3rd Saxonian Dance Classics (II)

WDSF Open Adult Ten Dance
With 34 couples from 14 nations, this tournament had the most nations competing. The six couples in the final came from six different nations: Japan, Norway, Italy, Ukraine, Russia and Finland. The couple from Ukraine clearly won the tournament.
1.Volodymyr Lyatov/Veronika Myshko - Ukraine (11)
2. Jaak Vainomaa/Taina Savikurki - Finland (19)
3. Maurizio Bebebato/Tatiana Veselkina - Italy (36)
4. Oleksii Guzyr/Rikaka Ota - Japan (44)
5. Janick Loewe/Pia Lundanes Loewe - Norway (44.5)
6. Alexey Polovnikov/Maria Potemkina - Russia (55.5)

Markus Ziebegk/Jenny Müller were the best German couple and finished 10th.

WDSF Open Senior I Standard
95 couples from seven nations started. The current world champions did not raise any doubts of winning this competition. The 2nd to 4th rank was hard to determine, as the couples were very close, and only rule 11 of the skating system could give the result.
1.Tassilo und Sabine Lax - Germany (5,0)
2. Zdenek Pribyl/Lenka Pribylova - Czech Republic (15,0)
3. Petr Palat/Hana Palatova - Czech Republic (15,0)
4. Alberto Belometti/Barbara Pini - Italy (15,0)
5.Gwenael Lavigne/Stephanie Godet - France (26)
6.Thorsten Strauß/Sabine Jacob - Germany (29)

Photo: Couple Lax (Helmut Roland)