2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
# 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry Mark Webster | Cheltzie Lee Jaimee Nobbs | | Maria Borounov / Evgeni Borounov Danielle O'Brien / Gregory Merriman |
| Canada | 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 |
| China | 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 |
| Chinese Taipei | Jordan Ju Stephen Li-Chung Kuo Wun-Chang Shih | Crystal Kiang Chaochih Liu Melinda Wang | | |
| Hong Kong | | Tiffany Packard Yu | | |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi | Miki Ando Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | |
| Kazakhstan | Abzal Rakimgaliev | | | |
| Mexico | | Reyna Hamui Mary Ro Reyes | | Corenne Bruhns / Benjamin Westenberger |
| Philippines | | Mericien Venzon | | |
| Puerto Rico | | Victoria Muniz | | |
| Singapore | | Brittany Lau | | |
| South Africa | | Lejeanne Marais | | |
| South Korea | Kim Min-seok | Kim Chae-hwa Kwak Min-jeong Yun Yea-ji | | |
| Thailand | | Mimi Tanasorn Chindasook Taryn Jurgensen Melanie Swang | | |
| United States | 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 |
| Uzbekistan | 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.

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

### Ladies

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

### Pairs

Pang / Tong won the event for the fifth time.

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

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

* WD: Withdrew
