2026 4CC - Free Dance

[victorskid]

Start Order/Results

Detailed time schedule

ISU YouTube stream

Start Order
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Jamie FOURNIER / Everest ZHU CAN 15 43.73
2 Harlow Lynella STANLEY / Seiji URANO MEX 14 44.96
3 Natalia PALLU-NEVES / Jayin PANESAR BRA 13 46.02
4 Gaukhar NAURYZOVA / Boyisangur DATIEV KAZ 12 52.39
5 Zixi XIAO / Linghao HE CHN 11 61.26

Ice resurfacing

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Junfei REN / Jianing XING CHN 10 61.55
7 Lily HENSEN / Nathan LICKERS CAN 9 62.96
8 Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU CHN 8 64.41
9 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR 7 66.05
10 Utana YOSHIDA / Masaya MORITA JPN 6 67.31

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Holly HARRIS / Jason CHAN AUS 5 68.33
12 Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER CAN 4 73.20
13 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 3 74.24
14 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS USA 2 78.66
15 Emilea ZINGAS / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 1 79.97

 

[kwanfan1818]

Thank you, @victorskid for posting the start orders and links for us

 

[victorskid]

PANEL OF JUDGES

Referee Mr. Csaba BALINT ISU
Technical Controller Mr. David MOLINA ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Lauren SENFT ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Julia REY ISU

Judge No.1 Mr. Eric HAMPTON ISU
Judge No.2 Ms. So Young AN ISU
Judge No.3 Ms. Patricia MORITZ ISU
Judge No.4 Ms. Fan YANG ISU
Judge No.5 Ms. Akiko KOBAYASHI ISU
Judge No.6 Ms. Sabrina WONG ISU
Judge No.7 Ms. Natacha PONTONNIER ISU
Judge No.8 Ms. Tatiana YORDANOVA ISU
Judge No.9 Mr. Stephen FERNANDEZ ISU

Data Operator Ms. Seungeun CHEON ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Risa HAYAKAWA ISU



The stream is now live and not yet "official".

 

[Bunny Hop]

I'm watching the first group from work and then will be on my way home so won't be much use for commenting. I'll watch properly on replay later. Excited for final group.

 

[Skate Talker]

Well buckle up everyone

 

[tony]

I'm here. These hours perfectly line up with my typical work hours all weekend

 

[Vagabond]

I am from Argentina in the same way that Stanley & Urano are from Mexico.

 

[Skate Talker]

Slept through the middle group last night, awoken by the Browns' tinny music (not their fault - audio issues). Let's see if I fare better tonight.

 

[tony]

Fournier/Zhu

Dance Spin 4
One Foot 1/1
Curve/Curve 4/4
Twizzles 4/3
Serpentine Step 2/1
Rotational Lift 4

Story of the curse of a tall partner - he is always hunching his neck down, even in general when he's not in hold with her. Better skated than RD obviously but tentative here.

 

[MacMadame]

I couldn't ask this last night (because I was asleep ) but watching the replay today and seeing so many biff their twizzles, it made me wonder if the ice was harder than skaters are used to?

 

[tony]

I couldn't ask this last night (because I was asleep ) but watching the replay today and seeing so many biff their twizzles, it made me wonder if the ice was harder than skaters are used to?

Most of these teams are lower-ranked than many of the Euros top 20 teams. Twizzles are hard.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Erm, very early signs are that nobody practiced their twizzles between yesterday and today.

ETA: And yes, twizzles ARE hard. When I skated I never got beyond a single twizzle on each foot and these guys are doing much more difficult variations than adult-skater-inside-twizzle.

 

[Sylvia]

Chris Howarth has his coffee ready in his home studio:

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

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[tony]

Stanley / Urano

Stationary Lift 4
Diagonal Step 2/2
Twizzles 2/2 - and you see here the lower teams not getting much distance at all as they rotate. GOE barely above 0
Dance Spin 4
Curve/Curve 4
One Foot 1/1 - again not an easy element, with the lower level-teams you see how clunky it is between all of the four required linking criteria to get levels

Last two Ch elements also with 0 GOE - obviously massive opportunity to gain points.

Not an oomph to the elements, GOEs all hovering around neutral and very cautious going into and out of almost everything.

 

[MacMadame]

Most of these teams are lower-ranked than many of the Euros top 20 teams. Twizzles are hard.

This is true, but didn't some of the teams we've seen on the GP also biff? That's what got me questioning if it was something systematic.

Also, not to make @Bunny Hop jealous, but I could do 3-4 twizzles in a row the few times I tried them. OTOH, my 3turns sucked big time.

 

[Braulio]

I really liked the music composition and how it had a development. Enjoyed the commitment for the program and their effort to keep improving their technical side. I think she has potential and he is the weaker of both, pair her with Donovan

 

[tony]

I really liked the music composition and how it had a development. Enjoyed the commitment for the program and their effort to keep improving their technical side. I think she has potential and he is the weaker of both, pair her with Donovan

I'm not sure from a skating foundations level that would be any kind of step up for her

 

[kwanfan1818]

I liked the way Stanley moved throughout her body. I found her expressive.

 

[Braulio]

Cute from them making the letter M (of Mexico) with their fingers in the k&c

 

[Wyliefan]

I am from Argentina in the same way that Stanley & Urano are from Mexico.

Speaking of, here come the Britzilians!

 

[Bunny Hop]

Also, not to make @Bunny Hop jealous, but I could do 3-4 twizzles in a row the few times I tried them. OTOH, my 3turns sucked big time.

Not jealous at all. Good on you! My turns were definitely better than my twizzles. Was learning the harder ones when I stopped skating.

 

[tony]

Pallu-Neves/Panesar

Rotational/Stationary 4/4
Diagonal 2/1
Dance Spin 4
One Foot 2/2
Twizzles 4/4
Straight Line Lift 4

Pretty and pleasant. I'd probably keep them in first for now. Speed and posture better than the Canadians, I think the ice coverage was too.

 

[MacMadame]

WTF are they doing to Bastille??

Not jealous at all. Good on you! My turns were definitely better than my twizzles. Was learning the harder ones when I stopped skating.

To be clear, I wasn't doing them on multiple edges or moving my arms or legs or in synch with another person. They are definitely hard when done at this level.

 

[Vagabond]

The Brazilians list each other as former partners. Did they break up and get back together or did they not understand the question?

 

[floridaice]

I'm not sure from a skating foundations level that would be any kind of step up for her

She's a good bit taller than Donovan too. But they would make a beautiful pair

 

[tony]

Thus forth, not a single element has dropped or upped a level after reviews.

 

[Skaterbob]

Yall enjoy, I'll catch up in the morning since I'm already passing out. USA USA USA

 

[tony]

Nauryzova/Datiev

Stationary + Rotational Lift 4/4
Twizzles 2/4
Midline 1/2
One Foot 1/2
Dance Spin 2
Straight Line Lift 4 --> nice highlight

Pleasant as well. Chris is all bothered by his stroking and not extending all the way, but there have been much worse offenders even so far today

 

[kwanfan1818]

I could swear there was a full resurfacing between the beginning of Nauryzova/Datiev's program to the closing lift.

She's a beautiful woman.

 

[Bunny Hop]

That was a nice skate.

Chris obsessed with Datiev's footwork.