The 2019Four Continents Figure Skating Championshipswere held on February 7–10, 2019 inAnaheim,California,United States.[1]Held annually since 1999, the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded inmen's singles,ladies' singles,pair skating,andice dancing.
| 2019 Four Continents Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 7 – 10 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Location: | Anaheim,California,United States |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Honda Center |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Shoma Uno | |
| Ladies' singles:Rika Kihira | |
Pairs: Sui Wenjing/Han Cong | |
Ice dance: Madison Chock/Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2018 Four Continents Championships | |
| Next: 2020 Four Continents Championships | |
Qualification
editThis competition is open to skaters from all non-Europeanmember nationsof theInternational Skating Union.The corresponding competition for European skaters is the2019 European Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters are eligible for the event if they reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2018. Each national federation is permitted three entries for each discipline and may choose skaters based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skaters have attained the minimum technical elements scores (TES) in accordance with ISU regulations.
Minimum technical element scores (TES)
editThe 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. Due to the difference in the rules for the2017–18and2018–19seasons, the required minimum scores to enter the 2019 Four Continents Championships have been adjusted separately for scores reached in the 2017–18 and the 2018–19 season.[2]
| Minimum TES | 2017/2018 | 2018/2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP/SD | FS/FD | SP/RD | FS/FD |
| Men | 28.00 | 48.00 | 28.00 | 46.00 |
| Ladies | 22.00 | 39.00 | 23.00 | 40.00 |
| Pairs | 25.00 | 44.00 | 25.00 | 42.00 |
| Ice dance | 25.00 | 38.00 | 26.00 | 42.00 |
| Minimum TES must be reached separately in each segment (not a total of the two segments). SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||||
Entries
editTheInternational Skating Unionannounced the preliminary entries on January 17, 2019.
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2019 | Pairs |  Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya/Harley Windsor
|
None | Unspecified Injury | [12] |
| January 31, 2019 | Pairs |  Ryom Tae-ok/Kim Ju-sik
|
None | No specified reason | [12] |
| February 3, 2019 | Pairs | Miu Suzaki/Ryuichi Kihara
|
None | Concussion | [13] |
| February 7, 2019 | Men |  Tsao Chih-i
|
None | Ankle injury | [14] |
Records
editThe following newISU best scoreswere set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skaters | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Free skating | Shoma Uno
|
197.36 | February 9, 2019 | [15] |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
289.12 | 4 | 91.76 | 1 | 197.36 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China
|
273.51 | 3 | 92.17 | 2 | 181.34 |
| 3 | Vincent Zhou |  United States
|
272.22 | 1 | 100.18 | 5 | 172.04 |
| 4 | Keegan Messing |  Canada
|
267.61 | 5 | 88.18 | 3 | 179.43 |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States
|
258.89 | 6 | 86.57 | 4 | 172.32 |
| 6 | Cha Jun-hwan |  South Korea
|
255.83 | 2 | 97.33 | 8 | 158.50 |
| 7 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan
|
251.54 | 7 | 83.93 | 6 | 167.61 |
| 8 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States
|
236.79 | 9 | 76.95 | 7 | 159.84 |
| 9 | Brendan Kerry | Australia
|
224.44 | 10 | 76.81 | 9 | 147.63 |
| 10 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
216.49 | 8 | 79.55 | 10 | 136.94 |
| 11 | Nicolas Nadeau | Canada
|
209.65 | 11 | 74.44 | 11 | 135.21 |
| 12 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan
|
206.41 | 12 | 74.16 | 12 | 132.25 |
| 13 | Andrew Dodds | Australia
|
191.40 | 13 | 71.91 | 15 | 119.49 |
| 14 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea
|
188.10 | 16 | 64.19 | 14 | 123.91 |
| 15 | Lee Si-hyeong | South Korea
|
183.98 | 21 | 56.03 | 13 | 127.95 |
| 16 | Zhang He | China
|
179.59 | 15 | 67.38 | 18 | 112.51 |
| 17 | Donovan Carrillo |  Mexico
|
174.70 | 14 | 71.16 | 20 | 103.54 |
| 18 | Micah Tang | Chinese Taipei
|
174.59 | 17 | 62.95 | 19 | 111.64 |
| 19 | Micah Kai Lynette |  Thailand
|
174.44 | 19 | 57.45 | 16 | 116.99 |
| 20 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee |  Malaysia
|
174.10 | 18 | 61.23 | 17 | 112.87 |
| 21 | Harrison Jon-Yen Wong |  Hong Kong
|
148.54 | 20 | 56.27 | 22 | 92.27 |
| 22 | Leslie Man Cheuk Ip | Hong Kong
|
146.60 | 23 | 50.40 | 21 | 96.20 |
| 23 | Nikita Manko |  Kazakhstan
|
138.40 | 22 | 51.15 | 23 | 87.25 |
| 24 | Mark Webster | Australia
|
126.41 | 24 | 50.24 | 24 | 76.17 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Chew Kai Xiang | Malaysia
|
46.38 | 25 | 46.38 | — | |
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
221.99 | 5 | 68.85 | 1 | 153.14 |
| 2 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva | Kazakhstan
|
207.46 | 6 | 68.09 | 3 | 139.37 |
| 3 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
207.12 | 8 | 65.15 | 2 | 141.97 |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
206.79 | 2 | 73.36 | 4 | 133.43 |
| 5 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
202.07 | 1 | 73.91 | 5 | 128.16 |
| 6 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
193.94 | 3 | 70.02 | 6 | 123.92 |
| 7 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea
|
191.85 | 4 | 69.14 | 8 | 122.71 |
| 8 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea
|
187.93 | 9 | 64.42 | 7 | 123.51 |
| 9 | Véronik Mallet | Canada
|
170.46 | 12 | 54.97 | 9 | 115.49 |
| 10 | Larkyn Austman | Canada
|
165.21 | 11 | 54.99 | 12 | 110.22 |
| 11 | Ting Cui | United States
|
164.84 | 7 | 66.73 | 14 | 98.11 |
| 12 | Yi Christy Leung | Hong Kong
|
164.79 | 15 | 53.93 | 11 | 110.86 |
| 13 | Kim Ha-nul | South Korea
|
162.48 | 17 | 51.44 | 10 | 111.04 |
| 14 | Chen Hongyi | China
|
150.50 | 13 | 54.44 | 15 | 96.06 |
| 15 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
149.52 | 10 | 60.64 | 17 | 88.88 |
| 16 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada
|
147.54 | 21 | 45.89 | 13 | 101.65 |
| 17 | Isadora Williams |  Brazil
|
138.26 | 19 | 47.92 | 16 | 90.34 |
| 18 | Alisson Krystle Perticheto |  Philippines
|
136.97 | 16 | 51.66 | 19 | 85.31 |
| 19 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei
|
134.56 | 20 | 46.99 | 18 | 87.57 |
| 20 | Andrea Montesinos Cantu | Mexico
|
124.51 | 22 | 42.92 | 20 | 81.59 |
| 21 | Joanna So | Hong Kong
|
117.82 | 18 | 50.00 | 21 | 67.82 |
| WD | Brooklee Han | Australia
|
withdrew | 14 | 54.22 | withdrew from competition | |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing/Han Cong | China
|
211.11 | 2 | 74.19 | 1 | 136.92 |
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
211.05 | 1 | 74.66 | 2 | 136.39 |
| 3 | Peng Cheng/Jin Yang | China
|
205.42 | 3 | 69.48 | 3 | 135.94 |
| 4 | Ashley Cain/Timothy LeDuc | United States
|
196.82 | 4 | 67.49 | 4 | 129.33 |
| 5 | Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier | United States
|
184.18 | 7 | 61.71 | 5 | 122.47 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne/Danny O'Shea | United States
|
180.36 | 5 | 66.34 | 6 | 114.02 |
| 7 | Evelyn Walsh/Trennt Michaud | Canada
|
159.05 | 6 | 61.91 | 8 | 97.14 |
| 8 | Camille Ruest/Andrew Wolfe | Canada
|
158.91 | 8 | 57.38 | 7 | 101.53 |
Ice dancing
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Chock/Evan Bates | United States
|
207.42 | 2 | 81.17 | 1 | 126.25 |
| 2 | Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje | Canada
|
203.93 | 3 | 80.56 | 3 | 123.37 |
| 3 | Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier | Canada
|
202.45 | 4 | 78.05 | 2 | 124.40 |
| 4 | Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue | United States
|
201.66 | 1 | 81.95 | 4 | 119.71 |
| 5 | Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
189.87 | 5 | 74.42 | 5 | 115.45 |
| 6 | Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
186.91 | 6 | 73.30 | 6 | 113.61 |
| 7 | Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu | China
|
169.11 | 7 | 64.37 | 7 | 104.74 |
| 8 | Chen Hong/Sun Zhuoming | China
|
156.89 | 8 | 59.44 | 8 | 97.45 |
| 9 | Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto | Japan
|
149.14 | 9 | 54.94 | 9 | 94.20 |
| 10 | Chantelle Kerry/Andrew Dodds | Australia
|
138.53 | 10 | 53.98 | 10 | 84.55 |
| 11 | Ning Wanqi/Wang Chao | China
|
130.92 | 11 | 52.10 | 11 | 78.82 |
| 12 | Matilda Friend/William Badaoui | Australia
|
118.22 | 12 | 43.64 | 12 | 74.58 |
Medals summary
editMedalists
editMedals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Shoma Uno
|
Jin Boyang
|
Vincent Zhou
|
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
|
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
|
Mai Mihara
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro
|
Peng Cheng/Jin Yang
|
| Ice dancing | Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highestshort programorrhythm danceplacements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Vincent Zhou
|
Cha Jun-hwan
|
Jin Boyang
|
| Ladies | Bradie Tennell
|
Kaori Sakamoto
|
Mariah Bell
|
| Pairs | Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro
|
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
Peng Cheng/Jin Yang
|
| Ice dancing | Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue
|
Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highestfree skatingorfree danceplacements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Shoma Uno
|
Jin Boyang
|
Keegan Messing
|
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
|
Mai Mihara
|
Elizabet Tursynbaeva
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing/Han Cong
|
Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro
|
Peng Cheng/Jin Yang
|
| Ice dancing | Madison Chock/Evan Bates
|
Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
|
Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
|
Medals by country
editTable of medals for overall placement:
*Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | United States* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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