What a Month for DanceSport!
WDSF International Open Latin final in Nice (FRA) was tight and exciting until the end. The winners, Vinzenz Doerlitz – Albena Daskalova (GER) won three dances and were ranked second in two dances, while the runners-up, Artem Martynov – Julia Khurtina (RUS) won two dances and were ranked second in three. Nikolay Levchenkov – Marie Denigot-Hamon (RUS) ranked third.
WDSF International Open Standard was just as tight. Stepan Podduev – Margarita Sibeleva (RUS) ranked first by winning three dances, while the runners-up Alexandru Ionel – Patricija Belousova (GER) won two and ranked second in three. Luciano Donato – Adele Diodati (ITA) ranked third.
In St. Petersburg (RUS) the Russian couples performed strongly in both WDSF International Open Latin and Standard. Semen Khrzhanovskiy – Elizaveta Lykhina (RUS) won the Latin competition, Vladislav Nikishin – Polina Golubeva (RUS) ranked second and Tomer Zveniatsky – Stefany Tzukerman (ISR) ranked third. The top three couples of the WDSF International Open Standard represented Russian Federation. Matteo Del Gaone – Ekaterina Utkina (RUS) won the gold medals, Maxin Pugachev – Kira Oxas (RUS) won silver and Semen Khrzhanovskiy – Elizaveta Lykhina (RUS) had a successful double-podium weekend and ranked third in Standard.
Siauliai (LTU) hosted WDSF Open competitions for Youth, Junior II and Junior I age groups. Karolis Burneikis – Izabele Sekaite (LTU), current number 10 on the Youth Standard World Ranking List, had a successful weekend as they won the WDSF Youth Open Standard and ranked second in Latin, right behind Robert Veide – Amanda Rebeca Padar (EST).
WDSF Open Latin in Singapore had 16 couples on the starting list. The top two couples represented Vietnam, as Nguyen Doan Minh Truong – Nguyen Trong Nha Uyen (VIE) were announced as winners and Nguyen Trung Kien – Pham Hong Anh (VIE) ranked second. Tsan Gary – Tan Shannen (SGP) ranked third.
Congratulations to all couples!
The competition season continues already on the first two days of May in Nizhny Novgorod (RUS), with WDSF Open Latin on Wednesday and WDSF Open Standard on Thursday. During the weekend there will be Asian-Pacific Championship and WDSF World Open Standard and Latin plus WRRC World Cup Rock’n’Roll in Shijiazhuang City (CHN), WDSF World Open in Copenhagen (DEN), WDSF International Opens in Bucharest (ROU) and in Kaunas (LTU), and WDSF Opens in Les Roquetes, Barcelona (ESP) and Trnava (SVK).
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