2026 4CC - Articles, news, photos, etc.

[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on the CDN team:

Sixteen Canadian Athletes Launch the 2026 International Competition Season at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

OTTAWA, ON (Jan. 19, 2026) – Veterans and newcomers alike [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[Sylvia]

USFS' press release today includes a link to their 4CC Competition Cerntral page with viewing schedule: https://usfigureskating.org/news/20...compete-at-four-continents-championships.aspx

 

[Sylvia]

This person doesn't have access to the Kiss & Cry section and so I'm sharing these 2 posts from the Canadian Women's news thread in GSD:

The women from Team Canada looked strong and confident during their first practice session here at Four Continents in Beijing. We've never seen Fee Ann Landry in person before, and she is definitely one to watch for future reference.

Daleman worked a lot on her short program jump combination as did Dupuis as well.

Sara-Maude Dupuis completed an excellent free skating run through in the main arena, including a killer triple axel. Wow, that jump was huge, and covered so much distance too. What a treat to see in person.

CGTN Sports Scenes's YT channel has uploaded some practice videos:

Haien Lee's FS run through (2+ mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlH5JHFCEO4
Mone Chiba's FS run through (3 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIUGtbnlYNE
Sui/Han's SP (1:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSds4pLdSY0
Nagaoka/Moriguchi's SP (1:55): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3piFP1kBw-8
Harris/Chan (1:31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxaWAXNPo84
Wang/Liu (2:16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9lrt3y6GAY
Yoshida/Morita (2:19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBDeo3IUWVU

50-second clip of skaters arriving in the official hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caMZsBtnLU0

 

[Sylvia]

More CGTN practice videos:

Gabrielle Daleman (lands 3Lz+3T at beginning of her FS run through): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_23UC5loLT0
Jun-hwan Cha (back to his Balada para un Loco FS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYjD6fu_QIc
Ami Nakai SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9ZNHK9fe4
Boyang Jin SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioA9dVFwT84

ETA more links:

Jia Shin FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_ZdO-hVSw
Bradie Tennell SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ruhr-UR9M

ETA 2:

Efimova/Mitrofanov SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQb1NGr9fUY
Ruiyang Zhang FS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zlJSB2CbI0

 

[Sylvia]

ISU's 4CC preview: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...beijing-at-isu-four-continents-championships/

Team China preview articles in English:

Cream of the ice in final warm-up

With Milano-Cortina 2026 just around the corner, the return of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships to Beijing serves as a critical final rehearsal for China's best and the world's elite ahead of next month's Olympic challenge.

www.chinadailyasia.com

ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships return to Beijing as final Olympic tune-up

From January 22 to 25, over 100 top skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania will gather in the iconic "Double Olympic" venue for the 2026 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships - their final major international test before the

news.cgtn.com

Figure skating team starts final Olympic tuning at Four Continents Championships - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

Rocker Skating's preview (Jackie Wong & Michelle Ellis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aKwdriAmm4

ETA: You can search for AP photos here: https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos

 

[Sylvia]

USFS' Day 1/Jan. 22nd recap:

U.S. Ice Dance Teams Sweep Rhythm Dance at Four Continents Championships - U.S. Figure Skating

U.S. ice dance teams swept the top of the leaderboard after the rhythm dance on Thursday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2026 in Beijing,

usfigureskating.org

Skate Canada's Day 1 recap:

Gabrielle Daleman Within Striking Distance of the Podium at ISU Four Continents Championships

BEIJING, CHINA (January 22, 2026) – Canadians earned strong results [...]

skatecanada.ca

Getty Images - Jan. 22 (Women SP, Rhythm Dance, Pairs SP, opening ceremony)

All videos by CTGN Sports Scene:

Sui/Han's presser clip #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ6IT26aPA8 & presser clip #2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCwSxhqtv6M
S/H, N/M & Efimova/Mitrofanov show off their SP small medals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJFTzja4ftI
Nagaoka/Moriguchi in the mixed zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVG1nBe9UF8

Zingas'/Kolesnik's presser clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKprKcEYg6M
Z/K, Green/Parsons & the Browns talk about their RD music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8ooDmvpA8
Team USA ice dancers' showing off their RD small medals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvF6t7PEF-I

Ami Nakai's presser clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpojvuhTTuU
Team Japan women showing off their SP small medals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjfKkNBsEJA

Practice clips earlier on Jan. 22:
Zingas'/Kolesnik RD run through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpxf2bc6G8w
Kao Miura FS practice run through clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnhl_JPf_fY

ETA link to AP's Day 1 article by Dave Skretta:

Olympic ice dancers Zingas and Kolesnik lead American sweep in rhythm dance at Four Continents

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik led an American sweep in the rhythm portion of the ice dance competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

apnews.com

Golden Skate has a lot of mixed zone quotes & photos on their X & Instagram accounts.

 

[Sylvia]

ISU's recap articles for Thursday:

Pairs SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...n-pairs-short-program-at-isu-four-continents/

Rhythm Dance: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...ance-sweep-at-isu-four-continents-in-beijing/

Women's SP:https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...e-short-program-sweep-at-isu-four-continents/

ISU's Quick Quotes (QQ) and Press Conference Highlights (PK) PDF documents: https://cloudisu.sharepoint.com/sites/ISU_PublicShare/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/ISU_PublicShare/Shared Documents/FS - Events Documents/ISU Figure Skating 2025-26/FS-FC-Beijing/Quick Quotes & Press Conference Highlights&p=true&ga=1

ETA link to Chris Howarth in his home studio:

chris howarth on Instagram: "Got my coffee to keep me going"

20 likes, 0 comments - chrishowarthsk8 on January 22, 2026: "Got my coffee to keep me going".

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[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on Day 2 results:

Season’s Best Performances for Fabbri and Ayer at ISU Four Continents Championships

BEIJING, CHINA (January 23, 2026) – Two-time national bronze medallists Alicia [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[victorskid]

Skate Canada press release on Day 3 results:

Top-5 Result for Laurin and Éthier at the ISU Four Continents Championships

BEIJING, CHINA (January 24, 2026) – Consistency delivered a fifth-place finish [...]

skatecanada.ca

 

[victorskid]

Quote from the press conference:
"Sui Wenjing on competing through injury:"A bone bruise in my foot affected my knee & hip, plus an acetabular labral tear. I can recover within 15 days for @milanocortina26. Just happy we finished strong under these circumstances."

 

[Sylvia]

Quote from the press conference:
"Sui Wenjing on competing through injury:"A bone bruise in my foot affected my knee & hip, plus an acetabular labral tear. I can recover within 15 days for @milanocortina26. Just happy we finished strong under these circumstances."

Han spoke for about a minute before Sui talks about her injury in the 2nd part of this 2-min. press conference clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA8SzwHn1Bk
CGTN Sports Scene's video caption:

Han Cong reflected, "We were very close to gold, but were affected by an injury right before the competition. Still, I'm happy to win a medal at my last Four Continents—my 9th time at this event. Thank you to the organizers for hosting in China."
Sui Wenjing added, "Our first 4CC was 15 years ago in 2010, when we joined the 200-point club as juniors. To still be on the podium 15 years later makes me proud. I competed with a bone bruise that affected my knee and hip, plus an acute hip labral tear, but I believe I can recover in the next 15 days for Milan. Finishing strong under these circumstances makes us very happy."

CGTN Sports Scene's additional 4CC videos can be found on their YT channel.

Catching up on ISU's recap articles for Saturday - Pairs FS: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...en-victory-at-isu-four-continents-in-beijing/
Men's SP: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...ort-program-at-four-continents-championships/

And for Friday - Women's FS: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...-leads-japanese-sweep-at-isu-four-continents/
Free Dance: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...rst-four-continents-podium-sweep-in-21-years/

Quick Quotes & Press Conference recaps through Saturday are available online:

ISU's Quick Quotes (QQ) and Press Conference Highlights (PK) PDF documents: https://cloudisu.sharepoint.com/sites/ISU_PublicShare/Shared Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=/sites/ISU_PublicShare/Shared Documents/FS - Events Documents/ISU Figure Skating 2025-26/FS-FC-Beijing/Quick Quotes & Press Conference Highlights&p=true&ga=1

USFS' recaps (no quotes are included) - Day 3:

Efimova and Mitrofanov Golden at Four Continents Championships - U.S. Figure Skating

Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov rallied from third place after the short program to secure the gold medal at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

usfigureskating.org

USFS' Day 2 recap:

U.S. Ice Dance Makes It a Clean Sweep at Four Continents Championships - U.S. Figure Skating

For the first time since 2005, U.S. ice dance teams swept the podium at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2026 in Beijing, China, on Friday.

usfigureskating.org

USFS' Day 1 recap:

U.S. Ice Dance Teams Sweep Rhythm Dance at Four Continents Championships - U.S. Figure Skating

U.S. ice dance teams swept the top of the leaderboard after the rhythm dance on Thursday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2026 in Beijing,

usfigureskating.org

 

[Sylvia]

Getty Images - Jan. 22 (Women SP, Rhythm Dance, Pairs SP, opening ceremony)

Getty Images - Jan. 23 (Free Dance, Women's FS & medal ceremonies)

Getty Images - Jan. 24 (Men's SP, Pairs FS & medal ceremonies)

Highlights of ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Highlights of ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships-

english.news.cn

ETA:

Pairs FS photos of the top 4: https://english.news.cn/20260125/61b7979e2bee4af7ae947d9eaf425646/c.html