Helmut Roland
2017 German Open Championships in Stuttgart / Germany set the stage for the 4th leg of WDSF Grand Slam Standard. 242 couples attended the competition. Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova from Russian Federation achieved 1st place ahead of Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol from Germany, who won runners-up position. 3rd place was given to Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite from Lithuania.
10th August: it is Grand Slam Latin time in Stuttgart at the German Open Championships. 272 couples have come to compete. In the evening of the next day the six couples have qualified for the final. Winners are Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus from Moldova followed by Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska from Germany, who achieve runners-up position. Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova from Germany win 3rd place.
Another highlight of this years German Open Championships was the WDSF Grand Slam Standard competition, which was started on Friday, August 12th. 227 couples had come to participate the Grand Slam Standard. The final rounds were the highlight on Saturday evening. Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol from Germany won the competition ahead of Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite from Lithuania, who achieved runner-up position. Third place was given to another couple from Lithuania, Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva.
It took 2 days to qualify the six couples for the final rounds at this years WDSF Grand Slam Latin during German Open Championships in Stuttgart / Germany. 262 couples participated the competition. At the end Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus from Moldova won the Grand Slam ahead of runner-up Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska from Germany and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova from Germany, who achieved third place.
They are back! Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol from Germany won the WDSF Grand Slam Standard in Hongkong. We saw a most exciting competition due to the struggle between Simone/Annette and Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova from Russian Federation. Simone/Annette won the Waltz, Dmitry/Olga the Tango, Simone/ Annette the Vienna Waltz and Dmitry/Olga the Slow Foxtrott. So the Quickstep was the dance to decide the competition ...
Third leg of this year`s Grand Slam Series took place from June 4th - 5th in Hongkong. 65 couples joined the Grand Slam Latin. McPherson Stadium in the centre of the old city was perfectly prepared as competition venue. Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus from Moldova won all five dances ahead of Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno from Russian Federation, who achieved runner-up position. Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska from Germany achieved third place.
It is the third day of Finnish Open Championships in Helsinki: Time for the Grand Slam Latin today. 92 couples joined the competition. At the end Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus from Moldova won the Grand Slam Latin. Runners up position was taken by Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno from Russian Federation.
Finland Open Championships 2016 in Helsinki set the stage for the start of the Grand Slam series this year. 94 couples had come to Helsinki to join the first leg of 2016 Grand Slam series. The audience followed the finals with great excitement watching the duell between Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol.
Saturday night at the 29th German Open is the time for WDSF Grand Slam decisions. The competition was startet on Friday with 258 couples. After seven rounds the six finalists are identified. There was an exciting fight between Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol from Germany and Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova from Russian Federation. At the end ...
Friday, August 14th, was the day of decision in WDSF Grand Slam Latin in Stuttgart / Germany. 314 couples on Thursday had started the completion, which was continued on Friday with the 2nd round. After seven rounds the six finalists were identified. Here are the results ...