Alena Kostornaia: “I hope that I will still have the opportunity to make a name for myself. I still believe that I have a long career ahead of me.
Alena Kostornaia talked about idols in figure skating, haters and trainings in pair skating. View this post [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “The only thing I regret is not getting to the Olympics.”
Interview with Alena Kostornaia. About switching to pair skating, difficult periods in her career, missing the [...]
“I hope that our pair with Georgy Kunitsa will be able to be competitive and interesting and will enter the competitions.” Alena Kostornaia resumed training in pair skating
Alena Kostornaia resumed training in the group of Sergei Roslyakov after a break for vacation. View this [...]
“Why do we need a single skater who cannot do seven jumping elements in a free program? If I have three out of seven, then who needs it?” Alena Kostornaia about switching to pair skating
Alena Kostornaia about switching to pair skating. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I decided to try myself in pair skating. I can already do 75% of the lifts, triple throws, double twist and death spirals.”
Alena Kostornaia about switching to pair skating. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
Alena Kostornaya switched to pair skating
The 2020 European champion in women's singles Alena Kostornaya has finished her cooperation with coach Elena Buyanova [...]
Alexei Zheleznyakov: “As a choreographer, I’ll say from personal experience that Kostornaia is suitable for pair skating. She isn’t tall. If she tries hard, then everything will work out!”
The choreographer of the group of Eteri Tutberidze Alexei Zheleznyakov shared his opinion on the prospects of the 2020 [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “Recovery will be long. Especially when you don’t follow doctor’s recommendations and try to do everything faster. I’m a terrible patient, but as an athlete I can’t sit idle.”
Interview with Alena Kostornaia about recovering from an injury, shows and plans to participate in gala programs [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “Recovery goes a little bit more difficult than expected, because I started jumping very early.”
Alena Kostornaia told how the recovery after hip surgery is going, as well as the reaction of fans to her various [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “Trainings with Tutberidze are hard physically and mentally. Those resources that you spend on achieving the goal are not worth it.”
More from the big interview with Alena Kostornaia for Bez Vody youtube channel. View this post on Instagram [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I was offended when they interviewed me and Tutberidze on Channel One. The questions themselves forced me to say that I was wrong leaving the group of Tutberidze.”
Interview with Alena Kostornaia. About 2020 Worlds canceled due to covid, leaving Tutberidze's group and coming back, [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I believe that while you’re 14-16 years old you should compete in your category, where athletes can also do the same things.”
Alena Kostornaia about figure skating, coaches and age minimum. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I want to skate long, long and beautiful. Even if I don’t win anything, let it be a long story, like Carolina Kostner has.”
Interview with Alena Kostornaia. About her career, shows, nutrition and friendship in sports. View this [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “It’s 100%, even 200% that I won’t compete at the Russian Nationals this year.”
European Champion 2020 Alena Kostornaia will not perform at the Russian Nationals. Comments from the athlete and her [...]
“My favorite among all her programs.” Alena Kostornaia debuted with a new short program
Alena Kostornaia debuted with her new short program at the Plushenko's. View this post on Instagram [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I don’t eat four hours before a workout and two hours after. But I don’t keep myself in rigid limits, because restrictions lead to breakdowns, and no one needs this.”
Alena Kostornaia spoke about her state after surgery, work with Evgeni Plushenko, shows, trainings and diets. [...]
Elena Buyanova said that Alena Kostornaia resumed training on ice after surgery. Alena denies it “As soon as I can train, I will be the first to announce it.”
Coach Elena Buyanova said that the 2020 European champion Alena Kostornaia resumed training on ice after surgery. [...]
“Eteri is an outstanding coach. After Tutberidze, Sokolovskaya will not help her in any way.” Coaches, specialists, athletes about Trusova leaving Tutberidze’s group.
Coaches, specialists, athletes about Trusova leaving Tutberidze's grous. View this post on Instagram [...]
“As for the very idea of Valieva’s free program, I have rather mixed feelings about it.” Alena Kostornaia tries herself as a journalist and shares her impressions of the test skates
Alena Kostornaia tries herself as a journalist and now has her own column for TASS, where she shared her impressions [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I go to the hospital for rehabilitation on September 27, I don’t know yet how long it will take.”
Alena Kostornaia, during the recovery period after a hip injury, will take up new plans in an interesting for her [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “My surgery went well, the recovery will take about six months.”
European champion Alena Kostornaia told how long it will take to recover from hip surgery. View this post [...]
Elena Buyanova: “Kostornaia came to me even more psychologically vulnerable, with a fear of jumps. She was afraid to land and break her arm again.”
Coach Elena Buyanova told in the big interview how Alena Kostornaia could come to her earlier, why skaters return to [...]
“Alena already had experience of not getting to the Olympics and managed to understand that people don’t die because of this.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about Kostornaia’s prospects to continue her sports career
Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “After I broke my second arm, Eteri Tutberidze said that it would probably be better for us to part.”
Big interview with Alena Kostornaia. About injuries, training and plans for the future. View this post on [...]