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Alena Kostornaia

Is the long pause good or bad for Aliona? I think it's actually good.

She has enough time now to adjust to her body changes, maybe learn a quad and when competitions will be held again (maybe at the end of the year) she will be almost 18 and fully grown up. Anna and Sasha on the other hand will go through their biggest growth spurt when we will see them again...
 
Diverging the conversation a little bit, I was doing a little scavenger hunt for the ksater with the most expensive boot and blade combination. Aka the edea piano and the JW gold seal revolution. I know Alena used the Jackson Ultima Matrix last year, but does anyone happen to know what blade she uses now with her edea pianos?
 
McBibus said:
AS for the sponsor there are really so many things we do not know, so it is impossible to have a clear idea.

She shines like a supernova so it would probably be my first pick for a sponsorship, but I'm not the most objective observer here.
We will see.
I think both her, her parents and the club will have a voice on the decision.

What I really don't like is EDEA publishing her photos with logo while she does not appear on the "our skaters" list on their website.
This looks really bad.
All the photos are from international competitions so maybe it is enough to pay the photographer to earn the legal right to put a logo on the pic and post it, but if she's not payed for her image it sounds like and exploit.
I hope she is, even if she does not have a full agreement to be officially declared part of the Edea family.
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Afterall I think nobody else won an elite competition with Edea Chorus.:laugh:
 
Mawwerg said:
Afterall I think nobody else won an elite competition with Edea Chorus.:laugh:
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She has Pianos since last February! Hopefully next season she will be on the “our skaters” list, but I more importantly really hope Edea is being more careful with their quality control. They’ve had quite a few high profile scandals with skaters boots suddenly breaking down this season - hopefully it was just a bad batch.
 
Fluture said:
I‘m starting to dislike Edea more and more. :noshake:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-Y3ebLJ6ak/?igshid=gt90us5vfnel

Btw, here are all of Aliona‘s 3A attempts. She had a 82% success rate - in this case meaning that she got positive GOE for it. 14 of 17 attempts. Debuting this 3A for the first time this season, I think this is an excellent result! She didn‘t fall once, only had a step-out at NHK and two URs.

How consistently do you want to land your 3A?

Aliona: Yes.

:biggrin:
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if you compare her first competition with last, you can really see the improvement! her air position gets tighter and it looks much more natural.
 
SkateSkates said:
She has Pianos since last February! Hopefully next season she will be on the “our skaters” list, but I more importantly really hope Edea is being more careful with their quality control. They’ve had quite a few high profile scandals with skaters boots suddenly breaking down this season - hopefully it was just a bad batch.
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Yeah, but she won JGPF with Chorus.
 
McBibus said:
That is what will happen when you will meet her
(because you're a great fan and you will sooner or later :agree:)
She will look at you smiling with those magic eyes and, even before giving her your present or taking your pic, you will be enchanted :luv17:
and you will remain under her sweet spell for the rest of your life.



P.S. I know you're tempted to say that you're bewitched already, but this will be a spell of a greater magnitude
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I just love her beaming face! And her magical eyes! I can almost hear them saying 'I've done it! And all ya hat*rs and sceptics who said I would never ever be able to make it to the top of the podium, just look at me! Here I stand!'. :)
 
McBibus said:
That is what will happen when you will meet her
(because you're a great fan and you will sooner or later :agree:)
She will look at you smiling with those magic eyes and, even before giving her your present or taking your pic, you will be enchanted :luv17:
and you will remain under her sweet spell for the rest of your life.

P.S. I know you're tempted to say that you're bewitched already, but this will be a spell of a greater magnitude
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Thanks McBibus! :thank: I hope I will get to meet her, or at least see her skate live! :yes: :pray:

SkateSkates said:
She has Pianos since last February! Hopefully next season she will be on the “our skaters” list, but I more importantly really hope Edea is being more careful with their quality control. They’ve had quite a few high profile scandals with skaters boots suddenly breaking down this season - hopefully it was just a bad batch.
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Yes, hopefully she will be on the "our skaters" list--it's a bit puzzling that she isn't already... :confused2:

At Skate America there was already a life-size poster of her at their pop-up stand, and I took a picture with it. :biggrin:
 
Fluture said:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B-Y3ebLJ6ak/?igshid=gt90us5vfnel

Btw, here are all of Aliona‘s 3A attempts. She had a 82% success rate - in this case meaning that she got positive GOE for it. 14 of 17 attempts. Debuting this 3A for the first time this season, I think this is an excellent result! She didn‘t fall once, only had a step-out at NHK and two URs.
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Yes, it really was an amazing result. :agree: I was a huge Mao fan, and I saw her struggle with the 3A for a long time, so it was really stunning for me to see Aliona nail it almost every time. :eek: :bow:

macy said:
if you compare her first competition with last, you can really see the improvement! her air position gets tighter and it looks much more natural.
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Totally agree! :yes:

Fluture said:
Aliona finally posted on Instagram. She encouraged athletes to keep in shape but told everyone to stay home and take care of loved ones.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ZGGGRpNSq/?igshid=1xp8bzv9m5457
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You know, I saw all the other Team Tutberidze athletes posting videos of themselves doing off-ice training, and I thought, "Sigh, I bet Aliona won't post anything," but she proved me wrong! :laugh:

She makes jumping rope on one leg look so easy! :agree:
 
Batsuchan said:
Ooh thanks! :luv17:

Can someone translate what she said at the end?? :pray:
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What the others said. That like the other athletes she has to do workouts at home during the quarantine, so let's everyone do workouts, take care about his health and stay at home.
 
flanker said:
What the others said. That like the other athletes she has to do workouts at home during the quarantine, so let's everyone do workouts, take care about his health and stay at home.
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Thanks for the translation flanker! :thank:

More random Aliona content from me:

Some Japanese fan has outfitted a doll with Aliona's Twilight FS costume (see the whole thread of pics):
https://twitter.com/sparawk/status/1244585270105624576
:biggrin:
 
Aliona‘s doing a live stream on Instagram right now and she‘s talking in English. So, quick come and join and don‘t miss it! :)
 
macy said:
let us know if there is a link to a recording please :)
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Unfortunately it looks like Aliona hasn‘t saved it on her Instagram. So, the part where she speaks Russian afterwards is deleted, I guess. But she was talking to a roller skater, I believe:

https://instagram.com/pierluca_tocco?igshid=8iodq5jjqy9

And I think you should find the live stream on his profile.

One thing I remember that really impressed me was when they were talking about the quarantine and wanting to go outside so badly and Aliona said something along the lines of:

It‘s so weird because before we wouldn‘t appreciate what we had, we were sitting in front of our phones. Only when you miss something you really start to value it.

This is heavily paraphrased but that was the essence of it and I found it to be a very wise thing to say. It‘s definitely true and it‘s these days that we learn to appreciate how good our lives had been, really.
 
Fluture said:
It‘s definitely true and it‘s these days that we learn to appreciate how good our lives had been, really.
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And we should appreciate how comparatively good our lives are still today. I don't want to think about how bad it is for people in crisis areas or fleeing civil wars, some of whom don't even have access to water and toilets. One cannot imagine what will happen if the virus spreads in Africa.
 
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