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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Remember When: Skate America 2019 Men's Short Program

Keegan Messing - Canada (by way of Alaska)
Men's Figure Skating has always been my favorite figure skating discipline to watch, mainly because the skater that first got me interested in the sport was 1984 Olympic Champion Scott Hamilton. I was 4 and totally in love with that dude. Still am, if I'm being honest. My first sports hero that I got to pick all on my own.

The 2019 Skate America competition had some of my favorite skaters of the current era. It was a great event, competitive, and many skaters debuted at least one of their programs (if they hadn't done so during the summer string of club competitions). I was most excited to see Canada's Keegan Messing. Keegan is from Alaska, but skates for our neighbors. Last time I'd seen him compete he was still part of Team USA and he was skating as a junior (so do the math, it was 2008 US Nationals lol). Keegan's brother had passed away in an accident not too long before Vegas and it was an emotional week for him, but he did far better than most expected. I was total fangirl and I think I got all of our crew super excited for the guy! 

As with my earlier blog post for the Pairs Short Program, I'm going to try and limit myself to two photos per skater, but we'll see. You can see all of my photos from Skate America in my gallery.

Koshiro SHIMADA - Japan
Koshiro SHIMADA - Japan

Roman SAVOSIN - Russia

Roman SAVOSIN - Russia

Alexei KRASNOZHON - USA

Alexei KRASNOZHON - USA

Michal BREZINA - Czech Republic

Michal BREZINA - Czech Republic

Kazuki TOMONO - Japan

Kazuki TOMONO - Japan

Alexei BYCHENKO - Israel

Alexei BYCHENKO - Israel

Junhwan CHA - South Korea

Junhwan CHA - South Korea

Boyang JIN - China

Boyang JIN - China

Dmitri ALIEV - Russia

Dmitri ALIEV - Russia
Jason BROWN - USA


Jason BROWN - USA

Nathan CHEN - USA

Nathan CHEN - USA

Keegan MESSING - Canada

Keegan MESSING - Canada

Short Program Results

1 Nathan CHEN USA 102.71

2 Dmitri ALIEV RUS 96.57

3 Keegan MESSING CAN 96.34

4 Jason BROWN USA 83.45

5 Michal BREZINA CZE 81.11

6 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR 79.76

7 Junhwan CHA KOR 78.98

8 Kazuki TOMONO JPN 75.01

9 Boyang JIN CHN 74.56

10 Alex KRASNOZHON  USA 72.30

11 Koshiro SHIMADA JPN 72.12

12 Roman SAVOSIN RUS 57.92

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