A good day for the six Russian couples
Moscow (RUS) hosted the 2019 WDSF World Championship ShowDance Standard and ShowDance Latin on Saturday. Both Championships were dominated by the Russian couples, as they were awarded a double victory in both events.
The ShowDance Standard World title went to Semen Khrzhanovskiy - Elizaveta Lykhina (RUS), the silver medals were handed out to Dmitry Pleshkov - Anastasia Kulbeda (RUS), and the bronze medals to Matej Stec - Elena Popova (SVK). The 2019 WDSF World ShowDance Latin Champions are Fedor Poliansky - Dina Akhmetgareeva (RUS). The second place was awarded to Anton Aldaev - Natalia Polukhina (RUS), and the third place for Artur Balandin – Anna Salita (GER).
Riga (LAT) hosted the 2019 WDSF World Championship Junior II Standard on Saturday. Completing a very successful year with another World title, Kirill Kurbatov - Alexandra Revel-Muroz (RUS) won their third World title of the year (previously they have won the World Championships in Latin and Ten Dance, too). Butnaru Luca Teodor - Bidica Julia Denisa (ROU) won the silver medals, and Danila Zhuravlev - Daria Titkova (RUS) won the bronze.
The WDSF World Open Standard winners of the weekend were Daniil Ulanov – Kateryna Isakovych (CYP) in Paphos (CYP), and Edgars Linis – Eliza Ancane (LAT) in Riga (LAT). The WDSF World Open Latin winners were Stefan Grigore – Laura Filipescu (ROU) in Paphos (CYP).
The WDSF International Open Standard winners of the weekend were Yahor Boldysh - Irina Averina (MDA) in Moscow (RUS), and Dmitri Kolobov – Signe Busk (DEN) in Dubai (UAE). The WDSF International Open Latin winners were Konstantin Astafev - Maria Potemkina (AZE) in Moscow, Artem Semerenko - Valeriya Kachalko (KGZ) in Dubai, and Maksym Kravchenko - Paula Kukute (LAT) in Riga.
Alessandro Ilarioni – Aurora Sbardella (ITA) won the WDSF PD Open Standard, and Marts Smolko – Tina Bazykina (LAT) won the WDSF PD Open Latin in Dubai.
Congratulations to the World Champions, runners-up, and the winners of the non-title events!
The holiday season is approaching, but there is one more event remaining before winding up the year. Miami (USA) will host a WDSF World Open (New Series) event next weekend, and with that event year 2019 will be completed.
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