina Zagitova changed, in the direction of a beautiful female skating. She already consciously rolls the program, put her soul into it, this is clearly and completely visible. I really liked the program of Evgenia Medvedeva, despite the fact that it was such minimalism that it is present in this music. I liked it, it's such a thing, good staging. I really liked Alena Kostornaya, I always liked her. The girl rides divine. Alexander Trusov will tear everyone up, she jumps fours. Anna Shcherbakova is a very interesting figure skater, but so far I see a girl’s skating and slightly wrapped feet. But then again, if Anya jumps all over, then it will be difficult for the rest to fight Trusova and Shcherbakova.
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Also, I was really struck by something Aliona said in her post-LP interview:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2PMER9HxTL/
When asked why she has a unicorn, she answered "It's a magic animal. I want everything to be magical."
And I thought, "magical" is really the perfect word to describe Aliona's skating! :yes:

She's so cute in this interview! :love:
I guess it's a good thing she can't get a horse until she turns 18! At least that way we know she'll stick with figure skating through the Olympics! (Fingers crossed.) :biggrin:

Lastly, Aliona was mentioned in this podcast with people who photograph figure skating:
https://www.inthelopodcast.com/news/2019/09/10/episode-35-transcript
Kat: Genuinely, like I tend towards skaters that I think have beautiful lines and have expression that goes through their whole body from their head to their finger tips. I am really drawn to the way that skaters use their hands so I love photographing skaters like Yuzuru, Sui and Han, especially Wenjing, and Satoko Miyahara, Alyona Kostornaia. They have such beautiful hands. It really comes out in photos I think. Their lines are gorgeous and I love photographing them. Even Shoma too.
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freeman21 said:
Damn, just watched her FP for the first time a few minutes ago and though: "That's some cool music, nice change from the usual snoozfest Tuberize students get " (well... except Trusova).

Then I read youtube comments and come here to see that people actually hate it lol. Well, seems my music preferences for skating programs is way different from what traditional skating fans consider to be "good".

Anyway, I'm super happy she got that FP music. I hope she rocks this season!
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My problem with Aliona's LP is that I really, really liked the EX version, and I feel like the competition version is not as good. To me, the EX seemed very well-choreographed, and everything fit the music nicely:
https://youtu.be/5CfzAH0T3rE

In the LP, they had to change things so they could cram in the required elements, and I feel like the end-product doesn't look as good. Also, I feel like some of the choreography they kept from the original EX doesn't make sense now. Like the EX seems to have a few arm movements centered around her cape - like when she sticks her arm out to the side -- and now they just look funny since she doesn't have a cape.

Also, in the EX version, it was super obvious that Aliona was portraying a vampire, whether or not you are familiar with "Twilight." Now I feel like you have to know that Aliona is skating to "Twilight" and partly portraying a vampire to understand what's going on in her LP, and personally I think it's better if a program works on its own merits and doesn't require a viewer to have any knowledge beforehand.

So we'll see that the judges make of it. I'm still very happy that Aliona is happy with her program and really comes alive at the end of the program. :agree:
And perhaps this program will grow on me as Aliona continues polishing it.
But right now, I feel like I did when Elena Radionova debuted her "Titanic" program. :drama:
 
So glad the entries finally came out and confirmed Aliona’s participation in Finlandia! Less than a month until we see her compete.
 
Lovechihuahua said:
Alena will compete at Finlandia Trophy, it's gonna be an easy win for her, unless Liza lands all her Triple Axles.
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I'm glad we'll get to see Aliona compete before the GP events, but since it's her first senior competition, I'm not so sure it will be easy for her to win... I worry that judges may not give her the PCS she deserves/what she got on the junior circuit. :noshake: Of course, I really hope that I'm proven wrong and that Aliona dominates!! :pray: :agree:

I guess Ted Barton did an Instagram Live, and he had lovely things to say about Aliona (swipe to the right):
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2nT4I7p-tJ/ :love:
 
I love the whole group of young Russian ladies... but Alena is special.. judges will recognize her I am sure. She brings her personal uniqueness and creativity to the ice for us and we are privileged to witness such talent..
 
SkateSkates said:
It would fit the program but I don’t see them doing this for both Aliona and Anna. Plus, if this was the case I think she would have worn the dress to practice the costume change under competitive pressure (even though it’s not an official competition).
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So I thought the same thing, until I saw Trusova had a SP dress that changed today at Nepela... Perhaps all three of them will have one.
 
sclloyd said:
So I thought the same thing, until I saw Trusova had a SP dress that changed today at Nepela... Perhaps all three of them will have one.
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I hope not! Aliona is unique and deserves her own special choreographed moments. Would hate to see this gimmick used on all 3 girls in the same season.
 
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