Helmut Roland
After 5 days filled with excellent dancing at the German Open Championship, Saturday night presents the last highlight of the week: the Grand Slam Standard. 228 couples had started on Friday morning at 9.30 a.m. On Saturday 3 minutes before midnight, the last quickstep of the final ended. It was Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol from Germany who could do their dance of honor into Sunday morning.
4th day at the German Open Championships traditionally is the day of the final of Grand Slam Latin. The competition started on Thursday at 8.30 a.m. and the final ended a few minutes before midnight on Friday. 287 couples had started on Thursday morning. After 7 rounds the 12 adjudicators had identified the 6 finalists.
WDSF Professional Division had invited to join the Super Grand Prix Latin in Stuttgart on August 14th during the GOC. 54 couples had come. The final was dominated by 4 couples from Russian Federation, who achieved places 2, 3, 4 and 6. Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup from Denmark won the competition ahead of Andrey Zaytsev - Elizaveta Cherevichnaya from Russia.
It was the first day of this year´s German Open Championship in Stuttgart. For the first time we saw Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Danuite, Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Köhler and Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet on the same floor. And there are some more top couples. See the pictures from the event ...