Four Continents - Final Results

1) Kimmie Meissner USA 172.75 6 1
2) Emily Hughes USA 166.60 2 2
3) Joannie Rochette CAN 165.90 1 3
4) Aki Sawada JPN 156.88 3 5
5) Alissa Czisny USA 154.03 4 6
6) Yoshie Onda JPN 152.61 7 4
7) Lesley Hawker CAN 138.23 16 7
8) Binshu Xu CHN 133.09 10 8
9) Yan Liu CHN 126.69 5 15
10) Dan Fang CHN 125.20 8 13
11) Yea-Ji Shin KOR 123.44 14 9
12) Anastasia Gimazetdinova UZB 123.39 11 12
13) Na-Young Kim KOR 122.28 13 10
14) Chae-Hwa Kim KOR 121.11 9 14
15) Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 120.01 15 11
16) Joanne Carter AUS 108.40 18 16
17) Ana Cecilia Cantu MEX 100.64 17 20
18) Emily Naphtal MEX 96.26 21 17
19) Jocelyn Ho TPE 95.56 20 19
20) Ami Parekh IND 94.56 22 18
21) Phoebe Di Tommaso AUS 92.92 19 22
22) Michele Cantu MEX 90.63 23 21
23) Abigail Pietersen RSA 74.30 24 23
WD Fumie Suguri JPN 12
25) Kristine Y. Lee HKG FNR 25
26) Stephanie Gardner BRA FNR 26

Kimmie skated one of her better long program performances this year to win the first Four Continents' title in her first attempt. She landed five triples jumps including a triple lutz-triple toe loop. She also hit a nice double axel-double toe-double loop at the tail end of her program. Her only major mistake was a popped flip. She just may be peaking right on time for Worlds. Emily has reason to smile too. For the first time in nearly two years, she did not fall in her long program. In all, she landed 6 triple jumps. Joannie's lutz was missing in action today, as she missed both attempts in her long program. Still, she turned in a respectable performance to capture her first ever medal at Four Continents, the bronze.

Four Continents - Short Program Results

1) Joannie Rochette CAN 56.60
2) Emily Hughes USA 55.34
3) Aki Sawada JPN 55.13
4) Alissa Czisny USA 54.64
5) Yan Liu CHN 53.34
6) Kimmie Meissner USA 52.49
7) Yoshie Onda JPN 49.38
8) Dan Fang CHN 48.56
9) Chae-Hwa Kim KOR 46.96
10) Binshu Xu CHN 46.82
11) Anastasia Gimazetdinova UZB 46.15
12) Fumie Suguri JPN 46.09
13) Na-Young Kim KOR 43.28
14) Yea-Ji Shin KOR 42.21
15) Cynthia Phaneuf CAN 42.14
16) Lesley Hawker CAN 41.06
17) Ana Cecilia Cantu MEX 39.19
18) Joanne Carter AUS 38.35
19) Phoebe Di Tommaso AUS 34.05
20) Jocelyn Ho TPE 33.11
21) Emily Naphtal MEX 31.66
22) Ami Parekh IND 30.40
23) Michele Cantu MEX 29.66
24) Abigail Pietersen RSA 25.21
25) Kristine Y. Lee HKG 23.06
26) Stephanie Gardner BRA 18.69

I think I made it clear that I’ve never been great at making predictions. My Four Continents picks pretty much confirmed that. After the short program, according to my predictions, my 1st place skater is currently in 6th and my 2nd place skater is in 12th. So much for that crystal ball. Kimmie’s only four points behind the lead though so this fight certainly isn’t over for her. Regardless it was a poor showing for the American ladies with all three falling in the short program. Kimmie and Alissa both missed their combinations, and Emily fell on her solo flip. Things are even less promising for Fumie who’s ten points out of first and fell twice in her program. Even Joannie, who sits as the top finisher, stumbled out of her combo. I can only hope the ladies pull it together before Saturday’s free skate.

Four Continents - Final Predictions

1) Kimmie Meissner USA
2) Fumie Suguri JPN
3) Emily Hughes USA
4) Alissa Czisny USA
5) Joannie Rochette CAN

All three American ladies are coming off of strong performances at their national championships. The same can’t be said of Fumie or Joannie. Regardless it’s always dangerous to count out Fumie. Despite being the reigning silver medalist she did not qualify for worlds this year. Fumie might feel like she still has something to prove before her season is officially over. Kimmie seems to be getting stronger as worlds approaches and will most likely be difficult to beat in her home country.

Asian Winter Games - Final Results

1) Yukari Nakano JPN 162.38 2 1
2) Fumie Suguri JPN 162.05 1 3
3) Binshu Xu CHN 159.02 3 2
4) Dan Fang CHN 145.46 4 4
5) Aki Sawada JPN 138.98 6 5
6) Anastasia Gimazetdinova UZB 130.71 5 8
7) Yan Liu CHN 130.16 9 6
8) Yea-Ji Shin KOR 125.58 10 7
9) Ji Eun Choi KOR 114.64 8 9
10) Na-Hee Sin KOR 114.24 7 10
11) Charissa Tansomboon THA 79.92 12 11
12) Gracielle Jeanne Tan PHI 72.48 11 12
13) Hsin-Hui Tsai TPE 59.95 13 14
14) Anne Clarisse Roman PHI 58.87 14 13
15) Ramina Palaca PHI 46.81 15 15

Asian Winter Games - Short Program Results

1) Fumie Suguri JPN 58.50
2) Yukari Nakano JPN 57.36
3) Binshu Xu CHN 55.22
4) Dan Fang CHN 51.65
5) Anastasia Gimazetdinova UZB 47.67
6) Aki Sawada JPN 47.43
7) Na-Hee Sin KOR 43.72
8) Ji Eun Choi KOR 43.30
9) Yan Liu CHN 42.20
10) Yea-Ji Shin KOR 41.02
11) Gracielle Jeanne Tan PHI 26.28
12) Charissa Tansomboon THA 25.10
13) Hsin-Hui Tsai TPE 20.92
14) Anne Clarisse Roman PHI 17.36
15) Ramina Palaca PHI 15.38