Fabbri and Ayer 4th in ice dance, Daleman 7th in women's at Four Continents

Canadian figure skaters Alicia Fabbri and Paul Ayer finished fourth in ice dance, while Gabrielle Daleman placed seventh in women's singles at the Four Continents Championships on Friday in Beijing.

The Americans swept the ice dance podium. Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik captured gold with 202.86 points, while Caroline Green and Michael Parsons claimed silver (194.72) and Oona and Gage Brown took bronze (190.78).

Fabbri and Ayer, who are two-time Canadian championship bronze medallists, scored 183.49 points.

Yuna Aoki won gold in the women's event with 217.39 points. Fellow Japanese skaters Ami Nakai (215.78) and Mone Chiba (202.23) earned silver and bronze.

Daleman, a two-time Olympian, fell from fourth after her short program to seventh following the free skate, finishing with 183.47 points.

The 28-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., competed in just her second international competition since missing three seasons with a back injury and two ankle surgeries.

She returned this season with hopes of becoming the first Canadian woman to reach three Olympics in singles, but Madeline Schizas earned Canada's lone spot for February's Milan Cortina Games.

Several Olympic-bound skaters, including Schizas, did not compete at Four Continents because of its close timing with the Games