Canadian Keegan Messing wins gold medal in men’s event at Nebelhorn Trophy

OBERTSDORF, Germany — Keegan Messing of Sherwood Park, Alta., won the gold medal in the men’s event on Saturday at the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition.

Messing interpreted a Charlie Chaplin routine in his free skate and collected 257.16 points. Alexander Majorov of Sweden was second at 226.64 and Artur Dmitriev of Russia third at 225.31.

”To finish on top at my first international of the season feels fantastic,” said Keegan, who placed eighth at the world championships last season. ”Right now I feel like I have a really good plan with my coach. We didn’t have the quad Lutz today but we hope to have it ready at Skate Canada (October 26-28 in Laval). We want to play it smart this season.”

In pairs, Elisa Efimova and Alexander Korovin of Russia finished ahead of two American couples for the win.