2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Explained

2011 Four Continents Championships
Comptype:	ISU Championship
Startdate:	February 15
Enddate:	20
Skatingseason:	2010–11
Location:	Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:	Taipei Arena
Championmen:	Daisuke Takahashi
Championladies:	Miki Ando
Championpairs:	Pang Qing / Tong Jian
Championdance:	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Previouscomp:	2010 Four Continents Championships
Nextcomp:	2012 Four Continents Championships

The 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season. It was held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on February 15–20. 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 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.

Entries

Country	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
	Brendan Kerry Mark Webster	Cheltzie Lee Jaimee Nobbs		Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman
	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
	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
	Jordan Ju Stephen Li-Chung Kuo Wun-Chang Shih	Crystal Kiang Chaochih Liu Melinda Wang
		Tiffany Packard Yu
	Yuzuru Hanyu Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi	Miki Ando Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
	Abzal Rakimgaliev
		Reyna Hamui Mary Ro Reyes		Corenne Bruhns / Benjamin Westenberger
		Mericien Venzon
		Victoria Muniz
		Brittany Lau
		Lejeanne Marais
	Kim Min-seok	Kim Chae-hwa Kwak Min-jeong Yun Yea-ji
		Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook Taryn Jurgensen Melanie Swang
	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
	Misha Ge

Schedule

• Thursday, February 17
  • 16:00 Ice dancing: Short dance
  • 19:30 Pairs: Short program
• Friday, February 18
  • 12:00 Men: Short program
  • 16:45 Pairs: Free skating
  • 20:00 Ice dancing: Free dance
• Saturday, February 19
  • 13:00 Ladies: Short program
  • 18:00 Men: Free skating
• Sunday, February 20
  • 11:30 Ladies: Free skating
  • 17:30 Exhibition

Results

Men

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

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

Ladies

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

Pairs

Pang / Tong won the event for the fifth time.^[2]

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

Ice dancing

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

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

• WD: Withdrew

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links

• • Official site
• ISU site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goldenskate Takahashi wins . March 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223081146/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/4cc_ml.shtml . February 23, 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: Pang and Tong win their fifth title at the 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships . March 10, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223080707/http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/4cc_pl.shtml . February 23, 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: Injury knocks Virtue, Moir out of Four Continents. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110223025432/http://www.cbc.ca/mt_ept/stories/2011/02/19/injury-knocks-virtue-moir-out-of-four-continents.html. February 23, 2011. CBC News .
4. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gfeuiUJPxLVB8taWxZRAr01xW4dg?docId=94c66cbb8d824fb3b40cf3085b8edba3 Associated Press Davis and White win
5. Web site: Barnas . Jo-Ann . February 18, 2011 . Meryl Davis, Charlie White win ice dance gold; Canadians injured . Detroit Free Press . May 30, 2022 . December 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223021738/http://www.freep.com/article/20110218/SPORTS17/110218028/Meryl-Davis-Charlie-White-win-ice-dance-gold-Canadians-injured%3Fodyssey%3Dtab%257Ctopnews%257Ctext%257CSports%26rct%3Dj%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DFlF5Tcb6L8LqgQfrzO3bBw%26ved%3D0CCgQ-AsoADAA%26q%3Ddavis+white+four+continents%26usg%3DAFQjCNFAbvmjKe52k4bLXUdQ9cieBR7fJg . dead .