The 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held in Taipei, Taiwan on January 22–28, 2018. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Qualification This competition is open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2017, to participate. The corresponding competition for European skaters is the 2018 European Figure Skating Championships.
Each National Federation from the four represented regions are permitted to send up to three skaters/couples for each discipline. National Federations can select their entries based on their own criteria, as long as the selected skater/couples attains a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international senior event prior to the Four Continents.
Minimum 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.
Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline SP / SD FS / FD Men 25 45 Ladies 20 36 Pairs 20 36 Ice dance 19 29 SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.
Entries Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2017.
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Andrew Dodds Brendan Kerry Mark Webster Kailani Craine Brooklee Han Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Matilda Friend / William Badaoui Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds Elladj Balde Nam Nguyen Kevin Reynolds Alaine Chartrand Michelle Long Alicia Pineault Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch Sydney Kolodziej / Maxime Deschamps Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe Sarah Arnold / Thomas Williams Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Jin Boyang Yan Han Zhang He Li Xiangning Zhao Ziquan Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Chih-I Tsao Amy Lin Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Harrison Jon-Yen Wong Joanna So Takahito Mura Keiji Tanaka Shoma Uno Mai Mihara Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Abzal Rakimgaliev Denis Ten Aiza Mambekova Elizabet Tursynbayeva Kai Xiang Chew Julian Zhi Jie Yee Donovan Carrillo An Geon-hyeong Lee June-hyoung Lee Si-hyeongChoi Da-bin Kim Ha-nul Park So-younKim Kyu-eun / Alex Kangchan KamYura Min / Alexander Gamelin Chloe Ing Micah Kai Lynette Thita Lamsam Natalie Sangkagalo Max Aaron Jason Brown Grant Hochstein Starr Andrews Mariah Bell Angela Wang Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons Misha Ge
Changes to initial assignments Announced Country Discipline Initial Replacement Reference January 10, 2018 Ladies Yu Shuran None January 13, 2018 Men Ross Miner Grant Hochstein January 13, 2018 Ladies Ashley Wagner Angela Wang January 17, 2018 Pairs Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata None January 17, 2018 Men Cha Jun-hwan An Geon-hyeong January 19, 2018 Pairs Sui Wenjing / Han Cong None January 19, 2018 Pairs Peng Cheng / Jin Yang None
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Jin Boyang300.952100.171200.78 2Shoma Uno297.971100.492197.45 3Jason Brown269.22489.783179.44 4Keiji Tanaka260.31390.685169.63 5Max Aaron255.45684.154171.30 6Misha Ge248.96882.277166.69 7Kevin Reynolds241.501374.656166.85 8Elladj Balde238.201275.178163.03 9Nam Nguyen237.52784.0910153.43 10Yan Han227.93584.7412143.19 11Grant Hochstein226.391570.809155.59 12Takahito Mura225.411076.6611148.75 13Brendan Kerry219.95979.5714140.38 14Lee June-hyoung211.861669.9313141.93 15Denis Ten210.821175.3015135.52 16Julian Zhi Jie Yee197.681768.4516129.23 17Chih-I Tsao195.211472.5719122.64 18Donovan Carrillo185.912259.0717126.84 19Zhang He184.821963.6220121.20 20An Geon-hyeong180.262356.6718123.59 21Andrew Dodds177.811863.6923114.12 22Lee Si-hyeong177.072062.6522114.42 23Abzal Rakimgaliev175.582160.7721114.81 24Leslie Man Cheuk Ip150.232453.802496.43Did not advance to free skating 25Micah Kai Lynette53.292553.29 colspan=2 26Harrison Jon-Yen Wong52.782652.78 colspan=2 27Kai Xiang Chew50.922750.92 colspan=2 28Mark Webster49.452849.45 colspan=2 29Harry Hau Yin Lee43.982943.98 colspan=2 30Micah Tang43.053043.05 colspan=2
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Kaori Sakamoto214.21271.341142.87 2Mai Mihara210.57369.842140.73 3Satoko Miyahara207.02171.743135.28 4Choi Da-bin190.23562.304127.93 5Mariah Bell185.84462.905122.94 6Kim Ha-nul173.10661.158111.95 7Starr Andrews172.65760.617112.04 8Alaine Chartrand172.41859.866112.55 9Angela Wang161.04958.9711102.07 10Li Xiangning160.401057.0110103.39 11Park So-youn159.481253.059106.43 12Elizabet Tursynbayeva156.191156.521399.67 13Alicia Pineault152.811451.5312101.28 14Brooklee Han150.651352.291498.36 15Michelle Long147.501749.771597.73 16Kailani Craine141.041650.791690.25 17Zhao Ziquan139.011848.781790.23 18Amy Lin137.401551.141886.26 19Chloe Ing129.701945.302084.40 20Aiza Mambekova121.002036.871984.53 21Joanna So107.692135.512172.18 22Natalie Sangkagalo93.612233.502260.11 23Thita Lamsam79.332328.262351.07
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea194.42365.741128.68 2Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc190.61166.762123.85 3Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik184.98465.253119.73 4Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch179.00564.505114.50 5Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay178.38660.934117.45 6Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor178.10266.456111.65 7Camille Ruest / Andrew Wolfe159.73954.707105.03 8Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara157.27756.958100.32 9Sydney Kolodziej / Maxime Deschamps153.57856.18997.39 10Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi126.191044.251081.94 Kim Kyu-eun / Alex Kangchan Kam colspan=5
Ice dance Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD 1Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker174.29169.081105.21 2Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus164.96365.11299.85 3Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed163.86265.27398.59 4Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter160.12462.83497.29 5Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu158.21562.36595.85 6Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons155.30660.18695.12 7Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin151.38760.11791.27 8 Sarah Arnold / Thomas Williams140.10952.50887.60 9Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker139.48857.211082.27 10Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto138.181052.45985.73 11Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno124.021247.151176.87 12Song Linshu / Sun Zhuoming122.531150.341272.19 13Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds115.621345.421370.20 14Matilda Friend / William Badaoui92.051433.091458.96
Medals summary Medalists Medals for overall placement: Men Jin Boyang Shoma Uno Jason Brown Ladies Kaori Sakamoto Mai Mihara Satoko Miyahara Pairs Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Ice dance Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Small medals for placement in the short segment: Men Shoma Uno Jin Boyang Keiji Tanaka Ladies Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto Mai Mihara Pairs Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Ice dance Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Small medals for placement in the free segment: Men Jin Boyang Shoma Uno Jason Brown Ladies Kaori Sakamoto Mai Mihara Satoko Miyahara Pairs Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik Ice dance Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan
References Citations