2019 WDSF World Championship U21 Ten Dance in Yerevan (ARM) 20/05/2019

The anticipated World Championship Under 21 Ten Dance in Yerevan (ARM) had 42 couples on the starting list. After a seven-couple final, Oleg Chzhen – Alina Ageeva (RUS) were announced as the new World title holders in Under 21 Ten Dance, as they secured their win by winning all ten dances in the final on Saturday. The couple has previously won the European Championship title in Youth Ten Dance in 2017, bronze in 2017 World Championship Youth Standard and silver medal in World Championship U21 Ten Dance and Latin last year.

The silver medals were presented to Yaroslav Kiselev – Sofia Philipchuk (RUS), who won all the three World titles (Standard, Latin, Ten Dance) in Junior II age group last year. They have their first year in Youth in 2019. The bronze medals were presented to Akim Pekunov – Masa Kastelic (SLO).

WDSF Associate Member, WRRC, organised a World Cup event in Moscow (RUS). Rock’n’Roll Main Class Free Style ended with two Russian couples on the podium, as Ivan Kudryashov – Margarita Charkovskaya (RUS) received the gold medals and Alexey Kondrashin – Darina Kozlova (RUS) took home the silver medals. The bronze was presented to Tobias Bludau – Michelle Uhl (GER).

World Cup Boogie Woogie Main Class had a new couple on the highest step of the podium, as Masi Saurén – Anna Tyutyunyuk (FIN) (in photo) won their first ever World Cup title. ”We changed the tactics for this competition, and it worked! We haven’t succeeded completely in the previous competitions but this time everything worked well for us. We have been waiting for this moment for many years and now it is finally here” the couple said after the competition, seemingly overwhelmed of the result.

The other two places on the podium went to the Swedish couples Jonathan Haug – Emma Danielsson (silver) and Viktor Edlund – Wilma Edlund (bronze).

Anton Graßl – Magdalena Schmid (GER) won the World Cup Boogie Woogie Juniors, Paul Siegl – Nicola Götzner (GER) ranked second and Fedor Klimov – Diana Leonteva (RUS) ranked third.

In other WDSF World Ranking competitions, the WDSF World Open Latin (in Yerevan) winners were Armen Tsaturyan – Svetlana Gudyno (RUS).

In Frankfurt (GER), the WDSF International Open Standard winners were Tomas Fainsil – Violetta Posmetnaya (GER) and the International Open Latin were won by Marius-Andrei Balan – Khrystyna Moshenska (GER).

In Olomouc (CZE), the WDSF International Open Latin winners were Tomas Gal – Sabina Karaskova (CZE) and the International Open Standard winners were Kostadin Vasilev – Roberta Scuderi (BUL).

In Ponzano Veneto (ITA), the WDSF International Open Standard were won by Eros Sciamanna – Anna Angelika Jaglinska (POL). The WDSF International Open Latin winners were the recent European Cup Latin winners, Konstantin Gorodilov – Dominika Bergmannova (EST).

In Seraing (BEL), the WDSF International Open Latin winners were Vito Coppola – Oona Oinas (ITA) and the WDSF International Open Standard were won by Andres Liiv – Kristin Vaha (EST).

In Yi Chang (CHN), the WDSF International Open Latin winners were Andrey Gusev – Vera Bondareva (RUS) and the International Open Standard were won by Francesco Galuppo – Debora Pacini (ITA).

In Tbilisi (GEO) the WDSF International Open Latin were won by Daniil Ulanov – Kateryna Isakovych (CYP).

Many congratulations to all couples!

We are slowly turning our eyes to Paris (FRA), where there will be two European Championships hosted during the next weekend. The 2019 WDSF European Championship Latin and the 2019 WRRC European Championship Acrobatic Rock’n’Roll Main Class Free Style take place at Stade Pierre de Coubertin on Saturday. The WDSF Communications team will be there on site and we will report you through our channels from Friday to Sunday.