2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
| 2009 Four Continents Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 2 – February 8, 2009 |
| Season: | 2008–2009 |
| Location: |  Vancouver |
| Venue: | Pacific Coliseum |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Patrick Chan |
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Ladies' singles: Kim Yu-Na |
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Pair skating: Pang Qing & Tong Jian |
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Ice dancing: Meryl Davis / Charlie White |
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| Previous: | 2008 Four Continents Championships |
| Next: | 2010 Four Continents Championships |
The 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the 2008–2009 season. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The competition was open to skaters from a non-European Member nation of the International Skating Union. The four continents of the event's name refer to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe.
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. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships. Skaters must have reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2008 in order to compete.
The competition was held from February 4–8, 2009, at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, Canada.
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Competition notes [edit]
- The compulsory dance was the Finnstep.
- At this competition, Kim Yu-Na set a new ISU World Record of 72.24 points for the ladies short program.[1]
- This event served as the Olympic Test Event for figure skating for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
Schedule [edit]
(Local Time, UTC−8)
- February 4, 2009
- 13:00: Ice Dance – Compulsory Dance
- 15:15: Pairs – Short Program
- 17:30: Opening Ceremony
- 18:15: Ladies – Short Program
- February 5, 2009
- 11:00: Ice Dance – Original Dance
- 13:35: Pairs – Free Skating
- 16:30: Men – Short Program
- February 6, 2009
- 13:45: Ice Dance – Free Dance
- 18:00: Ladies – Free Skating
- February 7, 2009
- 10:45: Men – Free Skating
- February 8, 2009
- 12:00: Gala Exhibition
Results [edit]
Men [edit]
Ladies [edit]
Pairs [edit]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS |
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| 1 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China |
194.94 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison | Canada |
185.62 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao | China |
174.98 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin | Canada |
168.43 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker | United States |
164.01 | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett | United States |
161.69 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | United States |
157.38 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall | Canada |
149.85 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Dong Huibo / Wu Yiming | China |
143.33 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Amanda Sunyoto-Yang / Darryll Sulindro-Yang |  Chinese Taipei |
126.73 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Marina Aganina / Dmitri Zobnin |  Uzbekistan |
102.52 | 11 | 11 |
Ice Dancing [edit]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | CD | OD | FD |
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| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States |
192.39 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir | Canada |
191.81 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates | United States |
180.79 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier | Canada |
176.82 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada |
168.76 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre | United States |
151.82 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China |
142.30 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen | China |
137.90 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Wang Jiayue / Gao Chongbo | China |
132.53 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman |  Australia |
112.93 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov | Australia |
101.35 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| WD | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |  Japan |
References [edit]
- ^ Elliott, Helene. "Kim Yu-Na is first at Four Continents event". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.[dead link]
- Competitors list
- "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
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