Premieres in Platja d'Aro

Avatar Day three of the DO World DanceSport in Platja d'Aro included two premieres in the 17-hour non-stop programme. A Wheelchair DanceSport competition took place for the very first time in Spain. Six couples had been invited by the organisers to showcase Latin dancing in Combi II concurrently with the IDSF World Championships Standard for Senior II as well as Opens for virtually all other age grades and dance styles.

Wheelchair DanceSport Latin Combi II

1	Sedakov, Maxim - Kukushkina, Svetlana	RUS
2	Kisialiou, Ihar - Harchakova, Hanna	BEL
3	Malinowski, Emil - Wisniewska, Martina	POL
4	Shpackenko, Maryna - Radkovskyy, Artur	UKR
5	Karpinski, Pawel - Klicka, Katarzyna	POL
6	Ramírez, Francisco - Chaparro, Laura	ESP

The other first in Platja d'Aro: 251 couples from 21 countries danced in the first round of the World Championships Standard for Senior II. A participation shattering all previous records!

IDSF World Championships Standard - Senior II

1	Lindner, Michael - Lindner, Beate	GER
2	Valenta, Walter - Maurer, Irmtraud	AUT
3	Destri, Roberto - Lentini, Giuseppina	ITA
4	Mannello, Luciano - Presti, Patrizia	ITA
5	Farwick, Bernd - Voosholz, Petra	GER
6	Reimann, Raymund - Schulz, Antje	GER
7	Lazzareschi, Bruno - Zotta, Ida	ITA

Published on 2 September 2009