Here are the results of the 2009 Finlandia Trophy, which concluded yesterday in Vantaa, Finland. Held annually since 1995, this is the last senior-level international competition before the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series begins this week. I was particularly interested in how Japan's Daisuke Takahashi would fare in his first major competition this season. A three-time Japanese national champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, and a 2006 Olympian, he missed all of last season due to knee injury and we were eagerly awaiting his return. (As an aside, Daisuke's 2007-2008 short program, a hip hop version of Swan Lake, was the best SP of the year in my opinion.)
No problem getting back into competitive mode, as Daisuke took the gold with 224.25 points. Sergei Voronov from Russia won the silver, and Stephen Carriere from the U.S. won the bronze. For the ladies, Alena Leonova from Russia came in first, followed by Laura Lepisto from Finland and Kiira Korpi also from Finland. In ice dance, Sinead and John Kerr from Great Britain won the gold, Anastasia Platonova and Alexander Grachev from Russia won the silver, and Alla Beknazarova and Vladimir Zuyev from the Ukraine won the bronze. There was no pairs event at the Finlandia Trophy.
Complete results for the 2009 Finlandia Trophy are as follows:LADIES:
| FPl | Name |
Nat | Points | SP | FS |
| 1 | Alena LEONOVA |
RUS | 162.17 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Laura LEPISTÖ |
FIN | 154.33 | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Kiira KORPI |
FIN | 152.84 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Myriane SAMSON |
CAN | 146.55 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Jenna MCCORKELL |
GBR | 138.87 | 9 | 5 |
| 6 | Katarina GERBOLDT |
RUS | 137.10 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | Fumie SUGURI |
JPN | 136.91 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Valentina MARCHEI |
ITA | 136.55 | 10 | 6 |
| 9 | Viktoria HELGESSON |
SWE | 135.15 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Susanna PÖYKIÖ |
FIN | 128.55 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Aki SAWADA |
JPN | 120.18 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Becky BERESWILL |
USA | 117.11 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Nana TAKEDA |
JPN | 113.53 | 13 | 14 |
| 14 | Joshi HELGESSON |
SWE | 112.23 | 15 | 12 |
| 15 | Molly OBERSTAR |
USA | 109.89 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Olga IKONNIKOVA |
EST | 91.56 | 16 | 16 |
MEN:
| FPl | Name |
Nat | Points | SP | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke TAKAHASHI |
JPN | 224.25 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Sergei VORONOV |
RUS | 210.22 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Stephen CARRIERE |
USA | 193.24 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Michal BREZINA |
CZE | 190.31 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Konstantin MENSHOV |
RUS | 190.08 | 7 | 3 |
| 6 | Kristoffer BERNTSSON |
SWE | 185.58 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Daisuke MURAKAMI |
JPN | 177.87 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Peter LIEBERS |
GER | 176.21 | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Paolo BACCHINI |
ITA | 175.67 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Alexander JOHNSON |
USA | 165.03 | 11 | 11 |
| 11 | Ari-Pekka NURMENKARI |
FIN | 160.60 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Kevin VAN DER PERREN |
BEL | 160.53 | 16 | 10 |
| 13 | Clemens BRUMMER |
GER | 157.52 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | Przemyslaw DOMANSKI |
POL | 155.26 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Ian MARTINEZ |
CAN | 153.94 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | Karel ZELENKA |
ITA | 149.92 | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | Valtter VIRTANEN |
FIN | 133.26 | 17 | 19 |
| 18 | Vitali SAZONETS |
UKR | 129.97 | 18 | 17 |
| 19 | Mikko MINKKINEN |
FIN | 127.30 | 19 | 18 |
ICE DANCE:
FPl |
Name |
Nat |
Points |
CD |
OD |
FD |
1 |
Sinead KERR / John KERR |
GBR |
173.14 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Anastasia PLATONOVA / Alexander GRACHEV |
RUS |
158.2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
Alla BEKNAZAROVA / Vladimir ZUYEV |
UKR |
151.9 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
Christina BEIER / William BEIER |
GER |
147.38 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
Jane SUMMERSET / Todd GILLES |
USA |
143.16 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
Phillipa TOWLER-GREEN / Phillip POOLE |
GBR |
130.28 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Nadezhda FROLENKOVA / Mikhail KASALO |
UKR |
127.4 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Zsuzsanna NAGY / Mate FEJES |
HUN |
119.67 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
Kira GEIL / Dmytro MATSYUK |
AUT |
117.22 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
Henna LINDHOLM / Ossi KANERVO |
FIN |
101.3 |
10 |
9 |
10 |
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