I assume that despite her having regressed quite a bit she still wanted to give it her all this season and see if she can somehow get onto the Olympic team.

At this point in the season that seems pretty unlikely, as sad as it is... (Kami is pretty much a lock and the rest of the spots will be a battle between Anna, Liza, Sasha and maybe Maiia)

Is it likely that Kostornaia will stick around for a few more seasons since she doesn't seem to want to quit despite the fact that she also must know that her chances of getting to the Olympics this year are pretty slim? Maybe this is wishful thinking, but maybe she truly does want a longer career.

But then I thought - maybe continuing for at least one more season is even part of her deal with Eteri (when she took her back)... Eteri has yet to have a successful skater stay competitive past the age of 18, so Alena could help her improve her reputation in that hindsight. This is obviously pure speculation, just a thought I had...

Maybe she'll just finish this season and then go to University, in which case I obviously wish her all the success. I just wanted to know what some of you think concerning the future of her figure skating career. She's one of my favorites :(