2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Explained

2010 Four Continents Championships
Comptype:	ISU Championship
Startdate:	January 27
Enddate:	30
Skatingseason:	2009–10
Location:	Jeonju, South Korea
Host:	Korea Skating Union
Venue:	Hwasan Ice Arena
Championmen:	Adam Rippon
Championladies:	Mao Asada
Championpairs:	Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao
Championdance:	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje
Previouscomp:	2009 Four Continents Championships
Nextcomp:	2011 Four Continents Championships

The 2010 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. It was held at the Hwasan Ice Arena in Jeonju, South Korea on January 27–30.^[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

Qualification

The competition was open to skaters from a non-European member nation of the International Skating Union. The countries that were eligible to send skaters to the competition were Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United States of America, and Uzbekistan.^[2] The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2010 European Figure Skating Championships.

Unlike the other three ISU championships, each nation was allowed to enter 3 skaters/couples in each event, regardless of its skaters performance in the previous year's championships. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2009 in order to compete.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).

• Wednesday, January 27
  • 11:20 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance
  • 13:30 Pairs – Short program
  • 15:45 Opening ceremony
  • 16:30 Ladies – Short program
• Thursday, January 28
  • 12:00 Ice dancing – Original dance
  • 14:20 Pairs – Free skating
  • 17:30 Men – Short program
• Friday, January 29
  • 13:00 Ladies – Free skating
  • 18:00 Ice dancing – Free dance
• Saturday, January 30
  • 11:00 Men – Free skating
  • 17:00 Gala exhibition

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			225.78	7	69.56	1	156.22
2			217.48	6	69.60	2	147.88
3			212.99	1	81.60	8	131.39
4			212.68	3	70.88	5	141.80
5			212.19	8	66.22	3	145.97
6			209.68	2	72.95	6	136.73
7			206.34	10	62.36	4	143.98
8			203.60	5	70.33	7	133.27
9			195.66	9	64.60	9	131.06
10			172.65	4	70.50	14	102.15
11			171.44	12	57.05	10	114.39
12			171.36	11	61.48	11	109.88
13			156.91	13	55.91	15	101.00
14			153.09	16	49.49	12	103.60
15			152.69	17	49.24	13	103.45
16			148.96	14	53.80	16	95.16
17			130.76	19	41.81	17	88.95
18			129.73	15	51.05	19	78.68
19			127.09	18	47.44	18	79.65
20			101.87	20	40.53	20	61.34
Did not advance to free skating
21				21	35.43
22				22	35.10
23				23	33.27
24				24	30.42
25				25	27.87
26				26	27.46
27				27	25.35

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			183.96	3	57.22	1	126.74
2			173.72	1	58.88	2	114.84
3			160.78	4	55.10	3	105.68
4			158.23	2	57.56	5	100.67
5			155.29	5	55.06	6	100.23
6			154.71	7	53.68	4	101.03
7			152.45	6	54.46	8	97.99
8			150.90	8	51.60	7	99.30
9			140.88	9	48.90	9	91.98
10	Diane Szmiett		140.10	10	48.82	10	91.28
11			134.15	11	46.88	11	87.27
12			126.11	12	46.60	13	79.51
13			123.91	14	41.34	12	82.57
14			119.39	15	40.06	14	79.33
15			109.46	13	44.94	17	64.52
16			103.03	19	34.32	15	68.71
17			101.25	17	35.62	16	65.63
18			96.16	16	36.18	19	59.98
19			95.50	20	33.82	18	61.68
20			90.77	18	35.22	20	55.55
Did not advance to free skating
21				21	33.82
22				22	33.48
23				23	33.26
24				24	32.92
25	Sandra Khopon			25	32.84
26				26	32.76
27				27	32.22
28				28	30.74
29				29	30.06
30				30	29.92
31				31	29.88
32				32	27.32
33	Taryn Jurgensen			33	26.94
34				34	24.92
35				35	24.74
36				36	24.00
37				37	23.48
38				38	17.70

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1			192.22	1	65.86	1	126.36
2			170.17	2	64.56	2	105.61
3			158.02	3	56.90	4	101.12
4			157.49	4	56.10	3	101.39
5			151.83	7	53.74	5	98.09
6			146.60	6	54.16	6	92.44
7			146.31	5	55.94	7	90.37
8			136.05	9	48.02	8	88.03
9			135.76	8	48.76	9	87.00
10			128.91	10	44.60	10	84.31
11			116.49	11	43.42	11	73.07

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1			166.16	1	32.67	1	48.42	1	85.07
2			159.56	3	29.89	2	48.21	2	81.46
3			154.20	4	29.76	4	46.75	4	77.69
4			150.38	2	30.12	3	47.21	7	73.05
5			148.92	5	29.14	5	44.12	5	75.66
6			147.38	7	26.57	8	41.80	3	79.01
7			144.53	8	25.26	6	43.95	6	75.32
8			141.55	6	28.16	7	42.48	8	70.91
9			127.06	9	21.64	9	40.53	9	64.89
10			115.73	10	21.12	11	33.90	10	60.71
11			106.07	11	17.71	10	34.33	12	54.03
12			106.03	12	17.22	12	32.32	11	56.49

External links

• Web site: Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2010 Announcement . 2009-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115185805/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1638 . 2010-01-15 . dead.
  • News: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2010 - Jeonju (KOR) Preview . . 25 January 2010 . 28 January 2010.
• ISU Media Guide PDF

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU Communication No. 1535 Decisions of the ISU Council . 2009-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107080926/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1110 . 2009-01-07 . dead.
2. Web site: International Skating Union Communication No. 1527 Entries ISU Championships 2009 . 2010-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107024626/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db/files/serve.php?id=1048 . 2009-01-07 . dead.