Kostornaia reeled off a solid triple Axel, triple Lutz, and triple flip-triple toe in her routine to music by Max Richter. The 2019-20 Grand Prix Final champion also showed strong level 4 spins and footwork, earning many high positive grades of execution (GOE) for all elements to score 84.92 points.
"For today, my goal was just come in and do what I used to do," said the 2018 World Junior silver medalist. "Of course, I kept in mind that this is a big competition. I skated my short program for the second season and of course as far as I'm growing, the program is growing with me. I can interpret the character better. But the character itself is still the same. It is an angel who came to earth and got a chance to return back in the end of the story. I hope I perform this program once more this season and I'm not planning to change the technical content anymore."
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"For today, my goal was just come in and do what I used to do," said the 2018 World Junior silver medalist. "Of course, I kept in mind that this is a big competition. I skated my short program for the second season and of course as far as I'm growing, the program is growing with me. I can interpret the character better. But the character itself is still the same. It is an angel who came to earth and got a chance to return back in the end of the story. I hope I perform this program once more this season and I'm not planning to change the technical content anymore."
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What are your thoughts on the Ladies SP in Graz?
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