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. ^ a b c "Medal Winners Open 2012 announcement" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Medal Winners Open 2015 announcement" (PDF). ISU. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "Medal Winners Open". Golden Skate. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  20. ^ a b 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.