2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
| 2016 Four Continents Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 16–21 February 2016 |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Location: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Host: | Chinese Taipei Skating Union |
| Venue: | Taipei Arena |
| Defending champions | |
Men's singles:  Denis Ten | |
Ladies' singles:  Polina Edmunds | |
Pair skating:  Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | |
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Ice dancing: Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | |
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The 2016 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held February 16–21, 2016, in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event's name refers to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings.
Qualification
The competition is open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reach the age of 15 before July 1, 2015. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2016 European Championships.
National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Four Continents.
Minimum TES
| Minimum technical scores (TES)[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
| Men | 25 | 45 |
| Ladies | 20 | 36 |
| Pairs | 20 | 36 |
| Ice dance | 19 | 29 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Entries
The ISU published the list of entries on January 28, 2016.[3] Some national associations announced their selections earlier.
- On January 15, 2016, Mao Asada withdrew from the event to focus on Worlds. She was replaced by Kanako Murakami.[10]
- On January 26, 2016, Ashley Wagner withdrew from the event to focus on Worlds. She was replaced by Mirai Nagasu.[11]
- On February 4, 2016, it was announced that Adam Rippon had withdrawn from the event to focus on Worlds. He was replaced by Ross Miner.[12]
- On February 11, 2016, Skate Canada announced that Gabrielle Daleman and Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau had withdrawn from the event as a precaution – Daleman and Séguin having sustained minor injuries in practice – and would be replaced by Véronik Mallet and Vanessa Grenier / Maxime Deschamps.[13]
- On February 12, 2016, Polina Edmunds withdrew from the event "due to lack of time to break in my new skates." [14] She was replaced by Karen Chen.
References
- ↑ "ISU Championships 2015 - 2016 provisional allotments". International Skating Union. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
- ↑ "Announcement: 2016 Four Continents Championships" (PDF). International Skating Union.
- 1 2 "Entries: Men". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Entries: Ladies". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Entries: Pairs". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016.
- ↑ "Entries: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016.
- ↑ "SKATE CANADA NAMES TEAMS FOR 2016 ISU CHAMPIONSHIPS". Skate Canada. January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Japan Skating Federation. "世界フィギュア／四大陸／世界ジュニア 代表選手 - 公益財団法人 日本スケート連盟 - Japan Skating Federation".
- ↑ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces ISU Championship Event Selections". U.S. Figure Skating. January 24, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Figure Skating: Asada Withdraws from 4 Continents". January 16, 2016.
- ↑ "icenetwork". Twitter.
- ↑ "Adam Rippon has decided not to compete... - International Figure Skating - Facebook".
- ↑ "Gabrielle Daleman, Julianne Séguin and Charlie Bilodeau withdraw from 2016 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. February 11, 2016. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Polina Edmunds on Twitter". Twitter.
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