Alena Kostornaia

[tsangpogorge]

Oh god no. Crimped hair is a trend I'm glad we left behind in the 90s. Looks cute still, but it gives me trauma from my own childhood.

She had it in a perm a few weeks back so we maybe can expect something 2000s next:

80's - perm
90's - crimped :noshake:
00's - side shave :shocked:

 

[dante]

Oh god no. Crimped hair is a trend I'm glad we left behind in the 90s.

Which country?

 

[russianfan]

she was asked which transliteration she likes more - Kostornaia or Kostornaya and she said she likes second one more

 

[dante]

Another bunch of questions:

Q: Would you like to go to Orser, like Zhenya? Or Eteri is 'one love'?
A: No, Eteri Georgievna only
Q: Did Liza Tursynbayeva join you permanently or just came for a practice?
A [June 4]: For a practice
Q: Does Tursynbayeva get along with the girls in the team?
A: Yes
Q: Would you like to be a coach?
A: No
Q: Do you have talks with psychologists, tests, such things?
A: No such things
Q: Does the team choose the programs for you!? Aren't there any roles you would like to play on ice? Why wouldn't you choose what suits you more?
A: Everything has already been chosen
Q: Do you like what's chosen?
A: Very much
Q: Is your program finished?
A: Yes
Q: Both are finished?
A: No
Q: Are the programs in different styles?
A: Yes
Q: Would you share the music? Or it's a secret?
A: A secret, you'll see it next season
Q: How Daniil Markovich manages to make the programs for all of you? How does he get all these ideas?
A: Ask him, he's an incredibly talented coach, god-gifted
Q: Why do you make up your faces on practices?
A: In order to look perfectly all the time
Q: Do guys in your team watch out for their appearance too?
A: Yes
Q: Would you like to have a sister? Older or younger? Whom in your team you would like to have as a sister?
A: A brother like Samsonov and a sister like Akatieva
Q: Does Shcherbakova use foul language? [what the hell was this?! ]
A: No
Q: Does EG forbid relations with boys?
A: Dunno, it's everyone's private life
Q: Is there only your team in Novogorsk, or others as well?
A: Many teams
Q: How often do doping control officers come to you?
A: On competitions, I think that's it
Q: Is it good or bad that 1/4 underrotations will be penalized more?
A: It's good
Q [in English]: Whats your favourite jump?
A: Flip
Q: Considering the new rules, would you risk making a combination the last jumping element in the second half of the SP? Or this is an unjustified risk?
A: Yes

Q: a dolphin!!!! wow! wasn't it scary to kiss it? how does it feel?
A: They are cool, soft like an air mattress, and they like it very much when you scratch their belly, well, never reject an opportunity to swim with them, it's an experience of a lifetime
Q: What social networks do you use?
A: Instagram, VK
Q: what program on your phone you use the most?
A: What's up
Q: What is the most boring sports?
A: Chess
Q: how do you react on what people say about you?
A: I try to accept and fix it
Q: Which English spelling you like more, Kostornaia or Kostornaya?
A: The second one
Q: then why the ISU officials spell it Kostornaia? an error?
A: You can spell it either way, but I like that variant more
Q [in English]: Would you like to celebrate your birthday with JGP Gold in Bratislava?
A: No
Q: Does your mood change quickly? What affects it?
A: Yes, different things
Q: do you like dares? is it easy to dare you to do something?
A: I can do a lot on a bet, but within reasonable
Q: I dare you to leave Eteri!
A: It's outside reasonable
Q: Do you easily find common ground with strangers?
A: Not much
Q: Does your brother do FS or other sports?
A: Football
Q: Have you watched Yuri on ice?
A: No, but I really want to
Q: Have you grown much this year? What's your mother's height?
A: Same as mine
Q: 143 cm? Your mother looks a bit taller on photos...)
A: I'm 147, maybe a bit taller
Q: Do people make you compliments often?
A: Yes
Q: Are you baptized?
A: Yes
Q: Have you tried beverage stronger than 20%?
A: No
Q: Can an intellect outweigh an attractive appearance?
A: Yes
Q: What are the 3 main traits in a guy?
A: Brain, honesty and loyalty

A few questions from EdRoz:
Q: How do you like the new rules? Will it be easier? Aren't you afraid of the new system of GOE -5/+5?
A: I agree with these rules
Q: A tall lady... is it a doom in modern FS?
A: No
Q: Alena, do they allow you to post things in Instagram and VK? I see your team vanished from the internet.
A: Nothing to post really, we are practicing all day, no free time at all
Q: Do you feel the 'star syndrome'? [arrogance caused by popularity, is there an idiom in English?] Are there any symptoms? ) How do you fight them? )
A: No, I don't know what's it like

 

[sweetice]

Q: Considering the new rules, would you risk making a combination the last jumping element in the second half of the SP? Or is this an unjustified risk?
A: Yes

 

[Alexz]

soft like an air mattress

:rofl2: :agree:

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Q [in English]: Would you like to celebrate your birthday with JGP Gold in Bratislava?
A: No

What does she want then? Diamond medal?
Only the finest for our Alenka!

 

[Kara]

Which country?

The U.S. Crimped hair was also paired with the braids with beads. http://www.cosmtools.com/img/jilbere_hair_braider_6337.jpg

 

[dante]

What does she want then? Diamond medal?

I understood this so that she wants to celebrate it at home with her family.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

I understood this so that she wants to celebrate it at home with her family.

Ohh okay, yeah I'd agree with her then

 

[Azikin]

You cannot take these answers too seriously anyway.. some things might be lost in translation and she's not probably overly serious when giving them..
But the dolphin answer is very lovely... :

 

[j00mla]

Oh, Gods, she is so pretty :hap85: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mCvjd53Y2Y

 

[dante]

Another my practice in English.

Q: Dare you to answer another 29 questions, so it would make 700+
A: Sure thing
Q: If you could eat and not grow fat, what would you eat?
A: Everything I could
Q: What are your top 5 books?
A: Harry Potter, Agatha Christie, The Tree Musketeers, Scarlet Sails, Gogol (all of it)
Q: Who's you favorite character in Harry Potter, Hermione?
A: Hermione
Q: Do you like skipping?
A: Yes
Q: Had an opportunity to squeeze Masaru? ))
A: Yes
Q: Have you played with Masaru? Is she kind?
A: Very kind, it's insanely cool
Q: Would you choose dolphins or Masary?
A: I can't choose, there are 4 animals you can't compare, dogs and dolphins are among them
Q: Which animals?
A: Dolphins, dogs, cats, horses
Q: Do you like passing exams?
A: No
Q: Can you play piano?
A: I tried, but didn't have enough time for that
Q: Do you feel yourself a celebrity?
A: No
Q: Would you like to be of a normal height?
A: I have a normal height, for my sports
Q: But would you like to be 15-20 cm taller?
A: No
Q: Whose skating do you like the most among seniors?
A: Carolina Kostner
Q: "Skates as breathes"?
A: A great quote by a great person [it were TAT's words about Caro]

Q: Who's you best friend in the team?
A: Dasha
Q: Panenkova or Usachyova?
A: Panenkova
Q: Is Diana with you in the camp?
A: Partially
Q: do you know Pavlyuchenko? what do you think about her?
A: Super, cool, the best
Q: Who is the best swimmer among you?
A: Nastya
Q: Who talks more, you or Akatieva?
A: The same
Q: Do you play some table games together in the camp, like cards, uno, crocodile, mafia?
A: Yes, Uno
Q: Was Liza welcomed well?
A: Yes
Q: Do all skaters eat meat in your team? Or veganism is popular?
A: Everyone eats meat
Q: Alina have written long ago in her ask.fm that she is a vegan, is it true?
A: I don't know
Q: Do you avoid the pink ball on principle?
A: No, there's still enough time

Q: Do you think a boyfriend hampers development in sports?
A: It does not affect anything
Q: Is it true about "artificial suppression of pubertat"?
A: No
Q: Do you use any chemical supplements regularly?
A: No
Q: Who in your team jokes the most in practices? Does Eteri Georgievna scold them, or laughs with you?
A: Scolds sometimes, but usually it's really funny
Q: Can EG hit any of you?
A: No
Q: Do coaches live separately from you?
A: Of course not in the same room with athletes
Q: same building? same floor?
A: Yes
Q: are there people in the team who call Daniil Markovich simply Danya?
A: Yes, coaches and those of his age
Q: How's Sergey Victorovich in person? Is he strict?
A: No

Q: How long is a practice on ice?
A: 1.5 hours or longer
Q: have you worn your new skates to shape?
A: Yes
Q: How long it takes to start hating the music from your programs?
A: This time it'll be music that you can restart even after the 100th listening
Q: Are new costumes ready? Won't it be a tutu?
A: No tutu
Q: Will anyone keep their old programs?
A: Likely so
Q: In which grand prix events you would like to participate?
A: 2 and 5 [Linz, Austria and Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Q: Why these?
A: Don't know, just wanted to visit these countries
Q: Will you communicate with Medvedeva if you meet her on a competition?
A: Yes
Q: What is the best country you've ever been?
A: Japan
Q: Would you like to go to the show in Japan, like Shcherbakova? I think you would make a furor.
A: Yes, I'd really like to, but I have to prepare for the season
Q: Was you invited to the show in Japan?
A: No
Q: Will the new costumes be from Olga Ryabenko too? She's a gorgeous designer.
A: Yes
Q: What's you best jump?
A: Flip and 2A
Q: Dare you to jump triple lutz + triple flip!
A: We've done this, plus a toe loop on top of that
Q: I haven't seen anyone jumping this in competition
A: Oh, we gonna fix this this year, but only in practice, we can't do it in competition unfortunately
[...and 40 more question - guesses about the new programs. No one seems to make a correct guess so far, or maybe Alenka is just trolling everyone. ]

 

[Scott512]

Another bunch of questions:

Q: Would you like to go to Orser, like Zhenya? Or Eteri is 'one love'?
A: No, Eteri Georgievna only
Q: Did Liza Tursynbayeva join you permanently or just came for a practice?
A [June 4]: For a practice
Q: Does Tursynbayeva get along with the girls in the team?
A: Yes
Q: Would you like to be a coach?
A: No
Q: Do you have talks with psychologists, tests, such things?
A: No such things
Q: Does the team choose the programs for you!? Aren't there any roles you would like to play on ice? Why wouldn't you choose what suits you more?
A: Everything has already been chosen
Q: Do you like what's chosen?
A: Very much
Q: Is your program finished?
A: Yes
Q: Both are finished?
A: No
Q: Are the programs in different styles?
A: Yes
Q: Would you share the music? Or it's a secret?
A: A secret, you'll see it next season
Q: How Daniil Markovich manages to make the programs for all of you? How does he get all these ideas?
A: Ask him, he's an incredibly talented coach, god-gifted
Q: Why do you make up your faces on practices?
A: In order to look perfectly all the time
Q: Do guys in your team watch out for their appearance too?
A: Yes
Q: Would you like to have a sister? Older or younger? Whom in your team you would like to have as a sister?
A: A brother like Samsonov and a sister like Akatieva
Q: Does Shcherbakova use foul language? [what the hell was this?! ]
A: No
Q: Does EG forbid relations with boys?
A: Dunno, it's everyone's private life
Q: Is there only your team in Novogorsk, or others as well?
A: Many teams
Q: How often do doping control officers come to you?
A: On competitions, I think that's it
Q: Is it good or bad that 1/4 underrotations will be penalized more?
A: It's good
Q [in English]: Whats your favourite jump?
A: Flip
Q: Considering the new rules, would you risk making a combination the last jumping element in the second half of the SP? Or this is an unjustified risk?
A: Yes

Q: a dolphin!!!! wow! wasn't it scary to kiss it? how does it feel?
A: They are cool, soft like an air mattress, and they like it very much when you scratch their belly, well, never reject an opportunity to swim with them, it's an experience of a lifetime
Q: What social networks do you use?
A: Instagram, VK
Q: what program on your phone you use the most?
A: What's up
Q: What is the most boring sports?
A: Chess
Q: how do you react on what people say about you?
A: I try to accept and fix it
Q: Which English spelling you like more, Kostornaia or Kostornaya?
A: The second one
Q: then why the ISU officials spell it Kostornaia? an error?
A: You can spell it either way, but I like that variant more
Q [in English]: Would you like to celebrate your birthday with JGP Gold in Bratislava?
A: No
Q: Does your mood change quickly? What affects it?
A: Yes, different things
Q: do you like dares? is it easy to dare you to do something?
A: I can do a lot on a bet, but within reasonable
Q: I dare you to leave Eteri!
A: It's outside reasonable
Q: Do you easily find common ground with strangers?
A: Not much
Q: Does your brother do FS or other sports?
A: Football
Q: Have you watched Yuri on ice?
A: No, but I really want to
Q: Have you grown much this year? What's your mother's height?
A: Same as mine
Q: 143 cm? Your mother looks a bit taller on photos...)
A: I'm 147, maybe a bit taller
Q: Do people make you compliments often?
A: Yes
Q: Are you baptized?
A: Yes
Q: Have you tried beverage stronger than 20%?
A: No
Q: Can an intellect outweigh an attractive appearance?
A: Yes
Q: What are the 3 main traits in a guy?
A: Brain, honesty and loyalty

A few questions from EdRoz:
Q: How do you like the new rules? Will it be easier? Aren't you afraid of the new system of GOE -5/+5?
A: I agree with these rules
Q: A tall lady... is it a doom in modern FS?
A: No
Q: Alena, do they allow you to post things in Instagram and VK? I see your team vanished from the internet.
A: Nothing to post really, we are practicing all day, no free time at all
Q: Do you feel the 'star syndrome'? [arrogance caused by popularity, is there an idiom in English?] Are there any symptoms? ) How do you fight them? )
A: No, I don't know what's it like

Alena is ready for everything. Her answers are great. Her talent is rare for someone so young.

She skates so much bigger than she is. I hope she can grow another couple inches te next year or 2. But that may be asking alot. Is she like 4'10"? Alena is so tiny but she has a great presence on the ice.

 

[j00mla]

She doesn't answer questions about her main rivals so all questions about Sasha (100% sure) and Anna (probably) she ignore.

Is she like 4'10"?

Yes, she is.

 

[flanker]

Q: In which grand prix events you would like to participate?
A: 2 and 5 [Linz, Austria and Ostrava, Czech Republic]
Q: Why these?
A: Don't know, just wanted to visit these countries.

Yes, yes, yes (although it's still too far for me )

 

[sweetice]

Q: Are new costumes ready? Won't it be a tutu?
A: No tutu

:laugh15: shame

Yes, i don't like tutus

 

[zounger]

So did anyone guess her program from ask.fm? I wouldn't mind a compilation of game of thrones dragon themes by the way.

 

[russianfan]

:laugh15: shame

Yes, i don't like tutus

hater!

 

[Shayuki]

:laugh15: shame

Yes, i don't like tutus

Regardless of tutus, do you think that a ballet program would work well for Alena or not? For some reason, I don't see her as the ballet type but I'm not sure if that's an opinion with any real substance to it, that's just the feeling I get. Because of that, I agree - But for a ballet program, I definitely would like a tutu.