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- Jun 27, 2003
what did he fall on?
I have read at the "Brian Joubert" thread that he had hurt his back; he was to decide whether to withdraw from CoC over this weekend.
I really wish that Brian makes a swift recovery and makse it to the CoC. However, if he withdraws:
1. Is it too late to find a replacement?;
2. If it is not too late, who that person might be?;
3. Keegan Messing had just won this competition (international senior B comp) with the combined score of 203.42, which easily clears the GP minimum score requirement. He is also currently ranked 31st in the world. All the US men raking higher than Keegan (Jeremy, Adam, Evan-withdrew, Richard Dornbush, & Brandon Morz have already received 2 GP assignments. Even those men who rank lower than Keegan, Armin (#38), and Ross Miner (#41), got 2 GP assignments.
I am glad that Armin & Ross received GP assignments, but it just irks me that Keegan has not received even one assignment :scowl:. What would be the probability that Keegan receives a GP assignment? Are there any alternate list somewhere?
Does this win increase his chance?
Possibly, but at the same time it wasn't like he skated lights out - the last few years he's skated a great short and had mistakes in the long that dropped him significantly in the standings. This is a "B comp" so who knows. There's also, as I said, the issue of $$. Just to get him to Seattle normally costs around $450 (round trip) I don't even know what an international flight to Europe costs us poor Alaskans.
Possibly, but at the same time it wasn't like he skated lights out - the last few years he's skated a great short and had mistakes in the long that dropped him significantly in the standings. This is a "B comp" so who knows. There's also, as I said, the issue of $$. Just to get him to Seattle normally costs around $450 (round trip) I don't even know what an international flight to Europe costs us poor Alaskans.
Has anyone looked into getting Keegan sponsored by Alaska Airlines? It seems like a natural match.
yeah they just state the facts. They got all testy with me a year or so ago because I was unhappy with a wimpy little blurb they did about him. When he landed his triple axel at nationals as a novice there was a HUGE article about him, but then nothing since then unless his fans/family push for it.
the editing staff at the paper are horrible, too. So many stupid errors in the basics drive me batty. and they very rarely fact check.