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On 28 January 2020, Kanysheva announced her retirement from single skating on her Instagram account, citing a back injury that made jumping too painful to continue. She stated that she plans to continue her skating career in ice dance.

She announced her retirement from ladies singles and her intention to switch to ice dancing in 2019.

At the JGP Final Kanysheva won the bronze medal after placing 3rd in both the short program and the free skate. At this event she also scored her personal best score of 198.14 points.

In early February 2019 at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, Kanysheva finished 11th..

In January 2018, Kanysheva competed in the 2018 Russian Junior Championships. She placed 8th at the competition.

In August 2018, Kanysheva debuted on the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in Linz, Austria. She was ranked 2nd in both the short program and the free skating and she won the silver medal behind Russian teammate Alena Kostornaia.

At her 2nd JGP event of the season she won another silver medal, now in Yerevan, Armenia. She was ranked 2nd in the short program and the 3rd in the free skate. Kanysheva was about 33 points behind the gold medalist, her teammate Alexandra Trusova, but beat the bronze medalist, Yuhana Yokoi, by about 3.5 points. Both Kanysheva and her teammate Anna Tarusina won two silver medals during the JGP season. However, since Kanysheva accumulated more combined total points from her two JGP events than Tarusina, Kanysheva qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final by a margin of 4 points.

In November 2016, Kanysheva won the gold medal at novice level of the Tallinn Trophy ahead of You Young (South Korea).

Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva Russian: Алёна Дмитриевна Канышева (born 15 June 2005) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2018 JGP Armenia silver medalist, the 2018 JGP Austria silver medalist, and the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion.