2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

The 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held in Taipei, Taiwan on January 22–28, 2018.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2018 Four Continents Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 22 – 28
Season:2017-18
Location:Taipei, Taiwan
Host:Chinese Taipei Skating Union
Venue:Taipei Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
China Jin Boyang
Ladies' singles:
Japan Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
United States Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Ice dance:
United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
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2019 Four Continents Championships

Qualification

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This competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2017 to participate. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships.

Each National Federation from the four represented regions are permitted to send up to three skaters/couples for each discipline. National Federations can select their entries based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skater/couples attains a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international senior event prior to the Four Continents.

Minimum TES

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The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized senior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.[2]

Minimum technical scores (TES)[2]
Discipline SP / SD FS / FD
Men 25 45
Ladies 20 36
Pairs 20 36
Ice dance 19 29
SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

Entries

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Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2017.

Country Men[3] Ladies[4] Pairs[5] Ice dance[6]
  Australia Andrew Dodds
Brendan Kerry
Mark Webster
Kailani Craine
Brooklee Han
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Matilda Friend / William Badaoui
Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds
  Canada[7] Elladj Balde
Nam Nguyen
Kevin Reynolds
Alaine Chartrand
Michelle Long
Alicia Pineault
Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch
Sydney Kolodziej / Maxime Deschamps
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Sarah Arnold / Thomas Williams
Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
  China Jin Boyang
Yan Han
Zhang He
Li Xiangning
Zhao Ziquan
Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
  Chinese Taipei[8] Micah Tang [ja]
Chih-I Tsao
Amy Lin
  North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
  Hong Kong Leslie Man Cheuk Ip [ja]
Harry Hau Yin Lee [ja]
Harrison Jon-Yen Wong
Joanna So
  Japan[9] Takahito Mura
Keiji Tanaka
Shoma Uno
Mai Mihara
Satoko Miyahara
Kaori Sakamoto
Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi
Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara
Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno
Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto
Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
  Kazakhstan Abzal Rakimgaliev
Denis Ten
Aiza Mambekova
Elizabet Tursynbayeva
  Malaysia Kai Xiang Chew
Julian Zhi Jie Yee
  Mexico Donovan Carrillo
  South Korea An Geon-hyeong
Lee June-hyoung
Lee Si-hyeong
Choi Da-bin
Kim Ha-nul
Park So-youn
Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kangchan Kam Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin
  Singapore Chloe Ing
  Thailand Micah Kai Lynette Thita Lamsam
Natalie Sangkagalo
  United States[10] Max Aaron
Jason Brown
Grant Hochstein
Starr Andrews
Mariah Bell
Angela Wang
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
  Uzbekistan Misha Ge

Changes to initial assignments

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Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reference
January 10, 2018   Singapore Ladies Yu Shuran None [4]
January 13, 2018   United States Men Ross Miner Grant Hochstein [10]
January 13, 2018   United States Ladies Ashley Wagner Angela Wang [10]
January 17, 2018   Japan Pairs Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata None [5]
January 17, 2018   South Korea Men Cha Jun-hwan An Geon-hyeong [3]
January 19, 2018   China Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong None [5]
January 19, 2018   China Pairs Peng Cheng / Jin Yang None [5]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Jin Boyang   China 300.95 2 100.17 1 200.78
2 Shoma Uno   Japan 297.97 1 100.49 2 197.45
3 Jason Brown   United States 269.22 4 89.78 3 179.44
4 Keiji Tanaka   Japan 260.31 3 90.68 5 169.63
5 Max Aaron   United States 255.45 6 84.15 4 171.30
6 Misha Ge   Uzbekistan 248.96 8 82.27 7 166.69
7 Kevin Reynolds   Canada 241.50 13 74.65 6 166.85
8 Elladj Balde   Canada 238.20 12 75.17 8 163.03
9 Nam Nguyen   Canada 237.52 7 84.09 10 153.43
10 Yan Han   China 227.93 5 84.74 12 143.19
11 Grant Hochstein   United States 226.39 15 70.80 9 155.59
12 Takahito Mura   Japan 225.41 10 76.66 11 148.75
13 Brendan Kerry   Australia 219.95 9 79.57 14 140.38
14 Lee June-hyoung   South Korea 211.86 16 69.93 13 141.93
15 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan 210.82 11 75.30 15 135.52
16 Julian Zhi Jie Yee   Malaysia 197.68 17 68.45 16 129.23
17 Chih-I Tsao   Chinese Taipei 195.21 14 72.57 19 122.64
18 Donovan Carrillo   Mexico 185.91 22 59.07 17 126.84
19 Zhang He   China 184.82 19 63.62 20 121.20
20 An Geon-hyeong   South Korea 180.26 23 56.67 18 123.59
21 Andrew Dodds   Australia 177.81 18 63.69 23 114.12
22 Lee Si-hyeong   South Korea 177.07 20 62.65 22 114.42
23 Abzal Rakimgaliev   Kazakhstan 175.58 21 60.77 21 114.81
24 Leslie Man Cheuk Ip   Hong Kong 150.23 24 53.80 24 96.43
Did not advance to free skating
25 Micah Kai Lynette   Thailand 53.29 25 53.29
26 Harrison Jon-Yen Wong   Hong Kong 52.78 26 52.78
27 Kai Xiang Chew   Malaysia 50.92 27 50.92
28 Mark Webster   Australia 49.45 28 49.45
29 Harry Hau Yin Lee   Hong Kong 43.98 29 43.98
30 Micah Tang   Chinese Taipei 43.05 30 43.05

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 214.21 2 71.34 1 142.87
2 Mai Mihara   Japan 210.57 3 69.84 2 140.73
3 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 207.02 1 71.74 3 135.28
4 Choi Da-bin   South Korea 190.23 5 62.30 4 127.93
5 Mariah Bell   United States 185.84 4 62.90 5 122.94
6 Kim Ha-nul   South Korea 173.10 6 61.15 8 111.95
7 Starr Andrews   United States 172.65 7 60.61 7 112.04
8 Alaine Chartrand   Canada 172.41 8 59.86 6 112.55
9 Angela Wang   United States 161.04 9 58.97 11 102.07
10 Li Xiangning   China 160.40 10 57.01 10 103.39
11 Park So-youn   South Korea 159.48 12 53.05 9 106.43
12 Elizabet Tursynbayeva   Kazakhstan 156.19 11 56.52 13 99.67
13 Alicia Pineault   Canada 152.81 14 51.53 12 101.28
14 Brooklee Han   Australia 150.65 13 52.29 14 98.36
15 Michelle Long   Canada 147.50 17 49.77 15 97.73
16 Kailani Craine   Australia 141.04 16 50.79 16 90.25
17 Zhao Ziquan   China 139.01 18 48.78 17 90.23
18 Amy Lin   Chinese Taipei 137.40 15 51.14 18 86.26
19 Chloe Ing   Singapore 129.70 19 45.30 20 84.40
20 Aiza Mambekova   Kazakhstan 121.00 20 36.87 19 84.53
21 Joanna So   Hong Kong 107.69 21 35.51 21 72.18
22 Natalie Sangkagalo   Thailand 93.61 22 33.50 22 60.11
23 Thita Lamsam   Thailand 79.33 23 28.26 23 51.07

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea   United States 194.42 3 65.74 1 128.68
2 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   United States 190.61 1 66.76 2 123.85
3 Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik   North Korea 184.98 4 65.25 3 119.73
4 Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch   Canada 179.00 5 64.50 5 114.50
5 Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay   United States 178.38 6 60.93 4 117.45
6 Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor   Australia 178.10 2 66.45 6 111.65
7 Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe   Canada 159.73 9 54.70 7 105.03
8 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 157.27 7 56.95 8 100.32
9 Sydney Kolodziej / Maxime Deschamps   Canada 153.57 8 56.18 9 97.39
10 Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi   Japan 126.19 10 44.25 10 81.94
WD Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kangchan Kam   South Korea withdrew from competition

Ice dance

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Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   United States 174.29 1 69.08 1 105.21
2 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Canada 164.96 3 65.11 2 99.85
3 Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed   Japan 163.86 2 65.27 3 98.59
4 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 160.12 4 62.83 4 97.29
5 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   China 158.21 5 62.36 5 95.85
6 Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons   United States 155.30 6 60.18 6 95.12
7 Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin   South Korea 151.38 7 60.11 7 91.27
8 Sarah Arnold / Thomas Williams   Canada 140.10 9 52.50 8 87.60
9 Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker   Canada 139.48 8 57.21 10 82.27
10 Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto   Japan 138.18 10 52.45 9 85.73
11 Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno   Japan 124.02 12 47.15 11 76.87
12 Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming   China 122.53 11 50.34 12 72.19
13 Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds   Australia 115.62 13 45.42 13 70.20
14 Matilda Friend / William Badaoui   Australia 92.05 14 33.09 14 58.96

Medals summary

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Medalists

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Medals for overall placement:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Jin Boyang   Shoma Uno   Jason Brown
Ladies   Kaori Sakamoto   Mai Mihara   Satoko Miyahara
Pairs   Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
Ice dance   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed

Small medals for placement in the short segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Shoma Uno   Jin Boyang   Keiji Tanaka
Ladies   Satoko Miyahara   Kaori Sakamoto   Mai Mihara
Pairs   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor   Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Ice dance   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed   Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus

Small medals for placement in the free segment:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men   Jin Boyang   Shoma Uno   Jason Brown
Ladies   Kaori Sakamoto   Mai Mihara   Satoko Miyahara
Pairs   Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea   Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc   Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik
Ice dance   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker   Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed

Medals by country

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Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)2114
2  Japan (JPN)1225
3  China (CHN)1001
4  Canada (CAN)0101
5  North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)2226
2  United States (USA)2013
3  Australia (AUS)0101
  China (CHN)0101
5  Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)2114
2  Japan (JPN)1225
3  China (CHN)1001
4  Canada (CAN)0101
5  North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Four Continents Figure Skating Championships". ISU. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
  2. ^ a b "Announcement". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Entries: Men". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Entries: Ladies". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "Entries: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2018 ISU Championships". Skate Canada. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018.
  8. ^ "選手為冬奧熱身 四大洲花滑賽精彩可期". tvbs.com. December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on December 10, 2017.
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