Segatori/Sudol defend their World Champion title
The World Championships Freestyle Standard took place for the second time, again in Beijing. The Beijing Ditan gymnasium was a perfect framing for the championships, and the audience celebrated the 14 couples that took part. With an impressive continuation of their freestyle performance of last year (Music and Fairytales 2), Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol convinced everyone and achieved 53.57 of 55...
World Championship Youth Standard in Schladming
The German couples achieved excellent results at the World Championship Youth Standard in Schladming, Austria: Out of 64 couples, Alexandru Ionel/Cordula Beckhoff (Rot-Weiss Kassel) finished fifth in the final, and Daniel Buschmann/Katarina Bauer (TSC Dortmund) reached the 13th place in the semi final. 1. Evgeny Nikitin/Dana Spitsyna, Russia (5) 2. Valery Pavlov/Ekaterina Karashchuk, Russia (10) ...
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...
Victory in Prague and more results
The German Senior I couples performed well at the Prague Open: Tassilo & Sabine Lax won the World Ranking List tournament, Gert Faustmann/Alexandra Kley finished fourth of 22 couples. Two German couples reached the final of the WDSF Open Standard tournament: Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol reached the 2nd place behind Valeri/Kehlet from Denmark. Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin finished sixth. In the W...
Results from Luxembourg
Traditionally, many German amateur couples pay a visit to tournaments in neighbouring countries. One of those countries is Luxembourg. In addition to the amateurs, eight couples of the Professional Division from six EU countries competed in the European Championships Freestyle. So there were many German successes this weekend. In the following, the finalists are listed. WDSF International Open La...
Ferruggia/Köhler win GOC Grand Slam
The couples of the Preciosa WDSF Grand Slam Standard tournament competed in the sold-out Liederhalle in Stuttgart. All dances in the final were performed as solo dances, offering the audience one hour of nonstop high-class dancesport. Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler were ahead of their competitors Emanuel Valeri/Tania Kehlet in all five dances, sometimes more, sometimes less clearly. Both coupl...
German Champions in the Grand Slam final
Marius-Andrei Balan/Nina Bezzubova, the German Champions of the amateurs, reached the final of the Preciosa WDSF Grand Slam Latin tournament and finished fifth. That way, they improved their own record in this top-class field. Winners were the Vice European and Vice World Champions Andrey Zaytsev/Anna Kuzminskaya from Russia who were ahead of the European Champions Aniello Langella/Khrystina from...
Sergey and Viktoria Tatarenko join the PD
At the first evening of the GOC 2012, six couples from the WDSF PD Latin presented their freestyle performances to the audience in Stuttgart. As last couple, Sergey and Viktoria Tatarenko from Berlin entered the dancefloor, thereby disclosing their change-over to the Professionals. They are going to compete in their first PD tournament at the GOC.
by Tobias Hock
Maxim and Viktoria are European Champions Youth Latin
Originally planned to be held in Moscow, the European Championship Latin was moved to Stuttgart by the WDSF due to organisational problems of the former Russian association. 60 couples participated in total, and eventually Germany won: Maxim Stepanov/Viktoria Konstantinova from Pforzheim won in a 3-to-2 decision, followed by Vasilevich/Maximkina (Russia). The second-best German couple, Vadim Lehma...
by Tobias Hock
26th GOC
The 26th German Open Championships have started. Detailed information and all results can be found via www.goc-stuttgart.de or www.facebook.com/goc.stuttgart.
by Tobias Hock