Alena Kostornaia

[enzofv]

Guys, will Alena be eligible for the Senior division next season? She'll be 15 but her birthday is in August ):

 

[xibsuarz]

Guys, will Alena be eligible for the Senior division next season? She'll be 15 but her birthday is in August ):

I think she still has to wait another year, didn't she mention in an interview she was a bit upset she couldn't move up to seniors yet?

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Yes, she'll have to stay in Juniors. She'd need to be 15 before 1st of July I think (somewhere around that time xD), so she's barely not old enough.

 

[enzofv]

Damn it. Oh well, at least we'll get to see more of Trusova X Kostornaia with crazy jumping

 

[russianfan]

https://sun9-1.userapi.com/c840638/v840638639/79a25/2ju2WwOx7UY.jpg

 

[hanyuyuzuru1207]

Yes, she'll have to stay in Juniors. She'd need to be 15 before 1st of July I think (somewhere around that time xD), so she's barely not old enough.

Thank God she is old enough for Beijing though. She will be 17 at Beijing ? 18?

 

[flanker]

18, just like Zhenya in Pyongyang.

 

[hanyuyuzuru1207]

18, just like Zhenya in Pyongyang.

Perfect. [emoji813] and shes young to go to 2026 too. 22 by then

 

[Scott512]

https://sun9-1.userapi.com/c840638/v840638639/79a25/2ju2WwOx7UY.jpg

Awesome drawing! Who did it? He or she gets an A.

 

[thedude]

18, just like Zhenya in Pyongyang.

Pyeongchang is the Olympic city ... Pyongyang is where you go to get tortured.

 

[flanker]

Pyeongchang is the Olympic city ... Pyongyang is where you go to get tortured.

Sorry, I'm still confused with the english transcription, because neither of them exactly fits the transcription of the names into czech...

 

[thedude]

Sorry, I'm still confused with the english transcription, because neither of them exactly fits the transcription of the names into czech...

I was joking. Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea. Pyeongchang is the Olympic city in South Korea . There was comedian here in the United States, who interviewed Americans on the street and asked about how they felt sending USA athletes to Pyeongchang for the Olympics. A lot of them thought the Olympics were being held in North Korea. Americans suck at world geography and foreign affairs

 

[flanker]

I was joking. Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea. Pyeongchang is the Olympic city in South Korea . There was comedian here in the United States, who interviewed Americans on the street and asked about how they felt sending USA athletes to Pyeongchang for the Olympics. A lot of them thought the Olympics were being held in North Korea. Americans suck at world geography and foreign affairs

A I have said, sometimes it's deceptive, because english transcription can be different to czech. Many people here e. g. have problem with Latvia and Lithuania, because czech name of those baltic states if "Lotyšsko" for Latvia and "Litva" for Lithuania. But many people here think Latvia is "Litva", not "Lotyšsko".

For Pyongyang (North Korea) it is "Pchjongjang" in czech and for Pyeongchang (South Korea) it is "Pchjongčchang". So in english those names differ in first part (except difference "y" and "ch" in second), in czech they differ only in second part. That is why it is so confusing when we have to use english version of the word.

And there are other typical errors, like raven, which is "krkavec" in czech but nearly everybody translate it to "havran", which is in fact rook (this comes both from vocal similarity and from that famout Poe's poem Raven, which was translated as "Havran" (Raven) instead of "Krkavec" (Rook).

I'm sorry for off topic I'll have to pay more attention to that next time.

 

[Scott512]

How will Alena handle skating againt Alina and Zhenya at nationals for the first time? It should be amazing.

 

[SnowWhite]

How will Alena handle skating againt Alina and Zhenya at nationals for the first time? It should be amazing.

She already skated against Alina. Zhenya was injured. Alena got the bronze at Russian Nationals this year.

 

[Elucidus]

She already skated against Alina. Zhenya was injured. Alena got the bronze at Russian Nationals this year.

Yes. Also I think she should be first then actually - but it's almost impossible to fight national judges politicking and favoritism unless you do couple of quads along with clean skate. She had her best performances there after all - speed, power, fluidness. effortlessness, insane difficulty - all there was perfect.

 

[hanyuyuzuru1207]

Yes. Also I think she should be first then actually - but it's almost impossible to fight national judges politicking and favoritism unless you do couple of quads along with clean skate. She had her best performances there after all - speed, power, fluidness. effortlessness, insane difficulty - all there was perfect.

I think Alina bet 2nd place too. Haha... Politiicism..

 

[flanker]

Yes. Also I think she should be first then actually - but it's almost impossible to fight national judges politicking and favoritism unless you do couple of quads along with clean skate. She had her best performances there after all - speed, power, fluidness. effortlessness, insane difficulty - all there was perfect.

I don't think so, after all, her score from senior nationals was pretty equivalent (even a little higher) to scores from international competitions. You can also blame judges on int. level that her pcs score is pretty low, but that's the way it is.

 

[atsumiri]

I don't think so, after all, her score from senior nationals was pretty equivalent (even a little higher) to scores from international competitions. You can also blame judges on int. level that her pcs score is pretty low, but that's the way it is.

because junior skaters are getting much lower PSC than seniors.
Even if they deserved much higher than these seniors.

 

[flanker]

I know, I mentioned it as a proof that not only at nationals there is some politics.