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Batsuchan

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So I'm a bit behind with this thread and the end of Nationals stuff, but I'm slowly catching up. ;)

Vemvane said:
Um, yes please! Equestrian sports have a far longer window of opportunity for the rider, and it doesn't matter that she's started riding a little later than others - she's got plenty of time to catch up. I know of someone who started riding in her late 50s and went on to win the national endurance championships in her 60s, and I am riding better and more competitively now than I did in my twenties, because my horsemanship has improved. So I would love to see her skate for Russia at the Olympics, and then compete in show jumping or dressage at a later Olympics. (Maybe she can even be a Michael Jung or Ingrid Klimke, and be multi-talented and compete in multiple disciplines at the highest level!)
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Yes, it would be really awesome to see Aliona try show jumping or dressage after she retires from figure skating! :yes:

In fact, the head of the Equestrian Federation of Russia commented about this! :eek:
https://tass.ru/sport/7443973

GoogleTranslate:
The head of the Equestrian Federation of Russia Marina Sechina said that the skater Alena Kostornaya, who is fond of equestrian sports, has talent, and if she wants, she can prove herself well in this sport. This opinion was expressed by Sechin TASS on Sunday.

Earlier, Kostornaya, who became the winner of the Grand Prix finals and the silver medalist of the Russian Figure Skating Championship, said she was seriously interested in horse riding.

"The Equestrian Federation of Russia is a large and friendly family, we are always happy to see new faces on the battlefield and in the stands. We will definitely call Alena to our tournaments, next year the Eurasian Championship will take place in Russia so that she can feel the atmosphere in equestrian competitions "It’s never too late to start dressage, talented people are talented in everything. If Alena succeeds in performing such miracles on ice, she’s sure that in equestrian sport she’ll succeed if she wants to," Sechina said.
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That would be awesome if they do invite Aliona to watch their tournaments! :agree: I think she would really enjoy that! :yes:
And it sounds like they'd be more than happy to support her if she does decide to pursue dressage or show jumping more seriously! :cool2:
 
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Okay, finally watched Aliona's EX, the medal ceremony, and the FS press conference, and I have thoughts! :laugh:

1) You can tell how much of a perfectionist that Aliona is by her dissatisfied expression at the end of her EX. :yes: It's just an exhibition, and it doesn't count for anything, but she is totally annoyed that she fell on the 3F! So of course she has to do a perfect 3F+1Eu+3S in the gala finale. :agree:

2) Okay, I have serious complaints about the medal ceremony. :laugh:
First off, I have to say, Aliona's hair at the last two Nationals medal ceremonies have been a disappointment! Last year she had those two braids, which I didn't care for (looked a bit childish), and this year she had a messy half ponytail. :disapp: Oh yes, this is definitely a very superficial complaint, but since Aliona is such a gorgeous girl, it annoys me when her hair is not as nice as it could be--like when she had it completely down at the NHK Trophy gala :luv17: or at the 2018 JGPF medal ceremony where she seriously looked like a princess/real-life Juliet! :love:
Second, why the heck did they choose to show her 3F+3T combo that she messed up instead of one of her gorgeous 3As? :devil:
Third, I'm very disappointed that they didn't show the girls hugging each other, because that's always one of my favorite parts. Hmmph!

3) In the press conference, Aliona was looking still a bit depressed and subdued, but I totally :rofl: when Aliona insisted on answering the question on the doping scandal that Anna and Sasha didn't want to answer:
https://youtu.be/XFmeGwRGlrU?t=438
Yes, that is our little daring devil! :biggrin:
 
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I think all the talk of her getting a quad are a bit premature...

They would be wise to wait, at least until after Worlds to begin seriously working on any potential quads. I have no doubts that she can do quads. I just don’t think they are necessary...yet. Her consistency at performing all of her content perfectly is her greatest strength, and trying to add a new difficult element midseason might throw her off her game. She can go for an easier upgrade instead, like maybe doing 3Lz-3T, and just focus on executing everything flawlessly.
 
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OMG! Now i'm excited to see if Aliona would really be invited to the equestrian championship in Moscow :hap57: and it will be in off-season too!
 
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Imagine said:
I think all the talk of her getting a quad are a bit premature...

They would be wise to wait, at least until after Worlds to begin seriously working on any potential quads. I have no doubts that she can do quads. I just don’t think they are necessary...yet. Her consistency at performing all of her content perfectly is her greatest strength, and trying to add a new difficult element midseason might throw her off her game. She can go for an easier upgrade instead, like maybe doing 3Lz-3T, and just focus on executing everything flawlessly.
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Imagine, about a month ago, I totally would have agreed with you about the quads. :yes: I still am very worried about Aliona working on quads and potentially getting injured or ruining her consistency on the rest of her elements. :drama:

However, the fact that Daniil said that Aliona wanted to try a quad at Nationals suggests to me that her quad is pretty much ready to go, which means that she has been working on it already, anyway. Though I'm still confused about this comment, because in her interview, Aliona made it seem like she hasn't fully rotated a 4S yet. :unsure: I do think Aliona is aware that her consistency is her strength, though--or at least the coaches are aware--so I'm sure they won't let her try a quad in competition until it's almost perfect. :yes:

I agree with you that it's probably not necessary at this point if her goal is to win the Olympics, but I do think that Aliona wants to increase her base value now so that 1) she'll have a good chance to win even if others skate cleanly and 2) she can have a small margin of error to make small mistakes.

One thing I think Aliona absolutely needs to work on, though, before she can add a quad in competition, is being able to warm up her difficult elements quickly. We have seen how she needs to wait (or she prefers to wait) until the entire rink is practically clear so that she can do a 3A attempt, and she often has to abort her attempts if other skaters get in her way. She's probably not going to have enough time to try to do that for a 3A AND a separate quad in the 6-minute warmup, so she needs to find a more efficient way to warm up her 3A and a quad, in my opinion. :yes:
 
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So today is the birthday of Aliona's bestie, Dasha Pavliuchenko! :biggrin: Aliona wished her happy birthday in her Instagram story! :luv17:
I'm sure they will celebrate her birthday together, surely by getting into all sorts of trouble. ;)

Did you see their adorable pictures together at the gala finale? :love:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6qamBQpse0/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6t27CvJjkX/

Also, they went to the premiere of the film about Elena Tchaikovskaia together (a few weeks ago)! Here is a photo of them with her:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tHnnpox90/
They are both kind of smirking like they got caught doing something naughty! :rofl:

And here's a very tiny clip of them at the premiere (with Aliona talking):
https://youtu.be/0r7DgJxBCjo?t=228

I'm so very glad that Aliona has such a fun and supportive bestie!! :yes:
And I have to say, I'm so glad that Dasha & Denis made it to the Euros team! I feel like Aliona feels better when Dasha is with her at competitions! :yes: And I hope they go to Worlds together too! :pray:
 
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I am pretty certain Alyona and Dar'ya rely on each other for emotional support when things get a little difficult. It was Dar'ya who lifted Alyona's spirits after Test Skates and suggested she'd try learning a new element after all.
Dar'ya has a male partner in Denis but probably values Alyona's friendship equally.

Having a friend close, but not on the same rink, makes the bond strong: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EM854YAWsAEAZV5?format=jpg&name=900x900 , BFF's :)
 
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Has anyone heard if there will be a stream or videos from the Bolzano Passion Gala Aliona is performing in on the 4th? I’ve been searching but haven’t been able to find anything yet.
 
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SkateSkates said:
Has anyone heard if there will be a stream or videos from the Bolzano Passion Gala Aliona is performing in on the 4th? I’ve been searching but haven’t been able to find anything yet.
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As far as I can tell, there won't be an official stream or videos, so I guess we'll just have to hope for fan vids!

Good luck to Aliona in the show today! :hap10:

She did a 3A+2T in the dark in practice yesterday :eeking: so I guess the 3A is finally her "friend"! :yes2:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B63Z24uHuz4/

Lots of practice photos!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B63qhSwJexn/
I especially love the bite one! :laugh:

I wasn't expecting her to perform the EX version of her "Twilight" program! :eek: Hopefully she doesn't get confused in the middle!

With Liza :luv17:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B63ZxXMJ45W/

And backstage:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B628g4TpJ0X/

I'm happy to see Aliona chatting with Sasha and Vanya. :luv17: Aliona also posted videos of them practicing in her IG stories! I'm happy not only because I really like Stepanova/Bukin as an ice dance team, but also because I think it would be nice for Aliona to have a big sister/big brother-like friends outside her discipline. :yes: Like how Alina has Tiffani Zagorski, and Lena Radionova had Lena Ilinykh and Ksenia Stolbova. :agree:

I also think that Aliona and Liza could get along pretty well because they both like to joke around. :biggrin:
 
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Azikin said:
That must have been difficult for her to be friendly with someone who was bullying her earlier this year.. maybe Liza apologized? I doubt it..
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Eteri's team are all unfailingly professional. .. part of their training I guess
 
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