<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Intatheli ye-Figure skating u-Elvin Walker uthe ukugxuma kukaMeissner okuhlanganisiwe kweLutz kanye ne-triple flip ohlelweni lwakhe olufushane kwakuyizinto zakhe ezinamandla eziya kowamanqamu we-Grand Prix ka-2007-2008. Wabuye wathi izingxenye zohlelo lwakhe zazingekho inselele njengabanye abagijimi abahlanu, ngakho kwakudingeka adlale izinhlelo eziphelele ukuze aphumelele eTorino. Ngesikhathi sohlelo lwakhe olufushane, walahlekelwa ngamaphuzu ngokuqala onqenqemeni olungalungile ku-flip yakhe kathathu futhi wagingqa ukweqa kwakhe kwesibili enhlanganisweni yakhe kathathu ye-Lutz-triple toe loop, kodwa wakwazi ukuqedela ngempumelelo i-Axel ephindwe kabili kanye nama-spins amabili ezingeni lesine. Wafika endaweni yesihlanu ngemuva kohlelo olufushane, ngamaphuzu angama-59.08. Kamuva watshela izintatheli ukuthi wayenomuzwa wokuthi wayenze isimiso esiqinile, naphezu kwamaphuzu akhe. UMeissner wagcina esendaweni yesithupha, ngemuva kokufika endaweni yesithupha kuma-skate amahhala, ngamaphuzu angama-95.14. Wawa kuLutzes wakhe kathathu nasekuvuleni kwakhe kathathu, okwajeziswa ngoba wathatha onqenqemeni olungafanele. Ngemva kwalokho uPhilip Hersh we-Chicago Tribune akubiza ngokuthi ukudlala kwakhe okubi ku-Grand Prix Final, uMeissner watshela umhlaziyi we-skating uPeter Carruthers ukuthi udinga ukuqeqesha kanzima ngaphambi kwe-U.S. Nationals. UCarruthers wathi wayebonakala engaqiniseki ngaye ngokwakhe nokuthi wayentula ukuqiniseka okuphelele. UHersh uphinde wathi ukugijima kukaMeissner bekungahambelani selokhu anqoba iWorlds ngo-2006, nokuthi udinga ukuthola izizathu zokungaphumeleli kwakhe ngaphambi kweNational ukuze afanelekele iWorlds Championships ka-2008  <response>: . futhi. Umqambi wakhe uLori Nichol waba nomuzwa wokuthi imiphumela kaMeissner eTurin izomgqugquzela ukuba enze kangcono. 