Alena Kostornaia

[Azikin]

To my (untrained) eye she is stunning in pairs and has the perfect partner..

I think so too.. and they have advantage in jumping content.. let's see what kind of success this season's competitions will bring...

 

[lariko]

Does anyone know if Kostornaya still trains 3A and if sbs 3A is in the cards? Sorry, there is no pair thread for Ko/Ku

 

[macy]

i highly doubt it. with how injury prone she is, imo this is the last thing she needs to be doing.

 

[icewhite]

I doubt it, too, would she be doing pairs if she still had real hopes of landing 3As?

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I'd say, now yes. But from her interviews, I understand that she left Singles because Pairs elements would hurt much less, and she did find 3A scary and was twice injured while trying to recover it.

 

[lariko]

I was just curious because Kh/Kn were joking (?) about it.

 

[Mathematician]

I doubt it, too, would she be doing pairs if she still had real hopes of landing 3As?

From what I understand based on interviews her disliking for single skating has little to do with elements or lack thereof. She just doesnt like it for various personal reasons and experiences.

 

[AxelLover]

Does anyone know if Kostornaya still trains 3A and if sbs 3A is in the cards? Sorry, there is no pair thread for Ko/Ku

I doubt it. In fact, she even said in the summer that even the 2A is painful for her to execute.

 

[lariko]

I doubt it. In fact, she even said in the summer that even the 2A is painful for her to execute.

Oh, that's too bad. Hope she recovers

 

[AxelLover]

This is from today or yesterday. Guess I was wrong about the 3A.



Look at the height! Aliona is just incredible!

 

[Azikin]

This is from today or yesterday. Guess I was wrong about the 3A.

I think I remember she was saying something about 3A in a pair competition but I didn't take it much seriously..

 

[Azikin]

 

[Azikin]

 

[Karin.T]

Thank you for posting. Alena is one of my favorite figure skaters! Her 3A is incredible, and no one can mimic it. I hope her 3A will come back and she will stay healthy without injury.

Also, when switching pair, her smile shows, and it makes me happy I hope Her beautiful 3F could see at pair as well as single.

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

I'm sorry, I haven't come for a while...
For their first National Championships as a Pair, Alyona Kostornaya and Georgy Kunitsa have been only 9th at the Short Program, but 5th at the Free Skating; I believe that this gives them a visibility in the very deep Russian Pairs field.
In a previous interview, Alyona Kostornaya had said that Death Spirals were a difficult element for her, so I'm very pleased to see this beautiful one:

I don't remember how to post the videos from this site? Even only a link...

 

[Alex Fedorov]

 

[Alex Fedorov]

 

[Azikin]

 

[Vemvane]

Was surprised to see Departure make a return as a pairs program - made me feel a pang of nostalgia.

 

[Mathematician]

Was surprised to see Departure make a return as a pairs program - made me feel a pang of nostalgia.

They've had this program since last year but yes its wonderful