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:
Japan Shoma Uno
Ladies' singles:
Japan Rika Kihira
Pairs:
China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates
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The 2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held on February 7–10, 2019 in Anaheim, California, United States.[1] Held annually since 1999, the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Qualification

This competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2019 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)

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. Due to the difference in the rules for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, 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

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary entries on January 17, 2019.

Country Men[3] Ladies[4] Pairs[5] Ice dancing[6]
 Australia Andrew Dodds
Brendan Kerry
Mark Webster 		Kailani Craine
Brooklee Han 		Matilda Friend / William Badaoui
Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds
 Brazil Isadora Williams
 Canada[7] Keegan Messing
Nicolas Nadeau
Nam Nguyen 		Larkyn Austman
Alaine Chartrand
Véronik Mallet 		Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro
Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud 		Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
 China Jin Boyang
Zhang He 		Chen Hongyi Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 		Chen Hong / Sun Zhuoming
Ning Wanqi / Wang Chao
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 Chinese Taipei Micah Tang
 Amy Lin
 Hong Kong Leslie Man Cheuk Ip
Harrison Jon-Yen Wong 		Yi Christy Leung
Joanna So
 Japan[8] Keiji Tanaka
Kazuki Tomono
Shoma Uno 		Rika Kihira
Mai Mihara
Kaori Sakamoto 		Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Kazakhstan Nikita Manko Elizabet Tursynbaeva
 Malaysia Chew Kai Xiang
Julian Yee
 Mexico Donovan Carrillo Andrea Montesinos Cantu
 Philippines Alisson Krystle Perticheto
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
Lee June-hyoung
Lee Si-hyeong 		Kim Ha-nul
Kim Ye-lim
Lim Eun-soo
 Thailand Micah Kai Lynette
 United States[9][10][11] Jason Brown
Tomoki Hiwatashi
Vincent Zhou 		Mariah Bell
Ting Cui
Bradie Tennell 		Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc
Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea 		Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
January 31, 2019 Pairs Australia Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor None Unspecified Injury [12]
January 31, 2019 Pairs North Korea Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik None No specified reason [12]
February 3, 2019 Pairs Japan Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara None Concussion [13]
February 7, 2019 Men Chinese Taipei Tsao Chih-i None Ankle injury [14]

Records

For the complete list of records, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skaters Score Date Ref
Men Free skating Japan Shoma Uno 197.36 February 9, 2019 [15]

Results

Men

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

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

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

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

Medalists

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Japan Shoma Uno China Jin Boyang United States Vincent Zhou
Ladies Japan Rika Kihira Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva Japan Mai Mihara
Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dancing United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men United States Vincent Zhou South Korea Cha Jun-hwan China Jin Boyang
Ladies United States Bradie Tennell Japan Kaori Sakamoto United States Mariah Bell
Pairs Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dancing United States Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Japan Shoma Uno China Jin Boyang Canada Keegan Messing
Ladies Japan Rika Kihira Japan Mai Mihara Kazakhstan Elizabet Tursynbaeva
Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Canada Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang
Ice dancing United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates Canada Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier Canada Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje

Medals by country

Table of medals for overall placement:

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan2013
2 China1113
3 United States*1012
4 Canada0213
5 Kazakhstan0101
Totals (5 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States*3115
2 Canada1012
3 China0123
4 Japan0101
 South Korea0101
Totals (5 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan2103
2 China1113
3 United States*1001
4 Canada0224
5 Kazakhstan0011
Totals (5 entries)44412

Prize money

Prize money is awarded to skaters who achieve a Top 6 placement in each discipline as follows:

Prize money (US$)
Placement Men's / Ladies' singles Pairs / Ice Dance
1st 21,000 30,000
2nd 16,000 20,000
3rd 11,000 12,000
4th 7,000 10,000
5th 5,000 7,000
6th 3,000 5,000
Total prize money: $294,000 USD.

References

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