Alena Kostornaia

[Hammer24]

I'm happy that Aliona confirmed that she wants to skate for another 4 years, and I'm so glad she has such a supportive fan group like Kostornaia Team -- they really organized a lot of presents for her so quickly!!

I also was happy to read that Aliona uses negative comments to motivate herself further -- that's the right attitude!!
And I almost never comment on Instagram, but I wrote a comment on Aliona's latest post since she said the support of her fans makes her happy.

Well, I really came online to post Aliona's video, but nussacker beat me to it! Aliona's YouTube channel is live!! Everyone go and subscribe and write positive comments!
So she did fall on an axel attempt after all...oh well...it did seem like the most likely scenario. I just hope that when she eventually returns to training the 3A that she won't be afraid to try and fail again...

As for her makeup tutorial -- I didn't understand a word of what she said, but I still enjoyed watching Aliona, and I was super amazed by how well she can do her makeup with her left hand! Serious respect!! I could never!

Well I’m sad for Aliona but she seems to be in good spirits Surprised she fell on a 3A, I would have guessed table dancing

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

the main thing is that the mobility of the fingers after recovery is fully restored. This is especially important if she really becomes a surgeon. However, the involuntary expansion of the left hand functionality can certainly also be useful in the future.

Having known a heart/lungs surgeon who during residency had had a car accident with many fractures between wrist and elbow, she fully recovered (and she had made the diagnosis and the prognosis while waiting for the ambulance!) so I worry a bit less on this account for Alyona. Her thumb has been partly immobilised, her second and third fingers more, her fourth and pinky not, nor her elbow, she moves her arm easily, it doesn't look very bad (I'm not a professional at all). My probably dumb reflection was about her left hand. I don't doubt she's perfectly "wired" (psychomotor abilities) which is both extremely desirable and not very usual among surgeons, because in medical studies most of the selection lays on learning and reasoning abilities, so at the end those who become surgeons are not always the defter.
I hope you will excuse me for this rather off-topic post.

 

[nussnacker]

G drive is wishing Aliona speedy recovery:



Emma Gadzhieva accepted Aliona’s make up challenge and attempted to recreate her Lovely make up:

 

[Batsuchan]

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Wow, thanks so much for translating what Aliona said, Alex Fedorov!! I really appreciate it!

Over 40 thousand views and 7 thousand subscribers in ~1.5 days -- not bad at all!
And that's very cool that Emma Gadzhieva accepted her beauty challenge.

Besides watching Aliona, I also enjoyed inspecting the things in her room -- I see the medals in the book case, the photograph of Aliona in "Angel" (what? not "Twilight"?!), the unicorn figurine, the Henry Marsh books, and I think I see a Pikachu stuffie behind her chair.
What else did you spot?

I also really like the banner she used for her channel, with the skates, horses (or maybe unicorns? I can't tell), and of course a pair of devil horns!!

 

[Scott512]

Aliona has a lot of free time now that she’s on her sick leave, so she decided to film her first YouTube video.
Since she can’t really use her right hand, the video is a makeup challenge of doing her makeup with her left hand in 12min.
Says she broke her wrist when she fell on an axel attempt.




P.S. tbh, I think she either just didn’t want to talk to that particular journalist about her injury, so said that so he would leave her alone; or Eteri told them not to talk to yellow page journalists, who might twist their words in media.
The nerve of that journalist to make all journalists victims to make Aliona to talk….

double or triple axel attempt? If it's the 3A that's a big problem.

Is there any realistic chance that the Olympics will be canceled because of the virus? I did that with the summer games and just backed it up a year.

I don't really want to watch another Olympics with no fans and in the Winter Olympics other than the skiing and biathlot events the fans need to be indoors. And who the hell wants to be indoors in the middle of a worldwide pandemic / endemic?

 

[Alex Fedorov]

Is there any realistic chance that the Olympics will be canceled because of the virus?

I think there are no such chances. This is China. Of course, they are communists in name only, but some elements of the old ideology have remained unchanged. If they decide to do something, they will. Only in China can the quarantine be truly complete, without hesitation about the possible material costs and personal problems of individuals. And I must admit that it works. For example, yesterday there were only 77 new cases in China. And in Russia - more than 28,000, in the USA - 144,000.

 

[Scott512]

I think there are no such chances. This is China. Of course, they are communists in name only, but some elements of the old ideology have remained unchanged. If they decide to do something, they will. Only in China can the quarantine be truly complete, without hesitation about the possible material costs and personal problems of individuals. And I must admit that it works. For example, yesterday there were only 77 new cases in China. And in Russia - more than 28,000, in the USA - 144,000.

Makes some good points but don't believe those numbers. 77 new cases for a billion people.

I feel sorry for the athletes people like us can stay home if we want they cannot they have to train they have to travel.

But I think you are right China is very strong willed and will go ahead with everything as planned no matter what.

As for aleona I wonder if she will focus on her YouTube channel or even watch Europeans the Olympics or worlds if she can't compete. Have we gotten a further update on her broken hand or risk and if there will be surgery?

 

[McBibus]

Hey guys,
i'm still devestated that's why I did not write anything.
She showed strenght and positivity once again immediatly going on with that video, and well... if someone told me I would have watched a whole 10 minutes make up video in a language I don't know without skipping forward o being distracted by something else I would ha rolled on the floor laughing.
But her enchantment is so strong i did that and even rewatched some part of it... but please don't tell anyone

I was (I still am) more worried for the mind than for the body.
How much can even a supergirl take without being crashed by a sequence of events like that.
Anytime she sees the light the tunnel collapse and she have to collect her strength and find another exit.
From the day the 2020 WC was canceled it was one misfortune after another, and yet she kept smiling and working.

I loved to see how, this year shes was praising and thanking the audience after every performance.
She takes nothing from granted anymore and every beatiful thing like a gift.
I'm proud of her (highlight of the season publicy supporting Dasha)


Anyway, back to replying to Scott
Long time ago, Jill Trenary got injuried after begin WC in 1990, she lost the whole 1991 season and she tryed to go back to her level to go the olympics, failing to qualify
During the free skate she got out joggin hard not to think about it.
When a woman in the neighboroud stopped her to tell her Yamaguchy won the gold, she collapsed crying.
Trenary and Yamaguchy where a bit like Aliona and Sasha, competing togheter for years.
It will not be easy to watch the games for Aliona, maybe the better thing for her would be a long horse trip to stay in a good place and not thinking of what could have been

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Makes some good points but don't believe those numbers. 77 new cases for a billion people.

I feel sorry for the athletes people like us can stay home if we want they cannot they have to train they have to travel.

But I think you are right China is very strong willed and will go ahead with everything as planned no matter what.

As for aleona I wonder if she will focus on her YouTube channel or even watch Europeans the Olympics or worlds if she can't compete. Have we gotten a further update on her broken hand or risk and if there will be surgery?

In India too they manage a nearly similar low level except in the states who stuck to Western policies, and there's not so much culture of secrecy as in China, nor many restriction AFAIK. But this is not the place to discuss it.

 

[Alex Fedorov]

As for aleona I wonder if she will focus on her YouTube channel or even watch Europeans the Olympics or worlds if she can't compete. Have we gotten a further update on her broken hand or risk and if there will be surgery?

Least of all I want to be like those strange doctors who, without seeing the patient, miraculously diagnose and even insist on one or another operation. Therefore, I am making only the most obvious assumptions at the moment.

First of all: so far there have been no operations. Otherwise, Alena would hardly have been able to shoot a video. Treatment will show whether surgery will be required later, but statistics indicate that this happens only in 10% of cases. Since there was no operation, it means that this is a fracture without displacement and the formation of fragments, that is, one might say, simple.

Second: Alena wears plaster cast only on the wrist. The elbow and shoulder are not fixed and she can use them freely. It is very important. This means that after removing the cast, she does not have to restore the mobility of the shoulder joint. There can be some problems with the fingers.

Conclusion: with a favorable development of events, by the end of January Alena can remove the plaster cast and even start training (maybe not immediately on the ice, they have a lot of trainings outside the rink). A psychological barrier may, of course, appear - it is difficult to predict something here.

Here is my cautious, but still optimistic prognosis (excluding various physiotherapeutic and pharmacological methods that accelerate bone fusion, only conservative treatment). In my opinion, Trusova's fracture was more difficult to treat.

 

[Scott512]

Least of all I want to be like those strange doctors who, without seeing the patient, miraculously diagnose and even insist on one or another operation. Therefore, I am making only the most obvious assumptions at the moment.

First of all: so far there have been no operations. Otherwise, Alena would hardly have been able to shoot a video. Treatment will show whether surgery will be required later, but statistics indicate that this happens only in 10% of cases. Since there was no operation, it means that this is a fracture without displacement and the formation of fragments, that is, one might say, simple.

Second: Alena wears plaster cast only on the wrist. The elbow and shoulder are not fixed and she can use them freely. It is very important. This means that after removing the cast, she does not have to restore the mobility of the shoulder joint. There can be some problems with the fingers.

Conclusion: with a favorable development of events, by the end of January Alena can remove the plaster cast and even start training (maybe not immediately on the ice, they have a lot of trainings outside the rink). A psychological barrier may, of course, appear - it is difficult to predict something here.

Here is my cautious, but still optimistic prognosis (excluding various physiotherapeutic and pharmacological methods that accelerate bone fusion, only conservative treatment). In my opinion, Trusova's fracture was more difficult to treat.

How was Sashas fractured more difficult to treat? Because it was her foot?

I'm a very good point so about how aleona does not have the cast over her elbow so her elbow and shoulder will be easy to rehabilitate. In fact she might not even need to rehabilitate them. It's the hand couple fingers and the wrist.

 

[Alex Fedorov]

How was Sashas fractured more difficult to treat? Because it was her foot?

basically yes, because it was a foot. In other words, it is more difficult to eliminate the load. And you cannot usually start training immediately after removing the cast. Nevertheless, already on December 3, a month and 10 days after Skate America - she was already at the rink.

It's the hand couple fingers and the wrist.

I really hope that this is so. Strictly speaking, the fingers and wrist are not even used when jumping. So if the traumatologist was not mistaken, everything should be fine. Usually in Russia, an X-ray of a fracture is taken twice: once immediately after the injury, the second - two or three days later in the clinic. Alena's injury was probably treated even more carefully.

 

[Scott512]

basically yes, because it was a foot. In other words, it is more difficult to eliminate the load. And you cannot usually start training immediately after removing the cast. Nevertheless, already on December 3, a month and 10 days after Skate America - she was already at the rink.



I really hope that this is so. Strictly speaking, the fingers and wrist are not even used when jumping. So if the traumatologist was not mistaken, everything should be fine. Usually in Russia, an X-ray of a fracture is taken twice: once immediately after the injury, the second - two or three days later in the clinic. Alena's injury was probably treated even more carefully.

Sasha's come back is amazing. I want the same for aliona. But she's gonna have to get over any fear she may have a falling and reinjuring her hand. The good news is Aliona has plenty of time to get ready for next season.

 

[patee]

 

[Alex Fedorov]

translate:

Hello everyone, you are on my channel, and today we will have a review of my favorite dresses. In some I performed as in international competitions, others I wore only once. Nevertheless, these are my favorite dresses. And no matter how they looked on me, I just liked them.

The first is this angel dress. (skating in an angel dress is demonstrated). It is white ... We changed it several times, because we could not always achieve the lightness and airiness that an angel should have, plus here we drew angel wings for a very long time, because light sides do not suit me, I immediately become wider. Here, somewhere there are feathers ... Yes, even here they are not rhinestones, but I do not know what they are ... Some interesting stones. This is how it looks. I really liked it, because it was my first sleeveless dress, and I hadn’t skated sleeveless then, and it was very comfortable for me in this dress.

Next dress. This dress is made in the same season as the angel dress. This is the vampire dress for my FS to the music from the Twilight movie. (skating in a vampire dress is shown). A bit of a vintage style is present here. Further dripping blood droplets. In general, I really liked it, almost completely open back and not fully open arms, which I also really liked, because before that I had not skated with bare hands at all. I also really like it, it's all very comfortable.

So, this dress is to the music of Billie Eilish Lovely (skating is demonstrated). What can I tell you about him? I was in this dress at only one competition, and ... (thought) and in general this dress did not have time to reveal its potential. This is a very interesting dress, it does not have such a long skirt as all the previous ones, it has a completely different back. Yes, the back is closed, and here these strings stick out. Crystals in the form of thorns ... It is completely different, absolutely not like the others. Thunderclouds, a dress in the shape of a thunderstorm, so that here and here ... There are a lot of stones, but the dress is still light. Very light, very comfortable, but the only thing is, in my opinion, this thing is black (?).

The next dress is from the same season, a program to the music of Vivaldi (skating is shown)
It is very beautiful! Unfortunately, we had to tweak it a bit, but overall it’s just a bomb from here. I really liked it, it is incredibly comfortable, soft and very pleasant to the touch. Here is a regular mesh, but this fabric is just ... Just fire. In addition, it is unusual in that ... probably, I will not be able to show to the end ... that he has a pleated skirt here. I have never seen athletes wear pleated skirts in their dresses before, it was nonsense. But this skirt seemed to look good on me.

The next dress is a regular rolling dress (ice skating is demonstrated). There is nothing unusual about it, except for these things on the back. They can be pushed apart like this, and moved as you like, and you can make them crosswise. In short, thanks to the back of the dress, there is an opportunity to show your creativity. But in general, the usual little black dress.

And the last dress (skating is demonstrated). Many people said that they liked this particular dress. To be honest, at first I did not appreciate him highly. I don’t know why, but normal dress, nothing supernatural. This thing really confused me, but everyone liked it. Symmetry is also very visible here. Everything is symmetrical. In general, it suits me very much, and, of course, this is the tail of the thread.

These are generally all my favorite dresses. I won't wear them now, because (whispers) there is a possibility that I will not fit into them. Shhhh! But it doesn't matter - I'll get myself in shape, let's say. That's the whole review, that's the whole analysis. What can I tell you - these are my favorite dresses, maybe you liked some dresses on me more, so suddenly if you want to see them up close, then please write to me, I will definitely supplement the review.

And a little about new videos. A lot of about the following messages came to me: "Alena, please show me how you eat, how you cook for yourself." Guys, I can't show you this while I'm in a cast, because my mother just won't let me into the kitchen. Because no matter what I do there, then there will be dirt and mess. My last attempt to cook something ended in failure. And no, we are not looking for a new apartment, I didn’t burn it down, didn’t flood it, didn’t ditch it. But it was so dirty there that they cleaned up for two days later. Two days! Therefore, for this simple reason, they do not let me go there - so that I don’t get everything dirty once again.

Well, I can show you many other interesting videos that are more creative than just standing by the stove and cooking. And the next video will be about my images. So something interesting awaits you. Thank you all, see you again, bye!

 

[nussnacker]

Aliona and ordinary life are two parallel lines, which will never cross
She decided not to lose valuable off competition time and dye her hair once again:

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I've also been struggling to put thoughts and feelings into words. I'm so sad that Aliona is injured and that she won't have the chance to skate her best at Nationals or the Olympics, and it makes me angry that she's gone through so much the last couple years... the universe just won't give her a break! And I'm still angry with Daniil for the comments he made in the past, but so proud of Aliona for speaking up in Daria Usacheva's defense when she was being blamed for her injury in a similarly cruel and demeaning way. I'm glad that she seems to be in decent spirits and intends to keep competing over the next quad, I desperately want her to bounce back from this in a big way and prove all the haters wrong. Our girl is so, so strong and above all I believe in her ability to keep fighting and keep showing her passion in every way.

 

[patee]

I won't wear them now, because (whispers) there is a possibility that I will not fit into them. Shhhh!

I was wondering what she was saying here... Funny Aliona! Well, she'll have other (even more) beautiful costumes in the future for sure! Also, her body will definitely change, but for the better I think, so no need to worry about not fitting into those old dresses anymore... Thank you so much for the translation! You're a treasure!

 

[Batsuchan]

Thanks again @Alex Fedorov for the detailed translation!!!

Well, she'll have other (even more) beautiful costumes in the future for sure! Also, her body will definitely change, but for the better I think, so no need to worry about not fitting into those old dresses anymore...

LOL, and here I was thinking that Aliona ate all those Kinder eggs she got, and that's why she might not fit into the dresses.

I was kind of shocked that she seemed to like the Vivaldi dress from Finlandia the best (I did not like that one with the funny collar), but it does seem that Aliona prioritizes comfort most of all. I guess it might also look different to her when she's looking at the dress on a hanger or a mannequin or in the mirror, rather than when we see it in a video/photo or from the audience...
But then again, I do often find Aliona's choice in clothing to be...umm, interesting...and a bit
That being said, if she were gorgeous, charismatic AND had amazing fashion sense, then maybe that would just be too much for the rest of the world to handle.

Definitely the most "Aliona being Aliona" moment was the kitchen story! Only our devil could create such a mess that it would require 2 days of cleaning!!

I also liked the little black & white moment when she seemed to mourn over the fact that she only got to wear that "Lovely" dress once. She should really be an actress -- her face is so expressive.

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And of course I love the new hair!! I'm just shocked she waited so long to change it!

 

[McBibus]

LOL, and here I was thinking that Aliona ate all those Kinder eggs she got, and that's why she might not fit into the dresses.

I tought the same
Really, her figure is more womanly compared to '19.
It is even visible in the new dresses cut.

That being said, if she were gorgeous, charismatic AND had amazing fashion sense, then maybe that would just be too much for the rest of the world to handle.

The world will never be ready for Aliona, she will always find a way to surprise it

Definitely the most "Aliona being Aliona" moment was the kitchen story! Only our devil could create such a mess that it would require 2 days of cleaning!!

I also liked the little black & white moment when she seemed to mourn over the fact that she only got to wear that "Lovely" dress once. She should really be an actress -- her face is so expressive.

I'm defintely good cook, and I'm really curious about what she did make and how she could destroy the kitchen without "incident".
Guess I will never know.

I can really get spoiled with all these video, I appreciate the chance to see her so free to express herself and know more of her, but she belongs on the ice. I hope she gets well fast.