Figure skater Alena Kostornaya says she wants to prove that with her transition to pair skating.
“What do I want to prove? I understand – first of all to myself, I’m not a one-time athlete, I’m someone who can achieve something here and there. Secondly, of course to people who dump shit on me like, “You’re so-and-so, you’re lazy, you’re not an athlete” etc. And people on the internet and on the phone ” “Some of them have a very bad attitude towards the fact that they have switched, they have changed their appearance,” Kostornaya quotes. “Sport Express”.
Kostornaya worked with Tutberidze until mid-2020, after which she went to Evgeni Plushenko. She returned to Khrustalny in the spring of 2021 on probation for 2 months.
A year later, Kostornaya broke up with Tutberidze, this time to Elena Buyanova. She also received a short education there. At the beginning of 2023, the former coach Kostornaya announced that the skater began to pair. Now he rides with George Kunitsa.
Last season, the athlete managed to qualify for the final of the Grand Prix series. Also, the girl missed the Russian championship due to a broken hand and could not go to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Formerly Alena Kostornaya she said she doesn’t like children.