Shenzhen, CHN, made a grand entrance as location for premier international DanceSport events held under the auspices of WDSF. On 24 and 25 May Adult Latin and Standard of the Asian Pacifc Championship were contested at the Bao'an Gymnasium. The host country excelled, with Yan Bangbang - Zhu Jing winning the Latin and with two Chinese couples placing second and third behind Vladlen Kravchenko - Marina Laptiyeva, KAZ, in the Standard. Full results are found here!
Two World Opens were held concurrently with the Asian Pacific. Both saw quite a few top-ten couples from the WDSF World Ranking entering. Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, won Standard, Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA, Latin. Results are found here.