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Post by Admin on Sept 29, 2018 19:37:16 GMT
Alena Kostornaia (RUS) | Ladies Free Skating | Ostrava 2018
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Post by Admin on Oct 2, 2018 19:55:40 GMT
Russian figure skater Alena Kostornaia commented on her victory at the fifth stage of the Grand Prix among juniors in the Czech Ostrava. "On the whole, I am satisfied with the result. I can not say that I am happy, because there were too many mistakes and very gross mistakes. But I'm glad that I was able to qualify for the final. In a short program, I honestly do not know what happened at this start. Just flew out of the circle on the first jump. I have never done anything in training, especially “butterflies” in the stomach. For me it was a shock. To the Grand Prix Final I want to try a triple axel. I hope that this jump will work for me. Still, for me, reaching the final for the second time is much more important than it was last season, because in the next season I will go into the adult sport. This is a different level. Everything will be different. And you need to roll up, type, show that I can fight strong athletes at a new level," Kostornaia said.
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2019 21:28:31 GMT
Alena Kostornaia made the perfect start to her senior international figure skating career at the Finlandia Trophy in Espoo, Finland. The 16-year-old became the 10th woman to land a triple Axel in competition to beat 2015 world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva by more than 22 points. Along with 15-year-olds Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova, Kostornaia is one of the crop of hugely talented Russian youngsters making the step up to the senior ranks this season. All three train alongside reigning world and Olympic champion Alina Zagitova under Eteri Tutberidze in Moscow. And while Trusova has stolen the headlines with her quad-jumping exploits, not least at last weekend's Japan Open, Kostornaia is winning fans, including PyeongChang 2018 bronze medallist Adam Rippon, with her all-round skating.
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2019 4:06:01 GMT
Kostornaia completes youth takeover It took until the ISU Challenger Series event before the start of the ISU Grand Prix season to see Kostornaia make her first senior appearance outside of Russia.
And last year's Junior Grand Prix Final winner was most definitely worth the wait.
Her short program on Friday was close to flawless, landing a double Axel, triple Lutz and a triple flip-triple toe loop combination on her way to a score of 77.25, over four points clear of Tuktamysheva.
She prompted screams from the crowd at the start of her free skate on Sunday as she landed a triple Axel-double toe loop combination, following it up with another triple Axel and a double Axel.
Next up was a triple loop, a triple flip-triple toe loop combination, a triple flip-Euler-triple Salchow combo and then a triple Lutz to finish.
But the teenager is about much more than her jumps as she showed excellent interpretation of the music - a medley comprising 'New Moon' from the Twilight film of the same name, 'Eyes on Fire' by Blue Foundation, and Muse's 'Supermassive Black Hole'.
Kostornaia scored 157.79, 18 points clear of Tuktamysheva who also landed two triple Axels in her free skate, for a winning total of 234.84.
Her fellow Russian was second on 212.53 with Japan's Yuhana Yokoi third on 191.90.
Out of the six Challenger events so far this season, three have gone to Russian skaters making their senior international debuts with Kostornaia the oldest of those having turned 16 in August.
Second-season senior and last year's Grand Prix Final winner Rika Kihira, 17, took the opener at the Autumn Classic with 21-year-old Olympian Satoko Miyahara and Mariah Bell, 23, winning the other two.
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2019 22:19:50 GMT
Russian figure skater Alena Kostornaia picked up her second ISU Grand Prix win of the season as the teenager claimed top spot in Japan, while countrywoman Alina Zagitova finished third. Sitting first after the short program, Kostornaia, 16, topped the free program rankings with a score of 154.96 – giving her a combined total of 240.00. That was enough to finish comfortably ahead of 17-year-old local favorite Rika Kihira, who scored 151.95 for her free program and 231.84 overall. Olympic champion Zagitova finished third in Sapporo with a total score of 217.99. For Kostornaia it is a second Grand Prix title in her first senior season, after her victory at the Grand Prix in Grenoble earlier in November. On that occasion her medal moment descended into comedy when officials mistakenly presented American rival Mariah Bell with gold, when she had in fact finished third.
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