Wheelchair dancing: Successful weekend in St. Petersburg

During the Continents Cup 2012 (approved by the International Paralympic Committee, IPC) in St. Petersburg, the German wheelchair couple Erik Machens & Andrea Borrmann recorded three finals and two victories in the Single and Team Match.

14 couples took part in the Latin Duo tournament. In an exciting final, the German couple had to settle for the fourth place.

Final result:
1. Ivan Sivak/Nadiia Sivak, Ukraine
2. Antonov Sergey/Alexandra Berdnik, Russia
3. Pavel Karpinski/Joanna Reda, Poland
4.Erik Machens/Andrea Borrmann, Germany
5. Jongchul Choi/Moonjung Choi, Korea
6. Norbert Kaminski/Katarzyna Bloch, Poland

For the second time, an international wheelchair Single tournament was hosted. Erik Machens prevailed in the field of 14 dancers and won the tournament.

Final result:
1. Erik Machens, Germany
2. Galina Ryzhkova, Russia
3. Hsiu-Hsia Lin, Chinese Taipei
4. Alexandra Berdnik, Russia
5. Weng-Sheng Kuo, Chinese Taipei
6. Juan Garcia Hernandez, Mexico

The standard dances and the team match were also on the agenda. Erik and Andrea reached the third place. The teams are drawn shortly before the competition starts. Couples who are competitors in Single tournaments become team mates. For the first time, this tournament was live-streamed via the internet. As the Paralympics took place at the same time in London, the live feed was directly transmitted to London.

Final result:
1. Ivan Sivak/Nadiia Sivak Ukraine
2. Nikolai Kuzin/Snezhana Shepeleva, Russia
3. Erik Machens/Andrea Borrmann, Germany
4. Pavel Karpinski/Joanna Reda, Poland
5. Norbert Kaminski/Katarzyna Bloch, Poland
6. Dmitry Torgunakov/Irina Gordeeva, Russia

The team "Dance Policy" with couples from Russia, Ukraine, Portugal, Belarus, Italy, Poland and the German couple Machens/Borrmann won ahead of the teams "Funny Wheels" and "Hot Wheels". 6 teams competed in total.