Anchorage figure skater Keegan Messing tests positive for COVID-19, putting his Winter Olympics in doubt:
Neither Messing nor Skate Canada immediately responded to questions on Thursday afternoon.
Messing, 30, recently captured Canada’s men’s singles title to secure his second straight trip to the Olympics. Skating in his place Thursday will be Roman Sadovsky, the runner-up at the Canadian championships. Speaking from Vancouver on Wednesday, Messing told the National Post he had no idea where he might have contracted the virus.
“I was stupidly careful to keep the virus out,” he told the Post. “Like, I didn’t even see my parents, even before nationals and after nationals.
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