2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

2008 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Date:February 13th - 17th, 2008
Place:Goyang City, Republic of Korea

1)Wednesday, February 13th
13:00 ICE DANCING Compulsory Dance
15:00 PAIRS Short Program
19:00 Opening on Ice
19:30 Men Short Program

2)Thursday, February 14th
13:30 ICE DANCING Original Dance
15:30 PAIRS Free Skating
19:00 LADIES Short Program

3)Friday, February 15th
15:00 DANCE Free Dance
19:00 MEN Free Skating

4)Saturday, February 16th
14:00 LADIES Free Skating
20:30 PRIZE AWARD and BANQUET

5)Sunday February 17th
14:00 Exhibition Gala

From Japan members expected to paticipate
Men
1.Daisuke Takahashi
2.Takahiko Kozuka
3.Kensuke Nakaniwa

Ladies
1. Mao Asada
2. Miki Ando
3. Fumie Suguri

Ice Dance
Cathy REED & Chris REED

Here you can find the entries for 4CC:

http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00010323.htm

Men competition will be interesting! Buttle, Lysacek and Daisuke!

GO DAISUKE!!!

I guess Johnny has decided to decline his invite after all....I honestly thought that Evan was going to be the one to decline this time around.

ETA: I'm a little surprised Patrick Chan isn't going either. Maybe he wants to use the time to prepare for his first senior worlds....

Thank you swandie!

It was rather expected. But I was looking forward to seeing an exciting battle between Da-chan, Evan and Johnny so I was bit disappointed to hear the news...

Yeah, I think there weren't Chan's name on the list from the beginning. You are right, swandie. He is young, so it is difficult for him to adjust condition twice in a month.
I'm impressed how nicely he always looks composed despite of his youthfulness. I can't believe he is only 17 yo!! Don't you think so?

I was rather disappointed to hear Johnny's withdrawn.

He has stated his reasons, but I still think he should go to 4 Continents & try his quad again... if he landed it it would give him more hope for Worlds, more confidence.

Ah well. Hopefully his decision will pay off in Sweden with a world medal.

miyu, I agree that it's sometimes hard to believe that Patrick Chan is only 17! During the Grand Prix, I thought he was 18. At least we'll have Evan vs. Daisuke-Skate America rematch! I wonder if 2 Americans will make the podium. Stephen Carriere is fantastic and as well as Jeremy Abbott (he won bronze at 4CC last year).

Shatterpoint, I agree that doing 4CC might be good for Johnny and getting the quad consistent in competition. I think he knows what he's doing though. He might be trying to peak at worlds and maybe his coaches think that he might peak too early if he does 4CC.

The photo on Icenetwork in which Johnny lied on a sofa being cared by his coach after US Nationals FP made me worry about his motivation. He looked so depressed. I hope he can be back in good spirits again untill Worlds.
Johnny usually doesn't go to 4CC so it might not be serious thing though....

miyu wrote:

The photo on Icenetwork in which Johnny lied on a sofa being cared by his coach after US Nationals FP made me worry about his motivation. He looked so depressed. I hope he can be back in good spirits again untill Worlds.
Johnny usually doesn't go to 4CC so it might not be serious thing though....

I think he was just tired & disappointed about getting silver. I think he'll be fine, he seemed to be okay in the press conference.

That's true Swandie, but I don't think one more competition would hurt too much.

Yu-Na Kim withdraws from Four Continents!

Yu-Na had been complaining of hip pain during her training in Toronto. After a medical check-up in Canada, it was discovered she had an injured sacroiliac joint on her left hip. She has to stop for two weeks.

Yea, I heard that too, glorydave. I hope she has a smooth recovery and comes back strong for worlds.

It is a pity for this young skater, I hope she will recover pretty soon. But it can be worse in the future. Hip injures are a real problem for skaters...
and how is Daisuke? is he training well?

Thanks glorydave.
Oh poor girl........ I hope her soon recovery too!!

And I hope Dai-chan is well and especially no injuries.


anne-marie, yeah, there aren't any news about Dai-chan recently in Japan.

But I got a new issue of Japanese figure skating magazine today. I'm very sorry I don't have time to translate the article now.
You can see the front cover of it here. It's Dai-chan!!

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88Days-vol-5-5/dp/4812529778

Poor Yu-Na. I hope her recovery is quick and complete, I would love to see her win Worlds this year.

I also hope Daisuke stays injury free & finishes this season skating his best.

Thanks for the link Miyu!

Could anyone translate the price? I'm thinking about ordering it... though I can't read japanese yet.

You don't have to be able to read Japanese to figure out the price. I figured it out via currency calculator. The magazine costs 1680 yen (you'll see the yen symbol in front of the number) which is approximately $15.65 USD at the current exchange rate (1 yen is a little less than one cent).

Daisuke is becoming quite the cover boy! He's been on the cover of quite a few magazines lately.

swandie wrote:

You don't have to be able to read Japanese to figure out the price. I figured it out via currency calculator. The magazine costs 1680 yen (you'll see the yen symbol in front of the number) which is approximately $15.65 USD at the current exchange rate (1 yen is a little less than one cent).

Daisuke is becoming quite the cover boy! He's been on the cover of quite a few magazines lately.

Thank you.

I saw the yen thing but didn't want to caculate it... heh.

Hm. I'll have to think about it... it'd be great to get magazines with Daisuke on the cover... not sure if he's ever been on the cover of an american skating magazine.

He hasn't but I would love to see him on the cover of International Figure Skating Magazine some day. Their cover stories are great and it would be nice to read one about Daisuke!

Hey swandie!! You have good hunch!

I'd like to remind you that this is not an official information. But it is said in Japan Dai-chan will be on the cover of IFS next issue because a photographer wrote on his blog last month that he took pictures of Dai-chan for IFS cover.

I'm not sure it is OK to post the link of the blog here but I think it is rather commercial one. So maybe OK.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/psharuky/archives/51195685.html

Thank you miyu for information!
Even if it isn't an official information, I hope it can become true!
Thanks for the link! Nice photos!

Thanks for the info Miyu!

If it turns out to be true I will be so happy!

I conveniently already have a subscription to IFS too!

But if it isn't true, I'm sure it will be soon, considering how well he's been doing this season. If he wins Worlds I think it's almost guaranteed to happen.

Hi, thanks everyone for the updates about Four Continents and Daisuke's possible magazine appearance. I'm soooo sad about Yuna too. I'm sure the South Korean fans feel even worse though (so many of them probably want to go to this event just to see her). Most importantly now is that she gets better soon and gets ready for Worlds of course.

I also would love the idea of seeing Daisuke on IFS. I think that it would be really well deserved.

More withdrawals: Two Canadian pairs have withdrawn. Langlois and Hay due to illness (They think Annabelle might have a gall stone) and Duhamel and Buntin due to injury (Craig tore his rotator cuff and will need surgery after worlds).

Here's an article: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080209&content_id=43568&vkey=ice_news

I'm beginning to feel like this event could be a cursed one....I hope everyone else stays healthy.

Thank you so much for the information and links about 4CC, all.
Oh, I'm so sad about Yu-na and Canadian pairs.
I hope Daisuke and other competitors are keeping a good condition for 4CC!

And thanks, miyu for the good pics of Daisuke. I'm glad to hear that he will be featuring of the IFS magazine.

From an American figure skater, Jeremy Abbott's fan site(Wow, his family is great!), I found a lot of information about 4CC. Pls check it! I also like Jeremy and family's pics during their stay at NHK trophy's in Japan.

Jeremy Abbott's fan site
http://pcfclub.com/default.aspx
4CC in Korea
http://pcfclub.com/4cc.aspx

Thanks Leode for letting me know it!

Great job!! Jeremy's dad lookes very dedicated and also very funny!!!
I can't stop laughing at the Japanese sentences on "Japan News and Phots" page... (Sorry...)
Definetely he needs some help from Japanese Jeremy's fan.

Hi, DTFF members!
Here is Men's orders for Short Program.

http://www.isufs.org/results/fc2008/SEG001.HTM

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Nicholas FERNANDEZ AUS
2 Justin PIETERSEN RSA
3 Robert MCNAMARA AUS
4 Abzal RAKIMGALIEV KAZ
5 Humberto CONTRERAS MEX

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Ming XU CHN
7 Joel WATSON NZL
8 Tristan THODE NZL
9 Kevin ALVES BRA
10 Luis HERNANDEZ MEX

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Kensuke NAKANIWA JPN
12 Vaughn CHIPEUR CAN
13 Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN
14 Takahiko KOZUKA JPN
15 Shawn SAWYER CAN

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Evan LYSACEK USA
17 Chengjiang LI CHN
18 Stephen CARRIERE USA
19 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN
20 Jeremy ABBOTT USA
21 Jialiang WU CHN