2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

2011 Four Continents Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: February 15 – 20
Season: 2010–11
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Venue: Taipei Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies' singles:
Japan Miki Ando
Pair skating:
China Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Ice dancing:
United States Meryl Davis / Charlie White
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The 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The four continents of the event's name refer to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe.

The 2011 competition was held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan from February 15 through 20.

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from a non-European member nation of the International Skating Union who reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2010. Each country may send up to three entries per discipline.

The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2011 European Figure Skating Championships, held in January 2011.

Entries

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Australia Brendan Kerry
Mark Webster		 Cheltzie Lee
Jaimee Nobbs		 Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov
Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman
 Canada Kevin Reynolds
Joey Russell
Shawn Sawyer		 Amélie Lacoste
Cynthia Phaneuf
Myriane Samson		 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch		 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier
Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
 China Guan Jinlin
Song Nan
Wu Jialiang		 Geng Bingwa
Zhu Qiuying		 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming
Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Zhang Yue / Wang Lei		 Guan Xueting / Wang Meng
Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun
Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen
 Chinese Taipei Jordan Ju
Stephen Li-Chung Kuo
Wun-Chang Shih		 Crystal Kiang
Chaochih Liu
Melinda Wang
 Hong Kong Tiffany Packard Yu
 Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Takahiko Kozuka
Daisuke Takahashi		 Miki Ando
Mao Asada
Akiko Suzuki		 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
 Kazakhstan Abzal Rakimgaliev
 Mexico Reyna Hamui
Mary Ro Reyes		 Corenne Bruhns / Benjamin Westenberger
 Philippines Mericien Venzon
 Puerto Rico Victoria Muniz
 Singapore Brittany Lau
 South Africa Lejeanne Marais
 South Korea Kim Min-seok Kim Chae-hwa
Kwak Min-jeong
Yun Yea-ji
 Thailand Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook
Taryn Jurgensen
Melanie Swang
 United States Jeremy Abbott
Armin Mahbanoozadeh
Adam Rippon		 Alissa Czisny
Rachael Flatt
Mirai Nagasu		 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker
Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin		 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
 Uzbekistan Misha Ge

Schedule

Results

Men

Daisuke Takahashi won this event for the second time.[1]

Men's podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 244.00 1 83.49 1 160.51
2 Yuzuru Hanyu  Japan 228.01 3 76.43 3 151.58
3 Jeremy Abbott  United States 225.71 2 76.73 4 148.98
4 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 223.52 6 66.25 2 157.27
5 Adam Rippon  United States 210.01 4 72.71 5 137.30
6 Guan Jinlin  China 201.98 9 64.68 6 137.30
7 Armin Mahbanoozadeh  United States 200.67 5 66.40 9 134.27
8 Wu Jialiang  China 199.78 10 63.30 7 136.48
9 Song Nan  China 195.13 12 60.47 8 134.66
10 Shawn Sawyer  Canada 192.94 7 65.71 10 127.23
11 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 191.55 8 65.47 11 126.08
12 Misha Ge  Uzbekistan 182.06 13 58.60 12 123.46
13 Abzal Rakimgaliev  Kazakhstan 180.75 11 60.95 13 119.80
14 Joey Russell  Canada 171.18 14 57.67 15 113.51
15 Kim Min-seok  South Korea 168.59 15 53.67 14 114.92
16 Mark Webster  Australia 143.54 16 48.26 16 95.28
17 Jordan Ju  Chinese Taipei 134.33 18 44.37 17 89.96
18 Brendan Kerry  Australia 125.64 17 45.45 19 80.19
19 Wun-Chang Shih  Chinese Taipei 120.96 19 40.36 18 80.60
20 Stephen Li-Chung Kuo  Chinese Taipei 117.96 20 37.82 20 80.14

Ladies

Ladies' podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Miki Ando  Japan 201.34 1 66.58 1 134.76
2 Mao Asada  Japan 196.30 2 63.41 2 132.89
3 Mirai Nagasu  United States 189.46 4 59.78 3 129.68
4 Rachael Flatt  United States 180.31 3 62.23 4 118.08
5 Alissa Czisny  United States 168.81 5 58.94 5 109.87
6 Cynthia Phaneuf  Canada 163.14 7 55.65 6 107.49
7 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 162.59 6 57.64 7 104.95
8 Kwak Min-jeong  South Korea 147.15 8 50.47 8 96.68
9 Amélie Lacoste  Canada 137.48 9 50.06 9 87.42
10 Cheltzie Lee  Australia 127.90 10 48.72 10 79.18
11 Myriane Samson  Canada 121.20 11 46.33 11 74.87
12 Yun Yea-ji  South Korea 111.86 12 39.37 12 72.49
13 Geng Bingwa  China 104.58 13 39.20 16 65.38
14 Zhu Qiuying  China 102.38 16 35.08 15 67.30
15 Lejeanne Marais  South Africa 101.90 19 31.99 13 69.91
16 Kim Chae-hwa  South Korea 101.79 17 33.76 14 68.03
17 Victoria Muniz  Puerto Rico 99.40 15 35.45 17 63.95
18 Melinda Wang  Chinese Taipei 96.15 14 36.51 18 59.64
19 Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook  Thailand 91.54 18 33.73 20 57.81
20 Jaimee Nobbs  Australia 89.93 20 31.94 19 57.99
21 Crystal Kiang  Chinese Taipei 86.60 21 31.89 21 54.71
22 Mericien Venzon  Philippines 84.17 22 30.64 22 53.53
23 Melanie Swang  Thailand 82.08 23 29.50 23 52.58
24 Chaochih Liu  Chinese Taipei 78.28 24 28.52 24 49.76
Did not advance to free skating
25 Tiffany Packard Yu  Hong Kong 25 27.51
26 Brittany Lau  Singapore 26 26.61
27 Taryn Jurgensen  Thailand 27 26.28
28 Reyna Hamui  Mexico 28 23.73
29 Mary Ro Reyes  Mexico 29 22.22

Pairs

2011 was the fifth time Pang and Tong had won gold at the Four Continents competition.[2]

Pairs' podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 199.45 1 71.41 1 128.04
2 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford  Canada 181.79 3 59.92 2 121.87
3 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers  Canada 171.73 2 59.98 4 111.75
4 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin  United States 166.97 4 55.25 5 111.72
5 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch  Canada 166.22 5 54.41 3 111.81
6 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig  United States 157.30 6 52.23 6 105.07
7 Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran  Japan 152.63 8 50.25 7 102.38
8 Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker  United States 144.46 10 45.60 8 98.86
9 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei  China 138.93 7 50.61 10 88.32
10 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming  China 135.10 9 46.41 9 88.69

Ice dancing

After winning the short program, Virtue and Moir had to withdraw because of an injury to Virtue.[3][4][5]

Ice dancing podium
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States 172.03 2 69.01 1 103.02
2 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani  United States 155.38 4 62.04 2 93.34
3 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier  Canada 151.83 5 61.66 3 90.17
4 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje  Canada 151.14 3 65.45 4 85.69
5 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein  United States 142.44 6 57.14 5 85.30
6 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun  China 130.29 7 52.93 6 77.36
7 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen  China 125.75 8 50.58 7 75.17
8 Guan Xueting / Wang Meng  China 106.26 9 42.77 8 63.49
9 Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman  Australia 104.69 10 42.67 9 62.02
10 Corenne Bruhns / Benjamin Westenberger  Mexico 88.55 11 40.68 10 47.87
11 Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov  Australia 72.23 12 28.52 11 43.71
WD Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir  Canada 1 69.40 WD

References

  1. ↑ Goldenskate Takahashi wins
  2. ↑ http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/4cc_pl.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/mt_ept/stories/2011/02/19/injury-knocks-virtue-moir-out-of-four-continents.html
  4. ↑ Associated Press Davis and White win
  5. ↑ Detroit Free Pres Injury to Virtue

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