MOSCOW, September 6, Alena Sulizova. Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova wished the figure skater Alena Kostornaya a speedy recovery after the operation. In March, the 2020 European champion Kostornaya moved from the coaching staff of Eteri Tutberidze to Elena Buyanova. On Monday, the skater announced that she had gone to the hospital for hip surgery. “Yes, I think they did a good job (with Buyanova). I hope that Kostornaya will recover soon, she has surgery today,” Tarasova said.