Figure skating costume designer Alena Kuklycheva announced on social networks that she stopped working with figure skater Alena Kostornaya.
Kuklycheva added a screenshot of the correspondence with the figure skater to her post; From this it becomes clear that Kostornaya did not pay for some of her costumes.
“You and I agreed that you will return everything except the competitive ones. And we expect payment for the CP and PP. I have prepared your clothes and belongings. I will no longer cooperate with you,” the message reads.
At the last Russian Championships in Chelyabinsk, Alena Kostornaya and Georgy Kunitsa took ninth place in the sports pairs tournament.
In the 2023/24 season, Kostornaya and Kunitsa competed in Russian competitions for the first time. At the Grand Prix stage in Omsk, the couple took fourth place. The winners were Anastasia Mishina and Alexander Gallyamov.
At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions. For this reason, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from both countries from competitions. The last major tournament for the Russians was the Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022.
Previously Honored Coach stated About the progress of the Kostornaya-Kunitsa duo.