2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
| 2017 Four Continents Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 2017 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Gangneung, South Korea |
| Host: | Korea Skating Union |
| Venue: | Gangneung Ice Arena |
| Defending champions | |
Men's singles:  Patrick Chan | |
Ladies' singles:  Satoko Miyahara | |
Pair skating:  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
Ice dancing:  Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | |
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Previous: 2016 Four Continents Championships | |
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Next: 2018 Four Continents Championships | |
The 2017 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be a senior international figure skating competition in the 2016–17 season. Skaters will compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing for the title of Four Continents Champion. The event's name refers to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania, which are four of the continents represented in the Olympic rings, omitting Europe.
The competition will be held in February 2017 in Gangneung, South Korea.[1]
This event serve as the Olympic test event for figure skating for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Qualification
The competition is open to skaters from non-European member nations of the International Skating Union who reach the age of 15 before July 1, 2016. The corresponding competition for European skaters will be the 2017 European Championships.
National associations select their entries based on their own criteria but the ISU mandates that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the Four Continents.
Minimum TES
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
| Men | ||
| Ladies | ||
| Pairs | ||
| Ice dance | ||
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
References
- ↑ "ISU Championships 2017 Provisional Allotments". International Skating Union. 15 June 2014.