2010 Olympic champion Kim Yu-Na won the short program while Miki Ando placed second. Ando was first in the long program to win her second World gold medal, her previous title being in 2007.
Kim Yu-Na won her fifth World medal, silver, while Carolina Kostner won her third medal, a bronze. Kostner had also won the bronze in 2005, the previous time the event had been held in Moscow. The 2010 World champion, Mao Asada, was sixth.
