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OTTAWA, ON: In preparation for the upcoming 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the following athletes have been selected to represent Skate Canada:
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Skate Canada announces World team
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No surprises with the Pairs and Ice Dance, with the women there was a bit more guessing/hoping and as for the men...I presume everyone realised it would be one of three good skaters, with all three having their advantages and disadvantages - very equal in my view. A bit like tossing the dice, and Keegan came up on top. Congratulations! And of course I'm really sorry for Nam and Roman. Cold comfort in that it was a toss-up and not a disparagement of any of these three fine skaters.
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It's possible she was really good in monitoring, but it probably owes a lot to her being last year's national champion when the choice doesn't matter all that much.
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Keegan vs. Roman was always going to be a hard choice. I imagine they picked Keegan because he tends to have better SP scores. Both are great skaters, neither is guaranteed to do well at World's. But, I hope for two spots.
Emily is a strange choice. I thought it would be Madeline and Alison or Madeline and Gabby. I guess SC has its reasons. Maybe they think she is more likely to score high enough to make it to the freeskate than Alison.
Dance and Pairs are not surprising.
Emily is a strange choice. I thought it would be Madeline and Alison or Madeline and Gabby. I guess SC has its reasons. Maybe they think she is more likely to score high enough to make it to the freeskate than Alison.
Dance and Pairs are not surprising.
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Did they name alternates?
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Not publicly. Typically with Skate Canada we only learn those when the ISU list comes.
Well she did win Nationals last year beating both of your other suggested options, technically speaking as Nationals was cancelled this year she's still the reigning national champion and it's not like they have some other phenomenal option. I think it has more to do with giving her the nod because she won last year and was supposed to get her shot at Worlds last year and Canada stopped Worlds from happening.
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just a small point: the virus stopped Worlds from happening, not Canada. ETA: And it was the Quebec government that made the necessary decision that it appeared the ISU did not have the courage to make. In hindsight, an excellent decision.
As others have said, for men, happy for Keegan
Sad for Romsky and Nam.
just a small point: the virus stopped Worlds from happening, not Canada.
As others have said, for men, happy for Keegan
The Canadian government made the decision to cancel Worlds
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I edited my response before you saw it, but it was the Québécois government that actually had the foresight and courage to make the only responsible decision that the virus would allow.
Thank heavens.
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it was indeed the provincial gvt who made that decision.. and back then.... i was very upset because we had a big whopping 4 cases int he entire province... but we all know now that they made the right decision.. they actually should have banned traveling a couple weeks earlier.
For people who complain about cancellation of Nationals as well, as it would have been a fairer way to pick skaters, Emily shared her SP from monitoring... so what Skate Canada seems to have done is to invite the top skaters from the last couple years to submit videos and then they picked... so it was a private virtual event... which was easier to organize, less skaters... etc and I believe, from what we can see from Emily's SP, which was skated well, with a triple-triple... and much better shape than challenge, that she must have earned her spot with her hard work and performance.
I am sorry.. i am just tired from all the complaining about how Skate Canada is managing the skating during the pandemic. I think they are doing very well to keep everyone as safe as possible and the competition as fair as possible.
For people who complain about cancellation of Nationals as well, as it would have been a fairer way to pick skaters, Emily shared her SP from monitoring... so what Skate Canada seems to have done is to invite the top skaters from the last couple years to submit videos and then they picked... so it was a private virtual event... which was easier to organize, less skaters... etc and I believe, from what we can see from Emily's SP, which was skated well, with a triple-triple... and much better shape than challenge, that she must have earned her spot with her hard work and performance.
I am sorry.. i am just tired from all the complaining about how Skate Canada is managing the skating during the pandemic. I think they are doing very well to keep everyone as safe as possible and the competition as fair as possible.
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What a striking difference between today's Canadian team and the team they had during the last Olympics. I wonder whether it is just a short transition or even if there is light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel is too long.
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I wonder if anybody has considered that Keegan was chosen simply for the fact he is in the states, so it is easier for him to travel than in and out of Canada. For me he'd be the easy choice as the fed wouldn't have to get involved with traveling and quarantining etc, and he's the only skater to compete in international this season from Canada.
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I don’t know about that. Most countries don‘t want people from the US there right now, with our current virus situation.
And Skate Canada might still have to get involved in order to get him back in to the US, because of the different testing requirements, etc. That would be been harder since Skate Canada has very little jurisdiction in the US.
