Rena and John finish fourth at Four Continents Championships

February 13 , 2008

Rena and John are in third after the short program at the Four Continents Championships in Korea.

They didn't compete this fall, and only decided to come back for the U.S. Championships. They turned in a solid performance to "Beethoven's Last Night" that contained a side-by-side double Axel, a throw triple loop and a double twist.

"Everything was the same in this program that we did at the Nationals," John said. "We scored about ten points higher at Nationals. When we got off it was kind of a shock to see those levels. But it is a new program for us and we're going back and look at that video and see what mistakes we made. Obviously you can't leave that many points on the table." Rena and John are 10 points behind the leaders China's Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang. Qing Pang and Jian Tong are in second.

"We definitely thought we did exact the same elements that at Nationals, but sometime even though you thought you did exactly the same, but it was even less than a quarter turn short and that could be it," Rena added. "We're actually lucky it happened at this competition and not at Worlds."

The free skate is Thursday.

The competition is being held in Goyang City/Republic of Korea.