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The 2009
Four Continents Figure Skating Championships The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) is an annual figure skating competition. The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-African and non-European countries with a similar competit ...
an international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. It was held at the
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,
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on February 2–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. The
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was the Finnstep.


Notes

Skaters who reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2008 were eligible to compete. Unlike the other three ISU championships, each nation was allowed three entries in each discipline, regardless of its skaters' performance in the previous year's championships. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the
2009 European Figure Skating Championships The 2009 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2008–09 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event wa ...
. This event served as the Olympic test event for figure skating for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games although the rink was NHL-sized.


Schedule

(Local Time, UTC−8) * Wednesday, February 4 ** 13:00 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance ** 15:15 Pairs – Short program ** 17:30 Opening ceremony ** 18:15 Ladies – Short program * Thursday, February 5 ** 11:00 Ice dancing – Original dance ** 13:35 Pairs – Free skating ** 16:30 Men – Short program * Friday, February 6 ** 13:45 Ice dancing – Free dance ** 18:00 Ladies – Free skating * Saturday, February 7 ** 10:45 Men – Free skating * Sunday, February 8 ** 12:00: Gala exhibition


Results


Men


Ladies

Kim Yuna Yuna Kim (; born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a retired South Korean competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and 2014 Olympic silver medalist in ladies' singles, ...
set a new world record for the short program.


Pairs


Ice dancing


References


External links


Official site
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Competitors list
* {{2008–09 in figure skating Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
Four Continents Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, ...
Four Continents Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, ...
Four Continents Europeans in the 16th century divided the world into four continents: Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. Each of the four continents was seen to represent its quadrant of the world—Africa in the south, America in the west, Asia in the east, ...