The 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were held from February 7–12, 2023, at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the United States. Held annually since 1999 (except for 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the competition featured skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Nations from non-European countries could send three entries at most for every discipline.[1]
| 2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 7 – 12 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Location: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Broadmoor World Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Kao Miura | |
Women's singles:  Lee Hae-in | |
| Pairs: Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | |
Ice dance:  Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2022 Four Continents Championships | |
| Next: 2024 Four Continents Championships | |
Qualification edit
Age and minimum TES requirements edit
The competition was open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2023 European Championships.
Skaters were eligible for the 2023 Four Continents Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2022, and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.[2]
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Women | 25 | 42 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 45 |
- SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline edit
Each qualifying ISU member nation could enter up to three skaters or teams per discipline.[2]
Entries edit
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2022. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on January 18, 2023.
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 31 | Ice dance |  Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier
|
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
|
Surgery (Gilles) | [6] |
| February 1 | Pairs |  Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
|
— | [5] | |
| February 3 | Ice dance |  Chen Xizi / Xing Jianing
|
Visa issues | [6] | |
| Li Xuantong / Wang Xinkang
| |||||
| February 6 | Women |  Eugenia Garza
|
[4] |
Medal summary edit
Medalists edit
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Kao Miura
|
Keegan Messing
|
Shun Sato
|
| Women | Lee Hae-in
|
Kim Ye-lim
|
Mone Chiba
|
| Pairs | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
|
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe
|
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps
|
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
|
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Kao Miura
|
Keegan Messing
|
Jimmy Ma
|
| Women | Kim Ye-lim
|
Isabeau Levito
|
Kim Chae-yeon
|
| Pairs | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
|
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps
|
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe
|
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
|
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
|
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Kao Miura
|
Keegan Messing
|
Shun Sato
|
| Women | Lee Hae-in
|
Mone Chiba
|
Kim Ye-lim
|
| Pairs | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
|
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe
|
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps
|
| Ice dance | Madison Chock / Evan Bates
|
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen
|
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
|
Medals by country edit
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results edit
Men's singles edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points[7] | SP[7] | FS[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kao Miura | Japan
|
281.53 | 1 | 91.90 | 1 | 189.63 |
|
Keegan Messing | Canada
|
275.57 | 2 | 86.70 | 2 | 188.87 |
|
Shun Sato | Japan
|
259.14 | 6 | 80.81 | 3 | 178.33 |
| 4 | Cha Jun-hwan | South Korea
|
250.14 | 5 | 83.77 | 4 | 166.37 |
| 5 | Mikhail Shaidorov |  Kazakhstan
|
237.14 | 12 | 72.43 | 5 | 164.71 |
| 6 | Lee Si-hyeong | South Korea
|
227.79 | 14 | 70.38 | 6 | 157.41 |
| 7 | Jin Boyang | China
|
227.47 | 4 | 85.32 | 10 | 142.15 |
| 8 | Conrad Orzel | Canada
|
226.10 | 7 | 80.09 | 7 | 146.01 |
| 9 | Jimmy Ma | United States
|
221.04 | 3 | 86.64 | 13 | 134.40 |
| 10 | Maxim Naumov | United States
|
218.71 | 8 | 75.96 | 9 | 142.75 |
| 11 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan
|
217.85 | 10 | 74.96 | 8 | 143.79 |
| 12 | Kyeong Jae-seok | South Korea
|
211.98 | 9 | 75.30 | 12 | 136.68 |
| 13 | Stephen Gogolev | Canada
|
209.76 | 11 | 72.82 | 11 | 136.94 |
| 14 | Liam Kapeikis | United States
|
198.00 | 13 | 71.43 | 14 | 126.57 |
| 15 | Chen Yudong | China
|
184.41 | 15 | 67.93 | 16 | 116.48 |
| 16 | Dias Jirenbayev | Kazakhstan
|
183.42 | 18 | 57.67 | 15 | 125.75 |
| 17 | Edrian Paul Celestino |  Philippines
|
166.92 | 16 | 66.83 | 19 | 100.09 |
| 18 | Darian Kaptich | Australia
|
166.13 | 17 | 58.22 | 17 | 107.91 |
| 19 | Rakhat Bralin | Kazakhstan
|
160.20 | 19 | 54.25 | 18 | 105.95 |
| 20 | Pagiel Yie Ken Sng |  Singapore
|
138.83 | 20 | 48.52 | 20 | 90.31 |
| 21 | Douglas Gerber |  New Zealand
|
125.95 | 21 | 40.75 | 21 | 85.20 |
| 22 | Lap Kan Yuen |  Hong Kong
|
117.04 | 22 | 36.33 | 22 | 80.71 |
Women's singles edit
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points[8] | SP[8] | FS[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Lee Hae-in | South Korea
|
210.84 | 6 | 69.13 | 1 | 141.71 |
|
|
Kim Ye-lim | South Korea
|
209.29 | 1 | 72.84 | 3 | 136.45 |
|
|
Mone Chiba | Japan
|
204.98 | 7 | 67.28 | 2 | 137.70 |
| 4 | Kim Chae-yeon | South Korea
|
202.39 | 3 | 71.39 | 5 | 131.00 |
| 5 | Rinka Watanabe | Japan
|
200.50 | 8 | 65.60 | 4 | 134.90 |
| 6 | Bradie Tennell | United States
|
199.91 | 5 | 69.49 | 6 | 130.42 |
| 7 | Amber Glenn | United States
|
192.50 | 4 | 69.63 | 8 | 122.87 |
| 8 | Hana Yoshida | Japan
|
189.60 | 10 | 59.82 | 7 | 129.78 |
| 9 | Sara-Maude Dupuis | Canada
|
170.67 | 12 | 51.68 | 9 | 118.99 |
| 10 | Madeline Schizas | Canada
|
159.73 | 9 | 60.11 | 10 | 99.62 |
| 11 | Justine Miclette | Canada
|
149.56 | 13 | 51.24 | 11 | 98.32 |
| 12 | Jocelyn Hong | New Zealand
|
148.33 | 11 | 52.02 | 12 | 96.31 |
| 13 | Ting Tzu-Han |  Chinese Taipei
|
140.51 | 17 | 45.19 | 13 | 95.32 |
| 14 | Tara Prasad |  India
|
133.15 | 14 | 46.04 | 14 | 87.11 |
| 15 | Joanna So | Hong Kong
|
132.99 | 15 | 45.90 | 15 | 87.09 |
| 16 | Anna Levkovets | Kazakhstan
|
129.26 | 16 | 45.53 | 16 | 83.73 |
| 17 | Sofiya Farafonova | Kazakhstan
|
126.48 | 18 | 44.66 | 17 | 81.82 |
| 18 | Vlada Vasiliev | Australia
|
113.95 | 21 | 40.13 | 18 | 73.82 |
| 19 | Cheung Cheuk Ka Kahlen | Hong Kong
|
104.38 | 22 | 39.58 | 19 | 64.80 |
| 20 | Chow Hiu Yau | Hong Kong
|
100.16 | 20 | 42.10 | 21 | 58.06 |
| 21 | Bagdana Rakhishova | Kazakhstan
|
95.58 | 23 | 35.96 | 20 | 59.62 |
| WD | Isabeau Levito | United States
|
withdrew | 2 | 71.50 | withdrew from competition | |
| Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank | Philippines
|
19 | 43.82 | ||||
Pairs edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points[9] | SP[9] | FS[9] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan
|
208.24 | 1 | 71.19 | 1 | 137.05 |
|
|
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe | United States
|
201.11 | 3 | 66.96 | 2 | 134.15 |
|
|
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps | Canada
|
193.84 | 2 | 68.39 | 3 | 125.45 |
| 4 | Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud | Canada
|
186.33 | 4 | 65.16 | 4 | 121.17 |
| 5 | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | United States
|
169.09 | 5 | 60.07 | 6 | 109.02 |
| 6 | Ellie Kam / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
168.69 | 7 | 57.49 | 5 | 111.20 |
| 7 | Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier | Canada
|
167.67 | 6 | 59.12 | 7 | 108.55 |
| 8 | Zhang Siyang / Yang Yongchao | China
|
153.76 | 8 | 56.10 | 8 | 97.66 |
| 9 | Isabella Gamez / Alexander Korovin | Philippines
|
113.48 | 10 | 39.69 | 9 | 73.79 |
| WD | Wang Huidi / Jia Ziqi | China
|
withdrew | 9 | 53.65 | withdrew from competition | |
Ice dance edit
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points[10] | RD[10] | FD[10] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Madison Chock / Evan Bates | United States
|
220.81 | 1 | 87.67 | 1 | 133.14 |
|
|
Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | Canada
|
214.08 | 2 | 86.28 | 2 | 127.80 |
|
|
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha | Canada
|
200.00 | 3 | 79.04 | 3 | 120.96 |
| 4 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States
|
189.78 | 4 | 76.97 | 5 | 112.81 |
| 5 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | United States
|
186.88 | 5 | 69.99 | 4 | 116.89 |
| 6 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac | Canada
|
171.35 | 8 | 62.03 | 6 | 109.32 |
| 7 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan
|
165.71 | 6 | 66.72 | 8 | 98.99 |
| 8 | Holly Harris / Jason Chan | Australia
|
162.69 | 9 | 60.72 | 7 | 101.98 |
| 9 | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | Japan
|
160.24 | 7 | 64.59 | 9 | 95.65 |
| 10 | Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang In Kam | New Zealand
|
144.19 | 10 | 53.79 | 10 | 90.40 |
| 11 | India Nette / Eron Westwood | Australia
|
117.76 | 11 | 45.89 | 11 | 71.87 |
| 12 | Gaukhar Nauryzova / Boyisangur Datiev | Kazakhstan
|
114.46 | 12 | 43.84 | 12 | 70.62 |
| WD | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China
|
withdrew from competition | ||||
References edit
- ^ "2023 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships". International Skating Union. November 2022.
- ^ a b "2023 Four Continents Championships Announcement". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Four Continents Championships 2023: Men". International Skating Union. January 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "ISU Four Continents Championships 2023: Women". International Skating Union. January 18, 2023.
- ^ a b "ISU Four Continents Championships 2023: Pairs". International Skating Union. January 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c "ISU Four Continents Championships 2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. January 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c "2023 Four Continents - Men's Final Results". skatingscores.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c "2023 Four Continents - Women's Final Results". skatingscores.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c "2023 Four Continents - Pairs Final Results". skatingscores.com. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c "2023 Four Continents - Ice Dance Final Results". skatingscores.com. Retrieved March 18, 2024.