Fred's, (Used to be Barb's), Board

The entries (and substitutes), by discipline, can be found here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111649.htm [Updated with CDN & USA entries following national championships in both countries.]

The time and practice schedule (local/PT): http://www.isuresults.com/schedules/fc2 ... hedule.pdf

CBC will be providing live stream and TV coverage (in ET) per: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/wint ... /broadcast

Live stream -
Thu Feb 7 - 3:30 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Ladies Short Program
Thu Feb 7 - 9:15 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Men's Short Program
Fri Feb 8 - 2:45 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Pairs Short Program
Fri Feb 8 - 6:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
Fri Feb 8 - 10:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Ladies Free Program
Sat Feb 9 - 5:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Pairs Free Program
Sat Feb 9 - 10:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Men's Free Program
Sun Feb 10 - 4:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Ice Dance Free Program
Sun Feb 10 - 9:00 PM - Championship Figure Skating: Four Continents - Gala
Sat Feb 23 - 12:00 PM - Road to the Olympic Games: Championship Figure Skating - Four Continents [also on TV]

Large group of Canadian Ice Dancers -PVR is set.

Skate Canada article about the CDN team heading to 4CC: https://skatecanada.ca/2019/01/eighteen ... pionships/

The official website for the competition: https://www.2019fourcontinents.com/home

The pairs field has been reduced to 9 with the withdrawal of Ryom/Kim of PRK and Alexandrovskaya/Windsor of AUS.

The revised list of Pairs entries is here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03109042.htm

Entries for Men: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03109040.htm

Entries for Ladies: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03109041.htm

Entries for Ice Dance: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03109043.htm

And then there were 8...

the Japanese pair of Suzaki/Kihara have now withdrawn from the event, leaving 8 pairs: http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03109042.htm

An event preview from the ISU: https://t.co/m06Ek6JDiW?amp=1

The Entrie/Schedule/Results link is now up: http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1819/fc2019/

The practice groups and music rotations for today (Tuesday) and tomorrow: http://www.isuresults.com/schedules/fc2 ... tation.pdf

Jackie Wong is attending practices and reporting on things there: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2019 ... tice-notes

Thanks for all the info. Just to let you know, the Ladies entry link above is the same as the Men's.

I'm looking forward to the streaming on Thursday.

Kitty - those links are no longer really relevant as the start order link is now active. I will correct it however.

Today's start orders:



Time schedule - Ladies SP (PST): http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... hedule.pdf



NOTE: Qualification rule: The best 24 skaters after Short Program will advance to the next segment.

Time schedule - Mens SP (PST): http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... hedule.pdf

Live stream link: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figu ... -1.5007700

Rika Kihira jammed the ring finger on her left hand into a hole in the ice in practice earlier in the week. An x-ray revealed a dislocation of the interphalangeal joint. She intends to compete here despite the injury.

An unfortunate skate for Alaine Chartrand

She landed 2A, 2Lz2T*, 2Lo* - the * indicates no value/illegal element - the second solo jump has to be a triple and the combination has to be at least 2-3/3-2.

She is next to last with the final warm-up group to skate and is some 9 points behind the other two Canadian ladies.

Fortunately, with only 22 skaters, everyone will qualify for the FS.

The protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

A quote from Nam after his short program:

Nam Nguyen in mixed zone: Injured his ankle this week when he picked through thin practice ice into concrete.

He cannot do all his jumps right now but is trying to push through & finish the event.

The protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

The "three countries" pairs SP is done - the protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

The "small medals" to be awarded to the top 3 pairs after the short program:

It really is very sad about Alaine. Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking...did she do ANY triples? I guess not. It must be so hard to be in the public eye and fail in front of everyone. Well, it comes to most skaters at one time or other. I will try to watch some of it, and should be able to see her program. I will put it in my bedroom and perhaps will see more of it before I drift off.

I'm also very sorry to hear about Nam. That's really too bad.

Speaking of qualifying, I would not want to be that one man to not make the free skate.

There were a few skaters who skated to the music from Somewhere in Time...such a beautiful piece. That's one of my favourites...such a haunting musical piece as well. The writer said that he wrote it after his parents died very close together. I can hear sadness & happiness in there...mixed together. Skating programs is where I first heard that music actually. I finally saw the movie and I was hooked! Such a cult classic! In many ways the music made the film successful.

Rhythm dance complete. The protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

Wow - what a lot of movement between the SP standings and the final standings for the ladies!!

FACT: For the first time in Four Continents history, none of the three skaters who finished top three after the short ended up in the top three overall - this is for all disciplines



More history was made - no woman from Kazakhstan has ever won a medal at an ISU Championship ... until today

The protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

Check out the US Figure Skating YouTube channel for the Bridgestone Ice Desk episodes from 4CC: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_rE3b ... 3O_bynaGxA

There are pre-event episodes as well as mid-event, and post-event wrap-up ones for the various disciplines.

Well the 4CC is over for another season (except for this evening's gala) - there were several Canadian medals and some surprises, especially in today's free dance. The final warm-up group in the men's FS was definitely exciting last night/early this morning.

Men results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T001RS.HTM

Men protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf

Dance results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... T004RS.HTM

Dance protocols: http://www.isuresults.com/results/seaso ... Scores.pdf



I was happy to be able to squeeze in watching The Thank You Canada Tour broadcast between the dance victory ceremony and that gala

Here's the planned "running list" for the Gala (thanks to Jackie Wong via Twitter) - it contains "spoilers" :

That's a wrap for 4CC 2019 - up next, for the seniors, Worlds in Saitama. Before that is Junior Worlds.

The Canadian team at the closing banquet

PJ Kwong on the 4CCs: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figu ... Qw4v2z6VIQ