Konstantinova beat Tsurskaya at Russian Nationals and Tarakanova at Junior Nationals (where Tarakanova only finished 7th mind you), and Konstantinova has already been mentioned as a 1st alternate back in January so there's nothing shocking here and your ''because of'' sulking is disrespectful if you ask me. Some say that Stanislava is overscored in domestic competitions, I ackowledge those arguments but all in all what's done cannot be undone so just get over that, she actually skated pretty well at both Nationals and well enough in some other smaller events. I don't think she's a surprising choice at all. I'd actually like to watch Tsurskaya instead but it does not matter now.Because of Konstantinova, Polina isn’t sent to WC. And possibly Anastasia Takaranova was robbed of a JWC spot as well.