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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2020 5:28:28 GMT
Successful season Kostornaia was one of four favourites heading into the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in March when the event was cancelled due to the pandemic, along with Trusova, Anna Shcherbakova (who remains Kostornaia’s training partner) and Japan’s Kihira Rika. Her arrival on the senior skating scene looked like this: Golden. Winning Grand Prix assignments in France and Japan in the fall of 2019, as well as the aforementioned Final in Turin in December and the European Championships in January. (At Russian Nationals she finished second behind Shcherbakova.) In addition to her high component marks, Kostornaia is one of few senior women to have a triple Axel in her jumping repertoire. She sat down with Olympic Channel for an exclusive one-on-one chat after being named the ISU’s best newcomer for the 2019-20 season. The interview was conducted in Russian and translated and edited for clarity below.
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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2020 20:39:40 GMT
http://instagram.com/p/B8eD_iLJdIh Olympic Channel: Alena, congratulations on your ISU award. What's it like to become the best newcomer? Alena Kostornaia: It was unexpected and very pleasant. For the first few minutes, I didn't even know what to say. Though I was asked and re-asked three questions, I just sat silently and couldn't find the words. OC: You are a Grand Prix champion, a European champion. Are there any other figure skating awards you dream of receiving? Kostornaia: The Olympic Games, the World Championships. All the serious competitions. It's not that important (in life), but I want to (fully) realise myself as an athlete. http://instagram.com/p/B8g7iG_JhXj OC: How did you come into the sport of figure skating in the first place? And what made you stay? Kostornaia: My mother brought me into figure skating as I was a very active child, I constantly fell from the trees and from the swings. At the playground no one could stop me, I was constantly running. It was necessary to put that energy somewhere. My mum decided it would be figure skating because the rink was close by. Then at 5 or 6 years I was asked: Will you continue skating? I said: ‘Let's try it.’ And that's it.
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