Alena Kostornaia

[Alex Fedorov]

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People often say to me: “Alyona, when will you start behaving normally?” And I'm thinking: why behave normally, if I can live my life fun and cool?

I just read the comments recently and it really pissed me off. Guys, if my behavior seems inadequate and boring for you, then you are simply not on my team and we are not on the same path.
"

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

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People often say to me: “Alyona, when will you start behaving normally?” And I'm thinking: why behave normally, if I can live my life fun and cool?

I just read the comments recently and it really pissed me off. Guys, if my behavior seems inadequate and boring for you, then you are simply not on my team and we are not on the same path.
"

Oh! It sounds like she's really harassed? I'm really surprised, the more so because to me, she doesn't behave abnormally at all. I hope that she can overcome any nasty comment she gets! I do believe that they are likely to stem for envy rather than from anything else. She's beautiful, successful, she's happy and pursuing projects, some people hate that, particularly if their own lives are unhappy (and people so dark-minded as to feel pain when others are happy, are very likely to have unhappy lives). It's a sort of "Gluckschmerz"?

Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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Or the related "tall poppy syndrome"?

Tall poppy syndrome - Wikipedia

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[Alex Fedorov]

Oh! It sounds like she's really harassed? I'm really surprised, the more so because to me, she doesn't behave abnormally at all. I hope that she can overcome any nasty comment she gets! I do believe that they are likely to stem for envy rather than from anything else. She's beautiful, successful, she's happy and pursuing projects, some people hate that, particularly if their own lives are unhappy (and people so dark-minded as to feel pain when others are happy, are very likely to have unhappy lives). It's a sort of "Gluckschmerz"?

in my opinion, this is just another reminder from Alyona that life is a cabaret

 

[Scott512]

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People often say to me: “Alyona, when will you start behaving normally?” And I'm thinking: why behave normally, if I can live my life fun and cool?

I just read the comments recently and it really pissed me off. Guys, if my behavior seems inadequate and boring for you, then you are simply not on my team and we are not on the same path.
"

Alyona isn't gonna take any nonsense from anybody. I hope she isn't too hard on her fans many have been with her for years.

 

[AxelLover]

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People often say to me: “Alyona, when will you start behaving normally?” And I'm thinking: why behave normally, if I can live my life fun and cool?

I just read the comments recently and it really pissed me off. Guys, if my behavior seems inadequate and boring for you, then you are simply not on my team and we are not on the same path.
"

This is just so Alyona! Love her!

 

[AxelLover]

This is my favourite photo from Alyona's new photoshoot.

Make sure to click it to see the picture in high resolution.

 

[elbkup]

This is my favourite photo from Alyona's new photoshoot.

Make sure to click it to see the picture in high resolution.

Beautiful .. black horses are stunning but do not be fooled; Alyona has peppermints

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Is this photo from Phantom of the Opera?

She looks quite at ease in the twist, but his make up is quite impressive too!

I'm being quite late about Alyona Kostornaya!

 

[Alex Fedorov]

Aliona officially got married. At the wedding among the guests were Dasha Usacheva and Anna Shcherbakova

 

[DizzyFrenchie]

Here's a tweet of their wedding, from a selfie by Daria Usacheva, with Anna Shcherbakova:


Congratulations to the newlyweds, I wish them the greatest happiness!

 

[withwings]

oh...wish her/them to be happy! congratulations!!

at the same time...deeply inside I do feel...sorry. Aliona has/had an extraordinary talent... heavenly qualities in her skating and all has been left unrealized....because she never was understood or guided and injuries was a result of this.

wish this marriage to be a new chapter in her more or less sad story

 

[Mathematician]

oh...wish her/them to be happy! congratulations!!

at the same time...deeply inside I do feel...sorry. Aliona has/had an extraordinary talent... heavenly qualities in her skating and all has been left unrealized....because she never was understood or guided and injuries was a result of this.

wish this marriage to be a new chapter in her more or less sad story

Shes had an insanely successful career and produced some of the best programs ever. Ultimately I wouldnt be too upset. And long term assuming her marriage goes well her life will probably end up a lot better all things considered than it would've if she stayed in singles and learned quads or whatever. Theres a lot of factors that go into someones career that we're blind to, we can always assume from the outside some athlete had more in them but we dont really know. Aliona seems convinced quads were too much for her and likely she knows better than us. I dont think her career has been some tragic waste of talent like most people see it; to me, honestly, it was one of the most fruitful ladies' singles careers I know of, and if her marriage lasts then shes basically living the peak life path.

 

[Azikin]

Well, I hope their happiness will last.. And I'm happy she invited Anya!

 

[Mariott]

Dasha Usacheva and many other skaters were there as well

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Shes had an insanely successful career and produced some of the best programs ever. Ultimately I wouldnt be too upset. And long term assuming her marriage goes well her life will probably end up a lot better all things considered than it would've if she stayed in singles and learned quads or whatever. Theres a lot of factors that go into someones career that were blind to, we can always assume from the outside some athlete had more in them but we dont really know. Aliona seems convinced quads were too much for her and likely she knows better than us. I dont think her career has been some tragic waste of talent like most people see it; to me, honestly, it was one of the most fruitful ladies' singles careers I know of, and if her marriage lasts then shes basically living the peak life path.

MUCH HAPPINESS FOR THE MARRIED COUPLE <3

Regarding her career, while I agree that is definitely no waste, such a beautiful skater, so talented, I can't help wishing she enjoyed more hardwork, more trainings and discipline, but I suppose one can't change her personality/behaviour/character, however if she had been nore disciplined, trained better, longer, harder, the results would've happened.

 

[Scott512]

Congrats! I can only wish them well. I hope Aliona has a great career in pairs. I have no doubt she will do her part.

 

[Mathematician]

MUCH HAPPINESS FOR THE MARRIED COUPLE <3

Regarding her career, while I agree that is definitely no waste, such a beautiful skater, so talented, I can't help wishing she enjoyed more hardwork, more trainings and discipline, but I suppose one can't change her personality/behaviour/character, however if she had been nore disciplined, trained better, longer, harder, the results would've happened.

Yes but, my thought is that if she were a hard working and disciplined person, that might mean an instrinsic piece of her artistic personality is lost - its all a very complex system. I think its important to just accept an artist for who they are and appreciate their work, its probably best not to try to see her as a sum of her parts. I think we have to realize if we changed one thing we think is for the better it could mean ultimately we lose something really special, and Kostornaia is special.

I know Valieva has all things, but shes very different.

 

[LolaSkatesInJapan]

Yes but, my thought is that if she were a hard working and disciplined person, that might mean an instrinsic piece of her artistic personality is lost - its all a very complex system. I think its important to just accept an artist for who they are and appreciate their work, its probably best not to try to see her as a sum of her parts. I think we have to realize if we changed one thing we think is for the better it could mean ultimately we lose something really special, and Kostornaia is special.

I know Valieva has all things, but shes very different.

POINT VERY WELL TAKEN

 

[icewhite]

How do you guys know she's not a hard working or disciplined person?
There's a difference between being hard-working and being ready to completely bow to others.
I don't think Kostornaia would have become the skater she did become without really, really hard work. It also looks like she's really working on the pairs elements. Just because people have personal limits doesn't mean one has to question their work ethics. I don't know her and I don't know what she actually did or didn't do, but to me it very much looks like this "she's a wild child" is something that some people have said about her to deflect and because she's not ready to do absolutely everything all the time that is demanded from her - which I would consider healthy, normal and reasonable as a start, but she has internalized this view that others have spread about her.

 

[Mathematician]

How do you guys know she's not a hard working or disciplined person?
There's a difference between being hard-working and being ready to completely bow to others.
I don't think Kostornaia would have become the skater she did become without really, really hard work. It also looks like she's really working on the pairs elements. Just because people have personal limits doesn't mean one has to question their work ethics. I don't know her and I don't know what she actually did or didn't do, but to me it very much looks like this "she's a wild child" is something that some people have said about her to deflect and because she's not ready to do absolutely everything all the time that is demanded from her - which I would consider healthy, normal and reasonable as a start, but she has internalized this view that others have spread about her.

Well, I agree with what you're saying, but I don't think anyone was calling her a complete slacker or eccentric uncompromising brat.

I guess, just by Russian standards, it was pretty well discussed that she wasn't as "disciplined" as others; or at least that her personality and ego clashed with trainers. And yes, you're absolutely right, in Russia discipline means being totally submissive to your trainers. You aren't even supposed to talk during training sessions from what I understand, at least with Eteri: I watched probably an hour of raw training footage from Akateva and Valieva and neither of them said a single world during their sessions; just listen and repeat on the ice.

Thing is, I totally understand why she was a bit rebellious and bothered by that atmosphere - I would be too. Thats why I like her, shes more relatable than most of the superchildren Russia produced. It makes me think, maybe she would've been a lot more successful with a coach like Plushenko?

Anyways, the idea is that if she fully subverted her ego and became a canvas like the others girls, she could've perhaps been even more impressive. But for the record, if you scroll up, this is a perspective I argued against. I do totally understand it though and it has basis in what we hear from coaches and Kostornaia herself.