European Champion beats World Champion

66 couples from 35 nations competed in the European Championships Adult Standard in Koblenz. Four couples from last year's final again reached places 1 to 4. New in the final were Evgeny Moshenin/Genny Favero (Italy) and Daniil Ulanov/Irina Gogoladze (Russia). The Russian champions, Sergey & Olga Konovaltsev, reached 4th place, just like the year before.

Despite a great support from the audience and a top performance, the Freestyle world champions Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol could not interfere with the duel between the two Standard world champions and finished 3rd. Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler were not able to defend their world championship from 2011 against the Danish couple Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet. Their mission is now to improve even more and to regain the title. By winning all five dances and a thereby clear victory of the European Championship, an important step has been taken.

Final and Semi Final European Championships Standard 2012 in Koblenz:
1. Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler, Germany
2. Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet, Denmark
3. Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol, Germany
4. Sergej Konovaltsev/Olga Konovaltseva, Russia
5. Evgeny Moshenin/Genny Favero, Italy
6. Daniil Ulanov/Irina Gogoladze, Russia
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7. Andrzej Sadecki/Karina Nawrod, Poland
8. Salvatore Todaro/Violeta Yaneva, Bulgaria
9. Marco Cavallaro/Letizia Ingrosso, Italy
10. Björn Bitsch/Ashli Williamson, Denmark
11. Evaldas Sodeika/Ieva Zukauskaite, Lithuania
12. Yury Petrov/Yana Kozhukhar, Ukraine
13. Volodymyr Lyatov/Veronika Myshko, Ukraine