Denis Ten fourth at Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

09:18, 25 January 2014

ASTANA. January 25. KAZINFORM - Kazakh athlete Denis Ten took 4th in men's singles at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, held in Taipei, Vesti.kz informs.

A 20-year-old Ten has showed fifth result in short programs and finished fourth in the long program. Thus, Ten scored totaling 226.37 points. Another representative of Kazakhstan - Abzal Rahimgaliyev took 15th place (184.13).

Japanese skater Takahito Mura has become the winner of the Championship. Last year Takahito Mura (JPN) took 8th, now he leads after the short program by 2.08 over Richard Dornbush (USA).

2012 winners Wenjing Sui and Cong Han (CHN) lead the pairs competition after the short program by 9.22 points over Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim (USA).

The best skaters from North America, South America, Asia and Oceana compete at the 2014 Four Continents Championships in Taipei City, Taipei. Skaters from all inhabitable continents and regions (except Europe) will compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing for the title of Four Continents champion. Skaters from Europe competed in the European equivalent of this event, the 2014 European Figure Skating Championships that took place in Budapest, Hungary.

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