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she was such a smol bean
Alena Kostornaia
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she was such a smol bean
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I, too, am a "horse" person and love the features that highlight Alena's riding skills.. (Yulia L, too..). My sister and I both ride but she is not a FS fan... she watched Alena's SP because I am a fan but also because Alena loves horses... first thing she said was "Alena is very beautiful"... I mentioned that Alena was depicting an angel who comes earth to guide departed souls to heaven... my sister lost her son at age 35 a few years ago.. she hugged me with tears when she learned what the program meant..
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Oh, I am so sorry for your sister. How moving that Aliona's SP touched her so deeply.
I have figured that as a horse person, an excellent gift for Aliona could very well be a fancy browband, all done up with ribbons and side rosettes in the colours of one of her costumes, diamante optional. Practical and pretty all at the same time. The only drawback is not knowing whether a cob or full size would be more appropriate for the horses she rides!
I have figured that as a horse person, an excellent gift for Aliona could very well be a fancy browband, all done up with ribbons and side rosettes in the colours of one of her costumes, diamante optional. Practical and pretty all at the same time. The only drawback is not knowing whether a cob or full size would be more appropriate for the horses she rides!
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Oh, I see! Well, thank you for collecting all these lovely photos!
I also hope to see Aliona skate in person too! (I really, REALLY hope she makes it to 2020 Worlds!!)
Speaking of photos, here are a bunch of photos from her FS in Finlandia:
http://mariakateshova.com/alena-kostornaia-free-skate-2019-finlandia-trophy/
Somewhat silly question I've been pondering--what color eyes would you say Aliona has? :think:
Like here:
http://photos.phantomkabocha.com/FigureSkating/IdF2019/AlenaKostornaia/imgpages/image002.html
I thought they were kind of aquamarine (i.e., blue-green), but sometimes they look kind of silver?Her eyes really seem to change color depending on the light. :yes: All I know is that they're stunning. :luv17:
Wow! Superb photos indeed of her in Finlandia! :agree: I've just spotted that there were a lot of tapes on the upper part of her left thigh...
I hope she is and will be healthy! As for her eyes, I'm not sure what colour they are, but certainly super special, sort of otherworldly... (in a beautiful way of course). 
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Wow! Superb photos indeed of her in Finlandia! :agree: I've just spotted that there were a lot of tapes on the upper part of her left thigh...
At that competition she mentioned something happened to the silicone pads she was planning on wearing, so I think the tape was a solution to keep the silicones in place. Assuming she was wearing them as protection against falls on the 3A.
Also, Max Ambesi published another podcast where it looks like they speak about Aliona again. If anyone can translate that would be greatly appreciated!
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Thank you. Janet was indeed deeply touched by Alena's SP.... tho gone for 5 years, her son is still part of our lives in memory, a lovely young man ..
The brow band would be a wonderful gift.. very unique in great colors (and a sparkle or two would not hurt!
) !! Cob or full.. hard to tell tho full might be warranted for use in years to come... Very OT: one of my sister's horses is a Mustang named Duende... since they are wild, mixed heritage horses, she was curious what his genetics would reveal on DNA tests.. turns out he is Arabian with a bit of Welsh Cob!! Sorry to digress..Welcome Vemvane! Please post long and often! :agree:
Smol bean spiral then and now:
https://twitter.com/kostornaia824/status/1194521925067792385?s=03
I really want to see some videos of these baby Aliona performances, but I think I may die of cuteness overload!
I thought maybe the tapes looked like they were covering up a nasty bruise from a fall..?
She always jumps with such speed and height that her falls must be particularly painful... :sad21: I would love to see a quad from Aliona someday, but most importantly I want her to remain healthy and injury-free! :yes:
As for the podcast with the Italian commentators, here is the link (it's #4 from 13 Nov):
https://www.spreaker.com/show/kiss-cry-reloaded
Are there any kind and generous Italian-speaking fans who would like to translate the highlights for us? Please? (madmax? sweetice?)
We would greatly appreciate your help!
Aliona, looking at her FS protocols at IDF: "Seriously??! Again?? Now on the flip?"
https://www.instagram.com/p/B40cetxIfU_/
She means the ! (unclear edge mark), in case that wasn't clear.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B40cetxIfU_/
She means the ! (unclear edge mark), in case that wasn't clear.
I am sorry that this is not Anastasya's thread, but I want to help by sharing her link where she asks for support.
let's share the link or who can donate. it must be hard for a girl to ask for support
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqx0he5ics0JW67ZHuYgfg/community?lb=UgyTUvYPDiQZ-UIqrKZ4AaABCQ
let's share the link or who can donate. it must be hard for a girl to ask for support
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqx0he5ics0JW67ZHuYgfg/community?lb=UgyTUvYPDiQZ-UIqrKZ4AaABCQ
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Thank you. Janet was indeed deeply touched by Alena's SP.... tho gone for 5 years, her son is still part of our lives in memory, a lovely young man ..
The brow band would be a wonderful gift.. very unique in great colors (and a sparkle or two would not hurt!
Yeah, given the way we horse people work, Aliona being small will probably land up riding monster-sized horses. On the other hand, maybe a cob and a full sized browband ... You can never have too much tack! I mean, the possibilities are endless here - saddle pads, polo wraps, fly veils, all colour co-ordinated, for Aliona and her horses.
Re Duende, how cool! I rode a mustang when I lived in California, and loved him to bits - so smart, so confident. My mare is an itty bitty Arabian, and a fun spicy horse to ride, while my yearling is Friesian x Boerperd x something pinto, and very sweet and friendly.
Thank you!
Re the colour of Aliona's eyes, I'm settling for the Homeric epithet γλαυκῶπις, which means something like "gleaming-eyed", "grey-eyed", "bright-eyed", "blue-eyed". It's conveniently vague, but does seem to refer to eyes that are in the blue/grey range, and would cover the range of shades that Aliona's eyes can appear quite handily. (Plus it's a common epithet for Athene.)
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Here "Alena Kostornaya, live from 14.05.2018" on 0-40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=VGUYqNZvkYk&feature=emb_logo Alena says that she has green eyes.
Although.. everyone can see that.
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Well, Aliona has picture of her riding two different horses on her IG, from 25 and 27 weeks ago. I would guess a cob size would fit the first one, not sure about the 2nd. The bridle isn't the same on the two horses, so if she rides different horses and doesn't use her own tack (which would make sense since it's not like she'd have time to go every week or anything), then she'd have to take apart the bridle each time to put her browband on, then take it off again after she rode. So a saddle pad or something (nice brushes, lead ropes) might be more easily used, and you can never have too many of those in different colours. Maybe a halter (though some places only like leather ones or ones with a leather breakaway, and others are fine with the regular colourful ones). And there's always super cute horse-themed jewelry at tack stores.
Polo wraps can be super cute too, but not everyone uses them much. I used them at the barn I bought my old pony from, but at the eventing barn I moved to we hardly ever used them. We used standing bandages and pillow wraps (cottons) in the stall and for shipping, and rode with boots or nothing. I think I used my polos once in the 6+ years I was there, when my horse had a nick on his leg that the boot would have rubbed.
Thinking back to before I owned or full leased, the first stuff I had of my own was saddle pads, brushes, a crop and lead rope. Actual tack I only got later (though I wouldn't have said no if someone wanted to give it to me or anything).
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Good point about dismantling the bridle for the browband. Saddle pads and brushes are probably the most practical; browbands can wait until she has more time for horses. Or just be something special for shows, I guess, if she ever goes that route. I hadn't even thought about horse-themed jewellery, but you're so right; there are some lovely enamel lapel pins at my local tack shop, plus keyrings, pendants, earrings, and stock pins. I love how many horse-themed gifts we've been able to come up with in such a short space of time.
Also, in those photos from 25 weeks ago, I want to tell her to put a helmet on! Brave of her to ride in shorts as well, though I guess that, as she has appropriate gear in the other set of photos, this was more of a fun hop on, hop off ride. She is clearly having a blast, though - what a huge smile!
Also, in those photos from 25 weeks ago, I want to tell her to put a helmet on! Brave of her to ride in shorts as well, though I guess that, as she has appropriate gear in the other set of photos, this was more of a fun hop on, hop off ride. She is clearly having a blast, though - what a huge smile!
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She has a helmet on in a video of her cantering on that horse that she posted around the same time, so I think she just took it off for the picture.
Ooh, I like that description! :agree: I have no idea how to pronounce it though!
Thank you Nord Stream 2!
I was wondering what color Aliona would say her eyes are. :yes:So, since we've been talking about eye color, I decided to look it up on Wikipedia, and I found out quite a few interesting things!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color
Apparently, blue or green eyes don't actually have blue or green pigment, but rather they APPEAR blue or green because of the way light is scattered through the translucent layer in the iris (Tyndall effect), the same way the sky appears blue because of the way light scatters through the atmosphere (Rayleigh scattering)!
As a result, the color of these eyes will look different depending on the lighting--which is exactly the effect I've observed in Aliona's eyes! :yes:Also - To me, Aliona's eyes are particularly striking because they have a very clear "limbal ring"--a dark ring around the outside of the iris--and not everyone has this.
See here, for example:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0_txJsHIvg/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbal_ring
The things I learn thanks to being an Aliona fan!
Also - this is a random but related comment. In old Japanese, there was only one word for blue-green ("ao"), and not separate words for blue and green, and I guess this is a pretty common thing in other languages. So if I were talking about Aliona's eyes in Japanese, I wouldn't have to say if they were blue or green; I'd just say they're "ao-i."
Here's another skating podcast where they talk about Aliona at IDF--thankfully this one is in English and has a transcript!
https://www.inthelopodcast.com/news/2019/11/14/episode-40-transcript
They love her too:
https://www.inthelopodcast.com/news/2019/11/14/episode-40-transcript
They love her too:
:agree:
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Ooh, I like that description! :agree: I have no idea how to pronounce it though!
This is a powerful description indeed. The pronunciation is like "glafkopes", it's just the g is pronounced like the Greek letter gamma rather than English g. I think Alena's eyes have some green hue so glafkopis is more accurate on the bright, shining, gleaming side of her eyes rather than the color itself.
sorry this is the right one
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqx0he5ics0JW67ZHuYgfg/community?lb=UgyTUvYPDiQZ-UIqrKZ4AaABCQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqx0he5ics0JW67ZHuYgfg/community?lb=UgyTUvYPDiQZ-UIqrKZ4AaABCQ
