2026 Four Continents: General Info and Pregame Chat

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100 skaters from 17 ISU Members have been entered for the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2026: 26 Men, 22 Women, 11 Pairs Skating couples and 15 Ice Dance couples.

MEN

Ages of the skaters

Older:
- Boyang Jin CHN - 28 years & 3 months
- Kazuki Tomono JPN - 27 years & 8 months
- Paolo Borromeo PHI - 27 years & 7 months

Average Age: 22 years

Younger:
- Jacob Sanchez USA - 18 years & 9 months
- Jaekeun Lee KOR - 18 years & 2 months
- Jarvis Ho HKG - 18 years & 1 month


Numbers of participation in Four Continents

8: Jin CHN
7: Cha KOR
6: Carrilo MEX – Hiwatashi USA
5: Tomono JPN – Jirenbayeb KAZ – Shaidorov KAZ
4: Sadovsky CAN – Chen CHN – Miura JPN
3: Gerber AUS – Fang MAS
2: Chiu CAN – Rakic CAN – Peng CHN – Li TPE – Ho HKG – Yamamoto JPN – Kim KOR – Kapeikis USA

First Participation: Cheung HKG – Melnikov KAZ – Borromeo PHI – Han PRK – Lee KOR – Sanchez USA


Best rank
Gold Medal - Silver Medal - Bronze Medal
Top 6 - Top 12 - Top 24 - 25+

Boyang Jin CHN - 1 Gold Medal (2018) - 2 Silver Medal (2016/2019)
Junhwan Cha KOR - 1 Gold Medal (2022) - 1 Silver Medal (2025) - 1 Bronze Medal (2024)
Kao Miura JPN - 1 Gold Medal (2023) - 1 Bronze Medal (2022)
Mikhail Shaidorov KAZ - 1 Gold Medal (2025)

Kazuki Tomono JPN – 1 Silver Medal (2022)

Sota Yamamoto JPN - 4

Wesley Chiu CAN – 7
Hyungyeom Kim - 7
Tomoki Hiwatashi USA – 8
Yudong Chen CHN - 9
Roman Sadovsky CAN - 10
Donovan Carrillo MEX - 11

Dias Jirenbayeb KAZ – 13
Yu-Hsiang Li TPE – 14
Liam Kapeikis USA - 14
Zhiming Peng CHN - 15
Aleksa Rakic CAN - 16
Douglas Gerber AUS – 20
Jarvis Ho HKG - 21
Ze Zeng Fang MAS - 22

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Women

Ages of the skaters

Older:
- Gabrielle Daleman CAN - 28 years
- Bradie Tennell USA - 28 years & 11 months
- Tara Prasad IND - 25 years & 11 months

Average Age: 20.5 years

Younger:
- Petra Lahti NZL - 17 years & 10 months
- Jia Shin KOR - 17 years & 10 months
- Ami Nakai JPN - 17 years & 9 months


Numbers of participation in Four Continents

5: Lee KOR - Montesinos Cantu MEX – Tennell USA
4: Daleman CAN – Dupuis CAN – Zhu CHN – Prasad IND – Chiba JPN
3: Andrews USA
2: An CHN – Samodelkina KAZ – Yun KOR – Isaacs RSA – Everhardt USA

First Participation:
Landry CAN – Zhang CHN – Chan HKG – Nakai JPN – Aoki JPN – Irmatova KAZ – Shin KOR – Lahti NZL


Best rank
Gold Medal - Silver Medal - Bronze Medal
Top 6 - Top 12 - Top 24 - 25+

Haein Lee KOR - 1 Gold Medal (2023) - 1 Silver Medal (2022)
Mone Chiba JPN - 1 Gold Medal (2024) - 1 Bronze Medal (2023)

Bradie Tennell USA - 1 Silver Medal (2025) - 1 Bronze Medal (2020)
Gabrielle Daleman CAN - 1 Silver Medal (2017)

Sarah Everhardt USA - 1 Bronze Medal (2025)

Starr Andrews USA – 7
Sofia Samodelkina KAZ - 7
Sara-Maude Dupuis CAN – 9
Ahsun Yun KOR - 9

Yi Zhu CHN – 13
Xiangyi An CHN - 13
Tara Prasad IND - 14
Andrea Montesinos Cantu MEX – 15
Gian-Quen Isaacs RSA - 18

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Pairs

Ages of the skaters

Men
Older:
- Cong Han CHN - 33 years & 5 month
- Aleksandr Korovin PHI - 32 years & 11 months
- Misha Mitrofanov USA - 28 years & 7 months

Average Age: 26 years

Younger:
- Yihang Huang CHN - 23 years & 8 month
- Hektor Giotopoulos Moore AUS - 23 years & 7 month
- Yohnatan Elizarov CAN - 22 years & 1 month


Women
Older:
- Katie McBeath USA - 31 years & 1 month
- Wenjing Sui CHN - 30 years & 6 months

Average Age: 23 years

Younger:
- Jiaxuan Zhang CHN - 18 years & 5 months
- Ava Kemp CAN - 17 years & 7 months


Numbers of participation in Four Continents

8: Sui / Han
4: Laurin / Ethier CAN – Gamez / Korovin PHI
3: Golubeva AUS – Giotopoulos Moore AUS
2: Nagaoka / Moriguchi JPN – Efimova / Mitrofanov USA – Shin / Nagy USA

First Participation: Kemp / Elizarov CAN – Zhang / Huang CHN – Ryom / Han PRK – McBeath / Parkman USA


Best rank
Gold Medal - Silver Medal - Bronze Medal
Top 5 - Top 10 - Top 16 - 17+

Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN - 6 Gold Medal (2020/2019/2017/2016/2014/2012)

Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore AUS – 4
Alisa Efimova / Misha Mitrofanov USA - 5

Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Ethier CAN – 7
Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi JPN - 7
Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin PHI - 9

Audrey Shin / Balazs Nagy USA - 11

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Ice Dance

Ages of the skaters

Men
Older:
- Xinyu Liu CHN - 31 years & 3 months
- Michael Parsons USA - 30 years & 3 months
- Jason Chan AUS - 29 years & 5 months

Average Age: 24.5 years

Younger:
- Jayin Panesar BRA - 22 years & 3 months
- Masaya Morita JPN - 22 years & 2 months
- Linghao He - 18 years & 9 months


Women
Older:
- Shiyue Wang CHN - 31 years & 9 months
- Junfei Ren CHN - 25 years & 11 months
- Gaukhar Nauryzova KAZ - 25 years & 3 months

Average Age: 22.5 years

Younger:
- Harlow Lynella Stanley MEX - 19 years & 11 months
- Zixi Xiao CHN - 18 years & 9 months


Numbers of participation in Four Continents

8: Wang / Liu CHN
6: Harris / Chan AUS
4: Green / Parsons USA
3: Yoshida / Morita JPN – Nauryzova / Datiev KAZ – Lim / Quan KOR – Zingas / Kolesnik USA
2: Pallu-Neves / Panesar BRA – Fabbri / Ayer CAN – Ren / Xing CHN – Xiao / He CHN – Stanley / Urano MEX

First Participation: Fournier / Zhu CAN – Hensen / Lickers CAN – Brown’s USA


Best rank
Gold Medal - Silver Medal - Bronze Medal
Top 6 - Top 12 - Top 20 - 21+

Caroline Green / Michael Parsons USA - 1 Gold Medal (2022)

Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu CHN – 4
Emilea Zingas / Vadym Kolesnik USA - 4
Hannah Lim / Ye Quan KOR - 6

Holly Harris / Jason Chan AUS – 7
Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita JPN – 8
Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer CAN – 9
Zixi Xiao / Linghao He CHN – 10
Harlow Lynella Stanley / Seiji Urano MEX - 11
Gaukhar Nauryzova / Boyisangur Datiev KAZ – 12
Junfei Ren / Jianing Xing CHN - 12

Natalia Pallu-Neves / Jayin Panesar BRA - 14