The 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held on February 4–9, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Held annually since 1999, the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
| 2020 Four Continents Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 4 – 9 |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Location: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Host: | Korean Skating Union |
| Venue: | Mokdong Ice Rink |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Yuzuru Hanyu | |
| Ladies' singles: Rika Kihira | |
Pairs:  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
Ice dance:  Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2019 Four Continents Championships | |
| Next: 2022 Four Continents Championships | |
Qualification
editAge and minimum TES requirements
editThe competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2020 European Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters are eligible for the 2020 Four Continents Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships.[1]
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Ladies | 23 | 40 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 44 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Number of entries per discipline
editEach qualifying member nation may have up to three entries per discipline.[2]
Schedule
edit| Date | Discipline | Time | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, February 6 | Ice dance | 11:00–13:27 | Rhythm dance |
| Pairs | 14:15–16:00 | Short program | |
| All | 17:45 | Opening ceremony | |
| Ladies | 18:40–21:55 | Short program | |
| Friday, February 7 | Ice dance | 13:30–16:17 | Free dance |
| Men | 18:05–21:55 | Short program | |
| Saturday, February 8 | Ladies | 13:10–16:50 | Free skating |
| Pairs | 18:15–20:20 | ||
| Sunday, February 9 | Men | 11:30–15:25 | |
| All | 17:30–20:00 | Exhibition gala | |
| All times are listed in local time (UTC+09:00).[3] | |||
Entries
editMember nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on January 16, 2020.
Changes to preliminary assignments
edit| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2020 | Pairs |  Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor
|
N/A | ||
| February 2, 2020 | Ladies |  Yi Christy Leung
|
N/A | ||
 Chloe Ing
|
N/A |
Medal summary
editMedalists
editMedals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Jason Brown
|
Yuma Kagiyama
|
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
|
 You Young
|
Bradie Tennell
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
|
 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
|
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Jin Boyang
|
Jason Brown
|
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
|
Bradie Tennell
|
You Young
|
| Pairs | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
|
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
|
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
| Ice dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
|
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Jason Brown
|
Yuma Kagiyama
|
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
|
You Young
|
Bradie Tennell
|
| Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
|
Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson
|
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
|
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
|
Medals by country
editTable of medals for overall placement:
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Records
editThe following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Disc. | Skater | Segment | Score | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Yuzuru Hanyu
|
Short program | 111.82 | February 7, 2020 | [13] |
Results
editMen
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan
|
299.42 | 1 | 111.82 | 1 | 187.60 |
| 2 | Jason Brown | United States
|
274.82 | 3 | 94.71 | 2 | 180.11 |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan
|
270.61 | 5 | 91.61 | 3 | 179.00 |
| 4 | Jin Boyang | China
|
267.67 | 2 | 95.83 | 5 | 171.84 |
| 5 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea
|
265.43 | 6 | 90.37 | 4 | 175.06 |
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | Canada
|
251.60 | 9 | 85.24 | 6 | 166.36 |
| 7 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan
|
251.05 | 7 | 88.22 | 7 | 162.83 |
| 8 | Keegan Messing | Canada
|
243.93 | 4 | 94.03 | 10 | 149.90 |
| 9 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States
|
240.78 | 8 | 88.09 | 9 | 152.69 |
| 10 | Yan Han | China
|
239.41 | 11 | 82.32 | 8 | 157.09 |
| 11 | Camden Pulkinen | United States
|
226.82 | 10 | 84.66 | 11 | 142.16 |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry | Australia
|
213.11 | 12 | 76.70 | 14 | 136.41 |
| 13 | Zhang He | China
|
210.06 | 15 | 71.58 | 12 | 138.48 |
| 14 | Lee Si-hyeong | South Korea
|
203.50 | 16 | 67.00 | 13 | 136.50 |
| 15 | Donovan Carrillo |  Mexico
|
201.09 | 13 | 73.13 | 16 | 127.96 |
| 16 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada
|
200.50 | 17 | 65.87 | 15 | 134.63 |
| 17 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea
|
198.95 | 14 | 72.74 | 17 | 126.21 |
| 18 | Christopher Caluza |  Philippines
|
171.45 | 20 | 60.70 | 18 | 110.75 |
| 19 | James Min | Australia
|
167.81 | 21 | 59.71 | 19 | 108.10 |
| 20 | Edrian Paul Celestino | Philippines
|
167.65 | 18 | 65.11 | 21 | 102.54 |
| 21 | Micah Kai Lynette |  Thailand
|
156.71 | 23 | 50.77 | 20 | 105.94 |
| 22 | Harrison Jon-Yen Wong | Hong Kong
|
155.30 | 22 | 56.98 | 22 | 98.32 |
| 23 | Tsao Chih-i |  Chinese Taipei
|
152.80 | 19 | 62.50 | 24 | 90.30 |
| 24 | Jordan Dodds | Australia
|
148.78 | 24 | 50.74 | 23 | 98.04 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Micah Tang | Chinese Taipei
|
45.91 | 25 | 45.91 | — | |
Ladies
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
232.34 | 1 | 81.18 | 1 | 151.16 |
| 2 | You Young | South Korea
|
223.23 | 3 | 73.55 | 2 | 149.68 |
| 3 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
222.97 | 2 | 75.93 | 3 | 147.04 |
| 4 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan
|
207.46 | 5 | 72.95 | 5 | 134.51 |
| 5 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan
|
202.79 | 4 | 73.07 | 8 | 129.72 |
| 6 | Kim Ye-lim | South Korea
|
202.76 | 7 | 68.10 | 4 | 134.66 |
| 7 | Karen Chen | United States
|
201.06 | 8 | 67.28 | 6 | 133.78 |
| 8 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea
|
200.59 | 6 | 68.40 | 7 | 132.19 |
| 9 | Amber Glenn | United States
|
190.83 | 9 | 65.39 | 9 | 125.44 |
| 10 | Alicia Pineault | Canada
|
173.55 | 10 | 57.09 | 10 | 116.46 |
| 11 | Chen Hongyi | China
|
167.26 | 11 | 56.81 | 11 | 110.45 |
| 12 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
161.15 | 13 | 54.93 | 13 | 106.22 |
| 13 | Zhu Yi | China
|
155.41 | 12 | 55.53 | 14 | 99.88 |
| 14 | Alison Schumacher | Canada
|
150.73 | 18 | 42.55 | 12 | 108.18 |
| 15 | Emily Bausback | Canada
|
147.23 | 14 | 49.10 | 15 | 98.13 |
| 16 | Andrea Montesinos Cantú | Mexico
|
135.24 | 15 | 47.40 | 18 | 87.84 |
| 17 | Jenny Shyu | Chinese Taipei
|
134.80 | 16 | 44.95 | 16 | 89.85 |
| 18 | Alisson Krystle Perticheto | Philippines
|
129.99 | 19 | 40.67 | 17 | 89.32 |
| 19 | Cheuk Ka Kahlen Cheung | Hong Kong
|
121.29 | 17 | 44.73 | 20 | 76.56 |
| 20 | Amy Lin | Chinese Taipei
|
116.97 | 20 | 40.29 | 19 | 76.68 |
| 21 | Aiza Mambekova |  Kazakhstan
|
107.68 | 21 | 37.91 | 21 | 69.77 |
Pairs
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China
|
217.51 | 3 | 73.17 | 1 | 144.34 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China
|
213.29 | 2 | 75.96 | 2 | 137.33 |
| 3 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
201.80 | 1 | 76.36 | 4 | 125.44 |
| 4 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | United States
|
196.15 | 4 | 67.76 | 3 | 128.39 |
| 5 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
186.20 | 7 | 62.65 | 5 | 123.55 |
| 6 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada
|
177.58 | 6 | 62.97 | 6 | 114.61 |
| 7 | Liubov Ilyushechkina / Charlie Bilodeau | Canada
|
171.32 | 8 | 57.87 | 7 | 113.45 |
| 8 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan
|
167.50 | 9 | 57.45 | 8 | 110.05 |
| 9 | Isabella Gamez / David-Alexandre Paradis | Philippines
|
127.43 | 10 | 47.34 | 9 | 80.09 |
| WD | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
withdrew | 5 | 63.14 | withdrew from competition | |
| WD | Tang Feiyao / Yang Yongchao | China
|
withdrew | withdrew from competition | |||
Ice dance
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
213.18 | 2 | 85.76 | 1 | 127.42 |
| 2 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada
|
210.18 | 3 | 83.92 | 2 | 126.26 |
| 3 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States
|
208.72 | 1 | 85.95 | 3 | 122.77 |
| 4 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China
|
196.75 | 4 | 77.45 | 4 | 119.30 |
| 5 | Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada
|
192.11 | 5 | 76.43 | 6 | 115.68 |
| 6 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
188.49 | 7 | 71.93 | 5 | 116.56 |
| 7 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada
|
174.41 | 6 | 73.32 | 7 | 101.09 |
| 8 | Yura Min / Daniel Eaton | South Korea
|
163.26 | 8 | 64.38 | 8 | 98.88 |
| 9 | Holly Harris / Jason Chan | Australia
|
161.05 | 10 | 62.83 | 9 | 98.22 |
| 10 | Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming | China
|
158.70 | 9 | 63.22 | 11 | 95.48 |
| 11 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan
|
157.20 | 11 | 61.45 | 10 | 95.75 |
| 12 | Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao | China
|
145.22 | 12 | 59.18 | 12 | 86.04 |
| 13 | Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho | Japan
|
143.94 | 14 | 58.13 | 13 | 85.81 |
| 14 | Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds | Australia
|
143.59 | 13 | 58.30 | 14 | 85.29 |
| 15 | Matilda Friend / William Badaoui | Australia
|
137.36 | 15 | 55.80 | 16 | 81.56 |
| 16 | Maxine Weatherby / Temirlan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan
|
132.27 | 16 | 50.33 | 15 | 81.94 |
References
edit- ^ a b "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020: Announcement". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Entries for ISU Figure Skating and Synchronized Skating Championships 2020". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships® 2020: Competition Schedule". Korean Skating Union. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Men". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ladies". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Pairs". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2020: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "International Assignments 2019/2020". Ice Skating Australia. December 2019.
- ^ "Skate Canada names teams for 2020 ISU Championships" (Press release). Skate Canada. January 19, 2020.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
- ^
- "피겨 차준환, 점프 실수에도 회장배 랭킹대회 우승" [Figure skater Cha Jun-hwan wins the Chairman's Cup ranking competition despite a jump mistake] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. December 15, 2019.
- "피겨 김예림, 랭킹전 역전 우승…4대륙선수권 출전" [Figure skater Kim Ye-lim wins Four Continents Championships ranking competition] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. December 15, 2019.
- ^
- "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.
- "U.S Figure Skating Announces Men's, Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents, World Junior Teams, and World Junior Camp" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. January 26, 2020.
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