Medal Winners Open

The Medal Winners Open is an invitational pro-am figure skating competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation and sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in the disciplines of Men's and Ladies' singles.[1][2][3] The invited skaters should have won a medal in a major ISU competition such as Olympics, Worlds, Europeans, 4CC, and Grand Prix Final.[4][5]

Each skater performs an ISU free skating program in a modified format which emphasizes artistic merit. The program duration is 3 minutes and 30 seconds +/- 10 seconds for men and 3 minutes +/- 10 seconds for ladies. Three jump passes, three spins, and a choreographic sequence should be performed. One of the jump passes can be a two-jump combination or a sequence of jumps. Vocal music, theatrical lighting, and small props are allowed.[1][2][3][6]

2017

In place of Medal Winners Open, the promoters presented Medal Winners Gala on January 14, 2017 in Yokohama, Japan.[7][8]

2016

The third competition was held on January 15, 2016 in Osaka, Japan.[3][9][10]

Men
Rank Name Points Program[11][12]
1 United States Jeremy Abbott 85.44 Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2 Japan Nobunari Oda 83.82 Liebesträume by Franz Liszt
3 Canada Jeffrey Buttle 72.76 Cry Me a River by Arthur Hamilton, covered by Michael Bublé
4 United States Johnny Weir 70.30 Masquerade (waltz) by Aram Khachaturian
5 Russia Ilia Kulik 69.67 Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (from Ladies in Lavender) by Nigel Hess

Ladies
Rank Name Points Program[12]
1 Canada Joannie Rochette 71.27 Gravity by Sara Bareilles[13]
2 Italy Carolina Kostner 59.69 Méditation (Thaïs) by Jules Massenet
3 Japan Miki Ando 54.13 Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin
4 Japan Yuka Sato 50.44 Say you Love Me
5 United States Kimmie Meissner 45.12 Chandelier

2015

The second competition was held on January 16, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.[2][14][15]

Men
Rank Name Points Program[16]
1 Russia Evgeny Plushenko 86.95 Je suis malade by Serge Lama
2 Japan Nobunari Oda 85.15 Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla
3 Canada Jeffrey Buttle 77.28 Here's to Life by Shirley Horn
4 United States Johnny Weir 75.14 Ave Maria païen by Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon
5 United States Evan Lysacek 73.32 El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores
6 Japan Takeshi Honda 50.41 Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota

Ladies
Rank Name Points Program[16]
1 Canada Joannie Rochette 64.67 La Vie en rose covered by Ute Lemper
2 Switzerland Sarah Meier 54.89 Amélie Medley by Yann Tiersen
3 Japan Miki Ando 54.10 Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin
4 Finland Laura Lepisto 52.94 Lohtu
5 Russia Irina Slutskaya 50.63 All by Myself covered by Celine Dion
6 United States Kimmie Meissner 45.56 Over the Rainbow covered by Eva Cassidy

2012

The inaugural competition was held on October 5, 2012 in Saitama, Japan.[1][17][18]

Men
Rank Name Points Program[19][20]
1 Canada Jeffrey Buttle 83.40 In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles
2 Canada Kurt Browning 71.57 Singin' in the Rain
3 Russia Ilia Kulik 69.93 Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
4 Japan Takeshi Honda 69.32 Toska - E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
5 Russia Alexei Yagudin 69.10 Burn My Shadow by Unkle
6 France Philippe Candeloro 51.63 D'Artagnan by Maxime Rodriguez

Ladies
Rank Name Points Program[19][20]
1 Japan Shizuka Arakawa 64.80 Swan Lake (modern version) by Kryzler & Kompany
2 Canada Joannie Rochette 63.47 For Me, Formidable by France d'Amour
3 Russia Irina Slutskaya 61.97 Le cocher de la troika by Paul Mauriat
4 Switzerland Sarah Meier 54.53 Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera
5 Finland Laura Lepisto 52.98 Malaguena (fandangos)
6 United States Kimmie Meissner 51.90 Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota

References
  1. "Medal Winners Open 2012 announcement" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2014.
  2. "Medal Winners Open 2015 announcement" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2014.
  3. "Medal Winners Open 2016 announcement" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2015.
  4. "メダル・ウィナーズ・オープンとは" [About MWO] (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012.
  5. "開催概要・アクセス" [Outline] (in Japanese). TBS. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014.
  6. Lynn Plage Communications (October 3, 2012). "Japan hosts three star-studded events this week". IceNetwork.
  7. "木下グループpresents　LEGENDS ～メダルウィナーズ・ガラ～". TBS (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  8. "木下グループpresents　LEGENDS ～メダルウィナーズ・ガラ～". TBS. Archived from the original on January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  9. "Announcement of International Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating Competitions 2015/16" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2015.
  10. "Medal Winners Open 2016 detailed results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016.
  11. 木下グループ カップ　メダル・ウィナーズ・オープン2016 [Kinoshita Group Cup Medal Winners Open 2016] (Television production) (in Japanese). Japan: TBS. January 15, 2016.
  12. "木下グループ カップ メダル・ウィナーズ・オープン2016" [Kinoshita Group Cup Medal Winners Open 2016] (in Japanese). TBS 2. January 2016. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016.
  13. Stars on Ice (January 27, 2016). "...The ladies event was won by strong field with her performance to "Gravity" by Sarah Bareilles..." (Facebook).
  14. "Medal Winners Open 2015 detailed results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Archived from the original on January 16, 2015.
  15. "Medal Winners Open. Плющенко победил, Ода – 2-й, Баттл – 3-й" [Medal Winners Open. Plushenko. Oda Nobunari 2nd, Buttle 3rd]. Sports.ru (in Russian). January 16, 2015.
  16. 木下グループpresents メダル・ウィナーズ・オープン2015 [Kinoshita Group presents Medal Winners Open 2015] (Television production, BS-TBS) (in Japanese). Japan: TBS. January 17, 2015.
  17. "Medal Winners Open 2012 protocol" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2014.
  18. "Medal Winners Open 2012 detailed results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012.
  19. "Medal Winners Open". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  20. 木下グループ メダル・ウィナーズ・オープン2012 [Kinoshita Group Medal Winners Open 2012] (Television production) (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. October 8, 2012.
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