Alena Leonova - Official Site

Alena’s Interview to FSkate.ru

Admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:43:57 GMT

In the interview given to the FSkate.ru website’s correspondent Svetlana Antsyreva Alena talks about last season, test skates and her preparation for the upcoming events.

I’ve Got To Fight And Work As Hard As I Can!

Alena’s Interview To The Stometrovka

Admin — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:42:02 GMT

In July Alena once again visited The Sport Psychology Agency and gave an interview to the Stometrovka newspaper, in which she talked about how she gets herself mentally ready for competitions, as well as about the training camp in Switzerland she attended and her new programs.

Alena Leonova doesn’t like to rest long

New Programs For The New Season

Admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:50:45 GMT

The new season and it’s first events are near at hand, which means that the time is ripe to tell you about Alena’s new programs.

Last week test skates for Russian single skaters were held in St. Petersburg, where they submitted their their programs to approval of figure skating specialists and coaches. ...

New Blog Entry

Admin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:31:56 GMT

Read about a summer camp in the Swedish town of Luleo in the new blog entry entitled "Academicians" at Camp. You can also see the pictures in the Sweden-2010 photo album.

Off-Season News

Admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:35:02 GMT

Half the off-season has already passed, and the preparation for the upcoming season is in full swing. After returning from Switzerland Alena has been practicing at the home ice of the Figure Skating Academy, and today together with a group of St. Petersburg’s skaters and coaches she left for a traditional training camp in Sweden, which is to last for three weeks.

Unfortunately, because of last weeks’ tight training schedule Alena didn’t have enough spare time to share any news with you in her blog. But she still has found a way to amuse the visitors of her site :)

Below is a ‘letter of explanation’ written by Alena to her coach in the spring of 2005, after Russian Military Forces Championships which took place in Moscow. Five years later Alla Piatova came across it at her home and gave it back to Alena.

"At the first practice I felt very confident on every jump. Before the event I had set a goal of doing the best I can. At the beginning I did all the jumps. Compared to the event in Kirov I skated better, because I fully rotated my double Axel.

At the second practice I wasn’t as confident as at the first one. I could do all the jumps only at the third attempt. At the beginning of the program I found that I had trouble breathing. I tried to clear my throat, but couldn’t. I managed to recover my breath only in the second part of the program. Compared to Kirov I skated worse, but not by far. I must thoroughly prepare to the next event, so that I can do at least two clean triple jumps”.

New Photos

Admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:34:44 GMT

Here are pictures from Alena’s second trip to Switzerland, where she was working on her short program, took a course of physical training, shared the ice with two world champions, Stephane Lambiel and Daisuke Takahashi, and also visited Switzerland’s best lady skater Sarah Meier.

2010 Grand Prix Assignments

Admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:30:09 GMT

Last weekend 2010 Grand Prix selection was made at the ISU Congeress in Barcelona. Alena’s 8th position in the ISU standings and her last season’s best (11th in the SB list) allowed her to participate in two GP events. According to the selection, she will enter the Cup of China (November 5-7 Beijing) and the Cup of Russia (November 19-21, Moscow).

Entries:

Cup of China Beijing, China 05-07.11.2010	Cup of Russia Moscow, Russia 19-21.11.2010
1. Yan LIU CHN 2. TBA CHN 3. TBA CHN 4. Miki ANDO JPN 5. Akiko SUZUKI JPN 6. Yu-Na KIM KOR 7. Alena LEONOVA RUS 8. Joshi HELGESSON SWE 9. Amanda DOBBS USA 10. Kristine MUSADEMBA USA 11. Mirai NAGASU USA 12. Anastasia GIMAZETDINOVA UZB	1. Myriane SAMSON CAN 2. Elena GLEBOVA EST 3. Valentina MARCHEI ITA 4. Miki ANDO JPN 5. Akiko SUZUKI JPN 6. Yu-Na KIM KOR 7. Alena LEONOVA RUS 8. Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS 9. TBA RUS 10. Sarah MEIER SUI 11. Ashley WAGNER USA 12. Agnes ZAWADZKI USA

Calender of Grand Prix events and GP assignments

New Blog Entry

Admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:57:46 GMT

Read about chasing after sun loungers, a fearsome moray and late-at-night discos in a new blog entry concerning a family vacation in Alanya and entitled My Summer. Pictures from Turkey are to be found here.

New Blog Entry

Admin — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:33:46 GMT

Alena tells about her upcoming holiday, new skates and a trip to Moscow in her column in the Nevskoye Vremya newspaper: "I just try to skate as cautiously as I can”

Pictures from Switzerland

Admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 09:06:38 GMT

Not long ago Alena returned from Switzerland, where she was staying in a training camp in the small town of Dubendorf. She had her new short program choreographed there; beside that she had some time to recreate thanks to the change of scene, take a walk around Zurich and enjoy the friendly company of Swiss skaters.

Last week Alena’s new free program was choreographed on the home ice of the Figure Skating Academy. Later she will tell you herself about how the new programs were created and how the music and images were chosen.

Meanwhile, we offer you to have a look at a number of pictures from Switzerland.

Now the season is definitely over, and next week Alena will go on a long-awaited holiday to enjoy the sun, sea and sand.