Shijiazhuang City
Shijiazhuang City has hosted several national events in the past. With the weekend's line-up of a PD World Championship and two World Opens it breaks into the a different league: high-profile and international.
Today's PD World Latin had 35 entries total, 16 from China, three from Japan and one Malaysia ... That leaves 15 from Europe! Among them the favourites: the runners-up in the last two PD World Championships Marts Smolko - Tina Bazykina and the rookie professionals Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus.
The World Open Standard is also contested today. Even with Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova figuring among the "Excusrd Couples," the starting list has stellar names on it: the world #2 Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU. A crowd of nearly 5,000 attends the events today!
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