2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

none 2009 Four Continents Championships ISU Championship February 2 8 2008–09 Vancouver, Canada Pacific Coliseum CAN Patrick Chan KOR Kim Yuna CHN Pang Qing / Tong Jian USA Meryl Davis / Charlie White 2008 Four Continents Championships 2010 Four Continents Championships The 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships an international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. It was held at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada on February 2–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Finnstep. Notes Skaters who reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2008, were eligible to compete. Unlike the other three ISU championships, each nation was allowed three entries in each discipline, regardless of its skaters' performance in the previous year's championships. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships. This event served as the Olympic test event for figure skating for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games although the rink was NHL-sized. Schedule (Local Time, UTC−8) Wednesday, February 4 13:00 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance 15:15 Pairs – Short program 17:30 Opening ceremony 18:15 Ladies – Short program Thursday, February 5 11:00 Ice dancing – Original dance 13:35 Pairs – Free skating 16:30 Men – Short program Friday, February 6 13:45 Ice dancing – Free dance 18:00 Ladies – Free skating Saturday, February 7 10:45 Men – Free skating Sunday, February 8 12:00: Gala exhibition Results Men right|thumb|The men's podium. From left: Evan Lysacek (2nd), Patrick Chan (1st), Takahiko Kozuka (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Patrick Chan 249.19 1 88.90 1 160.29 2 Evan Lysacek 237.15 2 81.65 2 155.50 3 Takahiko Kozuka 221.76 3 76.61 4 145.15 4 Nobunari Oda 220.26 6 75.04 3 145.22 5 Jeremy Abbott 216.94 4 75.67 6 141.27 6 Vaughn Chipeur 212.81 7 68.00 5 144.81 7 Jeremy Ten 207.27 9 66.60 7 140.67 8 Brandon Mroz 196.78 5 75.05 9 121.73 9 Denis Ten 184.82 10 61.32 8 123.50 10 Wu Jialiang 182.92 8 67.75 11 115.17 11 Li Chengjiang 178.94 12 59.22 10 119.72 12 Yasuharu Nanri 157.91 11 59.44 13 98.47 13 Gao Song 155.45 13 58.74 14 96.71 14 Abzal Rakimgaliev 152.67 14 53.65 12 99.02 15 Mark Webster 123.08 17 43.93 15 79.15 16 Kevin Alves 121.97 16 43.97 16 78.00 17 Luis Hernández 118.70 15 44.66 18 74.04 18 Robert McNamara 116.47 18 41.59 17 74.88 19 Kim Min-seok 108.75 19 41.04 21 67.71 20 Justin Pietersen 106.26 22 34.48 19 71.78 21 Nicholas Fernandez 105.54 21 37.64 20 67.90 22 Charles Shou-San Pao 96.37 23 34.45 23 61.92 23 Humberto Contreras 96.10 20 39.87 24 56.23 24 Wun-Chang Shih 96.04 24 31.52 22 64.52 Did not advance to free skating 25 Mathieu Wilson 25 31.15 26 Sebra Yen 26 31.05 Ladies right|thumb|The ladies' podium. From left: Joannie Rochette (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Mao Asada (3rd). Kim Yuna set a new world record for the short program. Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kim Yuna 189.07 1 72.24 3 116.83 2 Joannie Rochette 183.91 2 66.90 2 117.01 3 Mao Asada 176.52 6 57.86 1 118.66 4 Caroline Zhang 171.22 5 58.16 4 113.06 5 Cynthia Phaneuf 169.41 3 60.98 5 108.43 6 Fumie Suguri 167.74 4 60.18 6 107.56 7 Rachael Flatt 162.83 8 55.44 7 107.39 8 Akiko Suzuki 160.36 9 55.40 8 104.96 9 Alissa Czisny 159.81 7 55.62 9 104.19 10 Amélie Lacoste 146.18 10 49.78 10 96.40 11 Liu Yan 139.50 12 47.60 11 91.90 12 Anastasia Gimazetdinova 125.39 13 46.22 14 79.17 13 Cheltzie Lee 123.88 15 43.96 13 79.92 14 Kim Hyeon-jung 121.64 17 41.64 12 80.00 15 Xu Binshu 121.00 11 48.38 16 72.62 16 Kim Na-young 120.28 16 43.94 15 76.34 17 Ana Cecilia Cantu 108.75 14 44.82 18 63.93 18 Tina Wang 108.02 18 37.64 17 70.38 19 Chaochih Liu 97.51 19 37.20 19 60.31 20 Tamami Ono 91.89 24 33.80 20 58.09 21 Michele Cantu 90.08 20 37.16 22 52.92 22 Loretta Hamui 87.64 23 33.84 21 53.80 23 Wang Yueren 85.04 21 34.38 23 50.66 24 Gracielle Jeanne Tan 80.37 22 34.02 24 46.35 Did not advance to free skating 25 Crystal Kiang 25 32.52 26 Melinda Wang 26 31.64 27 Charissa Tansomboon 27 31.58 28 Lejeanne Marais 28 31.32 29 Mary Grace Baldo 29 29.18 30 Jessica Kurzawski 30 28.94 31 Elizabeth Stern 31 27.58 32 Abigail Pietersen 32 27.32 33 Alessia Baldo 33 26.36 34 Stacy Perfetti 34 24.44 35 Kristine Y Lee 35 23.76 WD Megan Allely Pairs thumb|right|The pairs' podium. From left: Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison (2nd), Pang Qing / Tong Jian (1st), Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 194.94 1 65.60 1 129.34 2 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 185.62 2 64.36 2 121.26 3 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 174.98 3 63.20 3 111.78 4 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 168.43 4 62.08 6 106.35 5 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker 164.01 7 54.16 4 109.85 6 Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett 161.69 8 53.60 5 108.09 7 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 157.38 5 56.78 7 100.60 8 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall 149.85 6 55.16 8 94.69 9 Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming 143.33 9 52.40 9 90.93 10 Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang 126.73 10 43.38 10 83.35 11 Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin 102.52 11 36.88 11 65.64 Ice dancing right|thumb|The ice dancing podium. From left: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir (2nd), Meryl Davis / Charlie White (1st), Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 192.39 2 35.23 2 60.42 1 96.74 2 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 191.81 1 36.40 1 60.90 2 94.51 3 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates 180.79 4 31.41 3 59.48 3 89.90 4 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 176.82 3 32.43 4 56.36 4 88.03 5 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 168.76 5 30.62 5 53.33 5 84.81 6 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 151.82 6 30.59 6 47.59 6 73.64 7 Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun 142.30 7 27.56 7 46.95 8 67.79 8 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 137.90 8 24.65 8 42.12 7 71.13 9 Wang Jiayue / Gao Chongbo 132.53 9 23.31 9 41.74 9 67.48 10 Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman 112.93 10 19.70 10 36.13 10 57.10 11 Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov 101.35 11 17.51 11 31.15 11 52.69 WD Cathy Reed / Chris Reed References http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-spw-skate6-2009feb06,0,867183,full.story Kim Yu-Na is first at Four Continents event Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times February 6, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090212114324/http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-spw-skate6-2009feb06%2C0%2C867183%2Cfull.story February 12, 2009 dead http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/2009/02/07/four_continents/ Chan grabs gold at Four Continents The Canadian Press February 7, 2009 https://archive.today/20120914010548/http://www.sportsnet.ca/more/2009/02/07/four_continents/ September 14, 2012 dead External links Official site isuresults.com fc2009 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Competitors list http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-182959-200177-nav-list,00.html Calendar of Events 2008-04-24 International Skating Union https://web.archive.org/web/20080420082344/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C4844-182959-200177-nav-list%2C00.html 2008-04-20 dead Category:Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Four Continents Four Continents Category:Sports competitions in Vancouver Category:February 2009 sports events in Canada Category:2009 in sports in British Columbia Category:2009 in Vancouver