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Medal Winners Open
The Medal Winners Open is an international (invitational) senior figure skating competition which is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and was first held in 2012. Participants must have won a medal in a major ISU event in order to participate. No events were held in 2013 or 2014.
[2016] [2015] [2012]
2016 Medal Winners Open
January 15, 2016 ~ Osaka, Japan
Men
1. Jeremy Abbott (USA) (85.44) Bring Him Home
2. Nobunari Oda (JPN) (83.82) Liebesträume
3. Jeffrey Buttle (CAN) (72.76) Cry Me a River
4. Johnny Weir (USA) (70.30) Masquerade Waltz
5. Ilia Kulik (RUS) (69.67) Ladies in Lavender
Ladies
1. Joannie Rochette (CAN) (71.27) Gravity
2. Carolina Kostner (ITA) (59.69) Meditation de Thais
3. Miki Ando (JPN) (54.13) Chopin
4. Yuka Sato (JPN) (50.40) Say you Love Me
5. Kimmie Meisner (USA) (45.12) Chandelier
[2015]
2015 Medal Winners Open
January 16, 2015 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Men
1. Evgeny Plushenko (RUS) (86.95) Je suis malade
2. Nobunari Oda (JPN) (85.15) Adiós Nonino
3. Jeffrey Buttle (CAN) (77.28) Here’s to Life
4. Johnny Weir (USA) (75.14) Ave Maria païen
5. Evan Lysacek (USA) (73.32) El Tango de Roxanne
6. Takeshi Honda (JPN) (50.41) Romeo and Juliet
Ladies
1. Joannie Rochette (CAN) (64.67) La Vie en rose
2. Sarah Meier (SUI) (54.89) La valse d’Amélie
3. Miki Ando (JPN) (54.10) Ballade No. 4
4. Laura Lepisto (FIN) (52.94) Lohtu
5. Irina Slutskaya (RUS) (50.63) All by Myself
6. Kimmie Meisner (USA) (45.56) Over the Rainbow
[2012]
2012 Medal Winners Open
October 5, 2012 ~ Saitama, Japan
Men
1. Jeffrey Buttle (CAN) (83.40) In This Shirt
2. Kurt Browning (CAN) (71.57 ) Singin’ in the Rain
3. Ilia Kulik (RUS) (69.93) Kashmir
4. Takeshi Honda (JPN) (69.32) Tosca
5. Alexei Yagudin (RUS) (69.10) Burn My Shadow
6. Philippe Candeloro (FRA) (51.63) D’Artagnan
Ladies
1. Shizuka Arakawa (JPN) (64.80) modern version of Swan Lake
2. Joannie Rochette (CAN) (63.47) For Me, Formidable
3. Irina Slutskaya (RUS) (61.97) Le Cocher de la Troika
4. Sarah Meier (SUI) (54.53) Not Myself Tonight
5. Laura Lepisto (FIN) (52.98) Malaguena
6. Kimmie Meissner (USA) (51.90) Romeo and Juliet
Did You Know?
Brandon Mroz (USA) is credited with landing the first quadruple Lutz jump in a sanctioned competition at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational, which was subsequently ratified by the International Skating Union after video review. He landed it again in the short program at the 2011 NHK Trophy, becoming the first skater to land it in international competition.
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