2022 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

During the 2020–21 season, the Chinese Skating Association had already cancelled several events due to the country's stringent quarantine requirements – 21 days in isolation for non-residents – and limited flights in and out of the country. Among the cancelled events were the 2021 World Junior Championships and the 2020–21 Grand Prix Final.^[4] Less than a month prior to the cancellation of the Four Continents Championships, the CSA cancelled the 2021 Cup of China.^[5] Again citing "the complicated epidemic situation," the CSA and the Tianjin Municipal Government informed the ISU of the cancellation of Four Continents on September 13, 2021.^[2]

The Four Continents Championships would have been the first ISU Championship event during the 2021–22 season to be cancelled, before being relocated to Tallinn. The ISU and various host federations had already cancelled or relocated several other events earlier in the season, including events on the Junior Grand Prix, Grand Prix, and Challenger Series. After the ISU was able to find a replacement host for the Cup of China, it again asked non-European ISU members to consider applying to host the Four Continents Championships on the originally scheduled dates.^[6] After an unsuccessful search, Tallinn was chosen as the replacement host, having just hosted the 2022 European Championships one week prior.^[3]

Due to the proximity of the Four Continents Championships, both in terms of geography and time, to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China's decision to cancel the event prompted further concerns about whether the Winter Olympics would be able to proceed as scheduled, and if so, be conducted in a safe manner.^[7][8]

The competition was open to skaters from all non-European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for European skaters was the 2022 European Championships.

Skaters were eligible for the 2022 Four Continents Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2021, and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the two preceding seasons.^[9]

• SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Each qualifying ISU member nation could enter up to three skaters or teams per discipline.^[9]

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2021. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on December 29, 2021.

Country	Men[10]	Women[11]	Pairs[12]	Ice dance[13]
Australia	Jordan Dodds Brendan Kerry James Min	Victoria Alcantara Kailani Craine		Holly Harris / Jason Chan India Nette / Eron Westwood
Canada	Corey Circelli Joseph Phan	Gabrielle Daleman Véronik Mallet Alison Schumacher	Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Chinese Taipei		Ting Tzu-Han
Hong Kong	Harrison Jon-Yen Wong
India		Tara Prasad
Japan	Kao Miura Sena Miyake Kazuki Tomono	Rino Matsuike Mai Mihara Yuhana Yokoi		Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Kazakhstan	Dias Jirenbayev Mikhail Shaidorov
Mexico		Eugenia Garza Andrea Montesinos Cantú
New Zealand		Jocelyn Hong		Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang-in Kam
Philippines		Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank
South Korea	Cha Jun-hwan Kyeong Jae-seok Lee Si-hyeong	Kim Ye-lim Lee Hae-in You Young
United States	Tomoki Hiwatashi Jimmy Ma Camden Pulkinen	Starr Andrews Gabriella Izzo Audrey Shin	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay	Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Caroline Green / Michael Parsons

Date	Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Notes	Ref.
January 5	Pairs	Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore	—		[12]
	Ice dance	Chantelle Kerry / Andrew Dodds			[13]
January 6	Women	Satoko Miyahara	Yuhana Yokoi	Poor physical condition	[11][14]
January 10	Men	Donovan Carrillo	—	COVID-19 precaution	[10][15]
	Women	Joanna So			[11]
	Pairs	Maria Chernyshova / Harley Windsor			[12]
January 15	Men	Matthew Samuels			[10][16]
January 17		Wesley Chiu		Positive COVID-19 test (coach)

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Cha Jun-hwan	Kazuki Tomono	Kao Miura
Women	Mai Mihara	Lee Hae-in	Kim Ye-lim
Pairs	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
Ice dance	Caroline Green / Michael Parsons	Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Cha Jun-hwan	Kazuki Tomono	Kao Miura
Women	Mai Mihara	Lee Hae-in	Kim Ye-lim
Pairs	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe
Ice dance	Caroline Green / Michael Parsons	Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Cha Jun-hwan	Kazuki Tomono	Kao Miura
Women	Mai Mihara	Lee Hae-in	Rino Matsuike
Pairs	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud
Ice dance	Caroline Green / Michael Parsons	Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Table of medals for overall placement:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	1	4
2	Japan	1	2	1	4
3	South Korea	1	1	1	3
4	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12