Figure Skating Jan 24, 2022
Cha Jun-hwan beats Japanese skaters to gold at Four Continents
The 20-year-old led all the way to finish ahead of Japanese skaters Kazuki Tomono and Kao Miura.
Figure Skating Jan 23, 2022
Mihara's fourth-place finish at last month's nationals ended her hopes of competing at her first Winter Games, but she held her nerve in Tallinn to reclaim a title she won five years ago.
Figure Skating Jan 21, 2022
Mihara is looking to put a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Japanese nationals behind her and reclaim a title she won five years ago.
Figure Skating Feb 9, 2020
Yuzuru Hanyu took gold at the Four Continents on Sunday, following his record-breaking men's short program performance by topping the field in the free skate. Despite touching the ice on his opening quadruple Lutz and falling on a quad toe loop, Japan's two-time Olympic champion ...
Figure Skating Feb 4, 2020
Yuzuru Hanyu's bid to recapture the world title he last won in 2017 meant turning back the clock and being himself, one of his coaches, Ghislain Briand, said Monday ahead of this week's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. After runner-up finishes at the Grand Prix ...
Figure Skating Feb 2, 2020
Yuzuru Hanyu to return to Olympic gold-winning programs at Four Continents
Double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will go back to the short and free programs that won him the men's singles gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, a source close to the matter said Sunday. The 25-year-old Hanyu missed out on gold in major competitions ...
Figure Skating Feb 19, 2017
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu topped the free skate on Sunday but had to settle for his third runner-up finish as U.S. national champion Nathan Chen held on to win the Four Continents championships in South Korea. Hanyu trailed in third place after the short program ...
Figure Skating Feb 13, 2017
Shoma Uno said Monday before taking off for the Four Continents championships in South Korea that he is planning on opening his free program with a quadruple loop. At Chubu airport in Nagoya, the 19-year-old Uno revealed that his free program at the Feb. 14-19 ...
Figure Skating Feb 7, 2017
Three-time national champion Miyahara pulls out of Four Continents with hip injury
Satoko Miyahara will not defend her Four Continents championship or skate in this month's Asian Winter Games due to a leg injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Tuesday. The three-time defending national champion informed the federation on Monday night of a stress fracture in her ...
Figure Skating Jan 25, 2014
Kanako Murakami completed a winning double for Japan at the Four Continents Championships on Saturday. Murakami scored 132.18 in the free skate for a total of 196.91 points, over 10 points clear of 15-year-old Satoko Miyahara. The bronze went to Zijun Li of China. "I did ...
Figure Skating Jan 23, 2014
Kanako Murakami shrugged off ankle pain on Thursday to finish first in the women's short program at the Four Continents Championships. Murakami, who had been dealing with pain in her ankle from ill-fitting skates she's been trying since December, will go into Saturday's free skate ...
Figure Skating Feb 11, 2013
Mao triumphant at Four Continents
by David Hueston and Dave Hueston
Mao Asada leads a Japanese sweep of the women's medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.