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Alena Kostornaia

Fluture said:
I think it will be more likely her SP from last season. Skaters aren‘t allowed to use a current competitive program as the exhibition, are they?
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They are not.
I love her short from last year, though, so I'm excited!
 
Fluture said:
I think it will be more likely her SP from last season. Skaters aren‘t allowed to use a current competitive program as the exhibition, are they?
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It is going to be her short from last season and I’m so excited because I love that program and I think it will be great to see it with a year more experience and maturity
 
anna gabriela said:
It is going to be her short from last season and I’m so excited because I love that program and I think it will be great to see it with a year more experience and maturity
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Agreed. It will be really interesting to see how that program evolved.

Is she the only Russian junior performing in the gala?
 
Fluture said:
I think it will be more likely her SP from last season. Skaters aren‘t allowed to use a current competitive program as the exhibition, are they?
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Yeah that’s what I meant! :)

Anyways her gala/old sp was lovely! She’s always a delight to watch.
 
It was so nice to see Alena's Adios Nonino again. For one still so young, her interpretation has really matured and her gestures looked very organic. I hope she returns to this style as a senior. It really suits her.

Carmen is so tired, and I wouldn't wish that on her, but after her Jr. Worlds ex last year, I almost wonder how Zagitova's free skate would look on her.
 
vesperalvioletta said:
It was so nice to see Alena's Adios Nonino again. For one still so young, her interpretation has really matured and her gestures looked very organic. I hope she returns to this style as a senior. It really suits her.

Carmen is so tired, and I wouldn't wish that on her, but after her Jr. Worlds ex last year, I almost wonder how Zagitova's free skate would look on her.
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I would love to see her skate to Aranjuez next year for her senior debut. Similar style as Adios Nonino combining sharpness with a lyrical quality.
 
vesperalvioletta said:
It was so nice to see Alena's Adios Nonino again. For one still so young, her interpretation has really matured and her gestures looked very organic. I hope she returns to this style as a senior. It really suits her.

Carmen is so tired, and I wouldn't wish that on her, but after her Jr. Worlds ex last year, I almost wonder how Zagitova's free skate would look on her.
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Adios Nonino is the second best junior program from last season (sorry... I can't get over Tarakanova's SP :P ) Kostornaia is such a good gal, beautiful and has the full skating package.

She's a fairyyyyyy uoh uoh uoh she's a fairyyyyyyyy
 
I'm excited to see what Alena brings on as a senior ladies skater next year.

Will she get 3A and challenge Rika? Or will she continue to impress with her artistry and jumps?
 
This looks so photoshopped 😂 I am pretty sure she actually is being dragged in the air... reminds me of parents doing this with their kids between them 🙂
 
neusw said:
In fact this year I think her edge is better than last year--there are a few times when it even looks slightly outside.
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I agree with this 100%!!

After last season I was really scared for her lutz edge but I feel like it really improved. This season I did not see one 3Lz worse than (!) even with lots of rewinding and worry from my side and her jumping 2 per competition.

I would never expect her to show a big outside edge, but she jumped with a slight oe. Still (!) if you are strict, but tbh most adult ladies do not show great edges so I'm used to no (!) calls at all for lutzes like hers atm. You should not count on it though..

Team Eteri must have worked on it, I'm proud (and surprised tbh, but maybe they tried with zhenya as well and it just did not work out).
 
malya said:
I agree with this 100%!!

After last season I was really scared for her lutz edge but I feel like it really improved. This season I did not see one 3Lz worse than (!) even with lots of rewinding and worry from my side and her jumping 2 per competition.

I would never expect her to show a big outside edge, but she jumped with a slight oe. Still (!) if you are strict, but tbh most adult ladies do not show great edges so I'm used to no (!) calls at all for lutzes like hers atm. You should not count on it though..

Team Eteri must have worked on it, I'm proud (and surprised tbh, but maybe they tried with zhenya as well and it just did not work out).
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I’m sure they’ve worked on it, since the lutz edge and sometimes the step levels are her only slight weaknesses as a skater. And I highly doubt Eteri’s team didnt try to fix Zhenya’s lutz edge, but it clearly became more problematic as she grew. I was actually really surprised when I went back and watched her 2016 programs and saw that she actually had a totally flat edge.
 
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