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 Jeremy Abbott 85.44 Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg
2 Nobunari Oda 83.82 Liebesträume by Franz Liszt
3 Jeffrey Buttle 72.76 Cry Me a River by Arthur Hamilton, covered by Michael Bublé
4 Johnny Weir 70.30 Masquerade (waltz) by Aram Khachaturian
5 Ilia Kulik 69.67 Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (from Ladies in Lavender) by Nigel Hess

Ladies
Rank Name Points Program[12]
1 Joannie Rochette 71.27 Gravity by Sara Bareilles[13]
2 Carolina Kostner 59.69 Méditation (Thaïs) by Jules Massenet
3 Miki Ando 54.13 Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin
4 Yuka Sato 50.44 Say you Love Me
5 Kimmie Meisner 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 Evgeny Plushenko 86.95 Je suis malade by Serge Lama
2 Nobunari Oda 85.15 Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla
3 Jeffrey Buttle 77.28 Here's to Life by Shirley Horn
4 Johnny Weir 75.14 Ave Maria païen by Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon
5 Evan Lysacek 73.32 El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores
6 Takeshi Honda 50.41 Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota

Ladies
Rank Name Points Program[16]
1 Joannie Rochette 64.67 La Vie en rose covered by Ute Lemper
2 Sarah Meier 54.89 Amélie Medley by Yann Tiersen
3 Miki Ando 54.10 Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin
4 Laura Lepisto 52.94 Lohtu
5 Irina Slutskaya 50.63 All by Myself covered by Celine Dion
6 Kimmie Meisner 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 Jeffrey Buttle 83.40 In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles
2 Kurt Browning 71.57 Singin' in the Rain
3 Ilia Kulik 69.93 Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
4 Takeshi Honda 69.32 Toska - E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini
5 Alexei Yagudin 69.10 Burn My Shadow by Unkle
6 Philippe Candeloro 51.63 D'Artagnan by Maxime Rodriguez

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