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Sounds like a messy situation. Got to love the French skating fed.
Good grief... yes, with them in your corner, you really don't need enemies, do you?
Well, I suppose it's a relief that he isn't injured.... ? (shakes head)
Sounds like a messy situation. Got to love the French skating fed.
Andrei ROGOZINE (CAN) is #3 on the replacement list, so if he and USFS are willing, he could replace Joubert. He does have SC next week.
French Masters was last week. If Gailhaguet wanted to sanction Joubert, he could have done so in time enough for USFS to have more than enough time for a replacement. Is he not giving the finger also to Russia (Joubert's second event is CoR), or did he not save his bile only for the US?
ETA: USFS Tweet confirms:
NEWS: 2007 World Champion Brian Joubert has withdrawn from #SA2013
Who knows? I suppose we won't know until a few days before that either... ? It would be nice if he had bothered to inform the athlete he was sanctioning? "You were prepared to go - waiting for your tickets, were you? Ha! - Surprise! - You're not going at all! So there!" Such responsible, mature behaviour... If he's willing to treat one of his most decorated skaters that way, what does he care about foreign federations or replacements or other skaters?
Um, Joubert didn't enter French Masters. His reasoning was that he wasn't prepared.
If he wasn't prepared for a tiny little domestic comp, how the hell did he expect to be ready for a Senior GP?
IMO, I'm with the French fed on this one. And surely Joubert's fans didn't want to see him underdone?
I just saw TSL posting on Facebook that Denis Ten may be out as well
I just saw TSL posting on Facebook that Denis Ten may be out as well
@USFigureSkating just now tweeted, "We have not heard anything," regarding Denis Ten rumors.
Thanks, golden411 - Hopefully it will turn out to be nothing, and he's perfectly fine.
He's got twitter, too, I think? Does anyone know if he uses it much, and if he does, has he said anything about being unwell?
Not jumping to any conclusions, but the GS post above citing TSL's Facebook page as a source of the rumor is a little troubling.
I have not looked at TSL's FB page, so I don't know whether TSL itself posted the rumor or whether a random third party posted it there as a comment.
If TSL itself posted the rumor, I have some concern that it might prove to be true. They do have a track record of knowing inside scoop re Frank Carroll and his skaters [and/or prospective skaters ] ...
Hearing Denis Ten will be out of Skate America.
About Joubert, any conspiracy theorists out there? What if Brian found himself unready for Skate America and needed a way to back out without backing out. So Gailhaguet steps in and "sanctions" him for skipping an event that he didn't even know he was supposed to do, deflecting criticism off Joubert.
Would Gailhaguet be so sneaky?
Meanwhile Chafik Besseghier beat Amodio in the SP at French Masters. Unfortunately, Chafik broke his ankle in the warmup or practice for the LP.