World Cup Standard | Da Lian (CHN)
18 couples participated the 2019 WDSF World Cup Standard in Da Lian (CHN) on Saturday. There were four rounds in the competition, and after the last dance of the final Francesco Galuppo – Debora Pacini (ITA) were announced as winners. After winning the title also in 2016 and 2017, the couple reached their third World Cup title.
Tomas Fainsil – Violetta Posmetnaya (GER) ranked second, and after a very tight final with a margin of 0.1 points in scores Edgars Linis – Eliza Ancane (LAT) ranked third before the reigning European Ten Dance Champions Daniil Ulanov – Kateryna Isakovych (CYP), who were barely left outside the podium.
World Open Latin in Da Lian on Sunday had clear winners as Armen Tsaturyan – Svetlana Gudyno (RUS) won the competition before Edgar Marcos Borjas – Alina Nowak (POL) and Paul Moldovan – Cristina Tatar (ROU), who ranked second and third, respectively. Armen and Svetlana continued having amazing scores as they received over 39 points in each dance of the final.
Brcko District (BIH) hosted World Open New Series Standard and Latin on Saturday. The reigning World Champions in Under 21 Standard Paul Rednic – Roxana Lucaciu (ROU) won the World Open New Series Standard, making it the first ever World Open win for the couple. Oleg Chzhen – Alina Ageeva (RUS) ranked second and Ergo Lukk – Baile Paris (EST) third.
The gold medals of the World Open New Series Latin were also awarded to a Romanian couple as Stefan Grigore – Laura Filipescu (ROU) secured their win over the home country favourites Giacomo Lazzarini – Michelle Nazarenus (BIH). Marek Bures – Anastasiia Iermolenko (CZE) ranked third.
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