Alena Kostornaia

[Azikin]

She seems to have dyed her hair a bit... to the same color... as Plushenko's hair...

 

[littlesheep]

Her smile is infectious. I can see that she's having a good time there.

 

[vesperalvioletta]

Anyone else see the new Angels of Plushenko Instagram story? Aliona's 3S looks looser than I remember. Could the quad be coming?

 

[silveruskate]

I saw that too, they would just post a story of the 3S for no reason? It has to mean something! Air position is much looser....

 

[Batsuchan]

Anyone else see the new Angels of Plushenko Instagram story? Aliona's 3S looks looser than I remember. Could the quad be coming?

Here's the clip:


It's definitely a nice, big, airy 3S!

As for a possible quad...WELLLL, Aliona did tell them to stop filming here:


What is it that you don't want us to see, Aliona??

But realistically speaking, I think that if Aliona were working on a 4S (or even her 3A), she'd be wearing those padded shorts that she has...

But we can hope!

 

[Yuzuruu]

It was my first thought when I saw the 3S - much looser, slower rotation, very high! I think she is trying the quad I hope it won't affect her gorgoeus 3A though
Gosh I love her so much... I want to see her on the top of the podium in Beijing so badly!

 

[McBibus]

Have a look at Asu's sketch of Aliona.
I love it
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsJZuZhY43/

 

[McBibus]

It was my first thought when I saw the 3S - much looser, slower rotation, very high! I think she is trying the quad I hope it won't affect her gorgoeus 3A though
Gosh I love her so much... I want to see her on the top of the podium in Beijing so badly!

That's how I like jumps: High and with slow rotation, like the skater is suspended in the air, there is no gravity and there's no hurry to get back on the ice

 

[patee]

Aliona having fun playing tag

 

[Batsuchan]

Lovely photo of Aliona with Lena Ilinykh from a few days ago:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGt6wESJgtU/

I'm glad they're working together, because I feel like they would get along really well.

 

[BabySloth]

I can't wait to see Aliona compete, just 2 more weeks.

But I realized she is scheduled to have 4 competitions in less than 2 months (the 2 cup events, Rostelecom, RusNats) it sounds a bit too much. Hopefully her new team will know how to handle it.

 

[patee]

Guess what she's wearing!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2yBPOJsRp/

 

[McBibus]

Guess what she's wearing!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG2yBPOJsRp/

the most abused item in her wardrobe
She really wears it a lot

 

[patee]

the most abused item in her wardrobe
She really wears it a lot

Obviously it's her favourite piece of clothing...

 

[patee]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG32zHjpc3-/

 

[patee]

Obviously it's her favourite piece of clothing...

I guess it's one of my all-time favourite photos of Aliona.
(Credits to the fantastic figure skating photographer Mihail Sharov)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDdK5noJ3ax/

 

[McBibus]

She started the countdown
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6yzFeJIqp/

 

[Batsuchan]

More photos of Aliona in training!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CG6fEG1BRl-/

Her edges in the last photo are so deep!! Defying gravity!

 

[sclloyd]

I usually don't self promote, but I drew Aliona specifically so I'd have a profile photo for here. It seems sometimes this thread enjoys fan art so here is it!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGqHxcsBTYj/?igshid=ptswex2rpifp

Don't know why the embed feature for instagram isn't working anymore ):

Anyways, I'm always looking for practice so if there are really brilliant photos of Aliona that you've been dying to see as fan art, drop them here, I can never decide what to draw next.

 

[Fluture]

New costume for Aliona?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHAZxD5B-3E/?igshid=89yreqms2wxz