Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Danuite from Lithuania won the title in a most exciting competition. 43 couples from 19 countries had come to Bassano Del Grappa to find the new World Champions of the WDSF Professional Devision. Runners up are Paolo Bosco - Joanne Kirsty Clifton from Italy. 3rd place was given to Federico Di Toro - Anastasia Tarlykova from Russian Federation.
13-02 WDSF World Championship Junior II Latin – Bassano Del Grappa / Italy
Bassano Open 2013 set the stage for this year`s WDSF World Championship Junior II Latin on February 9th in Italy. Semen Khrzhanovsky - Vitalina Bunia from Russian Federation won the title. Sixty-two couples from thirty-three countries from Europe, Asia, America and Africa had come to Bassano to join the competition. At least seven couples qualified for the final rounds late in the evening.
13-02 WDSF World Championship Under 21 Standard – Antwerp / Belgium
Highlight of the third day at 13th Antwerp Stars Club was the WDSF World Championship Under 21 Standard. Evgeny Nikitin – Dana Spitsyna from Russian Federation won the title. Patrick Rucinsli – Ella Nusenbaum from Canada achieved runners-up position. 57 couples from 21 countries had come to join this year´s World Championship U 21 STD. The couples presented excellent standard dancing and we will enjoy to see them in future competitions also in adult class.
The results of the final rounds …
13-02 WDSF World Championship Senior I TenDance – Antwerp / Belgium
Second day at 13th Antwerp Stars Club was impressed by WDSF World Championship Senior I TenDance. Christian Bono – Elena Bono from Italy won the competition curtly ahead of Rodrigue Vieux – Adriana Teoli from France. Both couples achieved 15 points. Scating rule 10 – counting the numbers and the sum of places in all dances – did`t show a difference as well. So rule 11 – the number and sum of all judges in all dances – decided for Cristian and Elena from Italy to win (78 marks) ahead of Rodrigue and Adriana from France (75 marks).
13-02 WDSF WCH Senior III Standard
Antwerp / Belgium
The Metropolis Danssport Club and the Stars Danssport Club in Antwerp / Belgium had a full workload of 3 WDSF World Championships within the 13th Antwerp Stars Cup from February 1st – 3rd 2013. Hubert and Monique de Maesschalck as Masters of Ceremony chaired 15 competitions in these three days and the panels of adjudicators had to judge from dawn to dusk. Late after midnight the last prize presentation and the last dance of honour was finished.
On Friday, the World Championship Senior III Standard competition was on schedule. 232 (!) couples had come to take part in the world championship. It took seven rounds to find the new champions.