#alena kostornaia

[rruffian]

Idk I think this might just be the most optimal out of all the shapes the human body can possibly be arranged into

[myimaginarymary]

2018 me would be crying to see Zhenya in Anna Karenina again.

[rinkasisopods]

colours in figure skating ▶ blue

[kaoribot]

alena kostornaia skates to new york, new york

♡ endless list of favorite programs

[haticesultanas]

FAVOURITE FIGURE SKATING PROGRAMS

Alena Kostornaia - Twilight (FS, 2019-20)

[caterpillarinacave]

“Figure skaters with historically amazing 3A’s are in their getting married era” is not something I had on my 2023 FS bingo card.

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Alena Kostornaia performing in the 2020 Rostelecom Cup gala.

(Source: Absolute Skating)

[maduzinhas-world]

[yellietots]

MR beast is soo hot PLEASE HEAR ME OUT🙏🙏🙏🙏

[raininyourblackeyes]

So Kosto's actually switching to pairs for real huh?

[anjelalala]

Aliona Kostornaia back on ice!

[alenightshade]

Since pairs skating is dying (and is actually one of my favourite disciplines). Alena going to Pairs makes my heart happy

She deserves much better and the Fed will never have her back as long as they protect Eteri. She could’ve and should’ve won everything for multiple seasons. Anyone who knows Figure skating and has eyes knows that she is special. If she is half as good in pairs, I can’t wait for what’s to come. I will miss her in singles but if this makes her happy, I’m happy for her too

Imagine she consistently lands a throw triple axel? Or that she gets interesting choreo just like Daria P. had?

[sailor-lunala]

KOSTOKUNITSA DEPARTURE KOSTOKUNITSA DEPERTURE FLKASDJF LIKE THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!

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Grand Prix France entry #12

Women free program

Alena Kostornaia(RUS)

Thoughts: this music was very delicate and haunting. Her choreography didn’t quite fit. Ugly swinging landing on the triple lutz. Weak transition on the triple flip combo. GOE on the triple lutz combo was more than a little generous. How wide her eyes are in the K&C, even after the big number. It’s easy to see she is petrified of Eteri.

Anna Shcherbakova(RUS)

Thoughts: I’m all for flexibility but the way she bent her neck at the end. That looked like it hurt, no thank you. Ugly landing on the quad flip, really wobbly. Double axel had crap air position. I feel sorry for her about the opening jump though. Take off falls always look so painful.

Free dance

Rensburg/Steffan(GER)

Thoughts: me trying to let Jennifer’s hairstyle grow on me. Because she really is a beauty, one bad outfit doesn’t change that. The way Ben flexes his shoulders when he lifts. He looks really strong.

Demougeot/Mercier(FRA)

Thoughts: Loicia. She’s amazing. Was her character a little tentative at times, yes. But I like her a lot. I really hope this team can get their numbers up. I’m tried of P/C stealing all of the French ice dance love.

[enby-axels]

it's not real if i pretend to not see it

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

Both Lucas Broussard and Andreas Nordeback have said Shoma is their favorite skater (Andreas said Shoma is his favorite Japanese skater), and both paid attention to their presentation and are really promising performers, I'm proud that Shoma have top juniors looking up to him. Haein Lee is also a Shoma fangirl, and the influence is felt in how she always fought to perform 100% until the end of her program regardless of the falls. There's a young Japanese skater named Sena Takahashi who was a great novice performer at the NHK Trophy and Japan Nationals gala... and he's also a Shoma fan. In general skaters who I notice are great performers or skate beyond their years tend to look up to or love Shoma, I remember even Alena Kostornaia before she started winning JGPF said her favorite skaters are Shoma and Javier.

I think aside from the performing style, Shoma influenced other Japanese skaters in terms of work ethic. Masakazu Kagiyama (Yuma's father) has mentioned in an interview before Beijing that he was impressed vy Shoma not being shy to show his falls and failures in front of Yuma when they trained together, because in his experience senior skaters tend to "only show the good sides" in front of their juniors. Shoma also gave a lot of competitive advice to Kazuki, and Kazuki is also now using the same skating blades as Shoma. He tends to be really observant of his fellow skaters and is ready to give them advice whenever necessary imo, I remember him commenting on Sota's jumps a couple of times this season.

Thank you for your input! 😊

There are definetly a couple of skaters who named Shoma as their favorite skater.

I also remember an interview with Kaori from late 2017 where she said she was looking up to Shoma. (let me search in my archive and I reference it when I find it😅)

I just dunno if it really translates into their skating or attitude in that sense you can say "see that's because of Shoma" but they definitely all saw something worth admiring and taking to heart.

I can wholeheartedly agree about work ethics in that sense in how you approach stuff and how hard you work to achieve a goal. That's why I always get so mad when haters say "Shoma is lazy" like have you ever listened to other skaters who trained with Shoma (who were not Eteri students)?

I think Shoma showed that you can be real friends with your direct competition. He trained with his friends and lend all of them a helping hand in terms of advice for their mentality or approach to competition, technical advice on jumps or being an emotional support like Koshiro just said at 4CC that he performs better with his friends around. Sota, Kazuki, Yuma, Koshiro and more can all call Shoma a friend and rely on him. It's not a common thing in sports to help your rivals even if you are friendly with each other. I just remember an interview with a Russian skater who said: "There are no real friends among competitors in the same discipline" but I think Shoma is the example to show you that it doesn't need to be true.