Helmut Roland
Third day of Finland Open was dominated by WDSF Grand Slam Latin. 93 couples had come to Helsinki. It was the last major dance sport event before the WDSF European Championships Latin, which will be held in Aarhus / Denmark on March 28th this year. Only five month ago two finalists of the world championships latin had changed partners. Read more ...
Finland Open 2015 steps the stage for the first leg of WDSF Grand Slam competitions this year on March 7th at Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Center. 90 couples joined the competition. For the couples it seems to be a kind of rehearsal for the European Championship Standard, which will be held in Cambrils/Spain this year on April 4th. And the results are ...
China DanceSport Open & China City DanceSport Open set the stage also for the 4th WDSF Grand Slam Standard competition 2014. Seventy-nine couples had come to the Wuhan Sports Center on September 14th. The top standard couples had come to Wuhan to match with the rival only two month before the World Championships Standard, which will take place in Vienna / Austria this year. And the winner of the Grand Slam Standard is ...
The fourth WDSF Grand Slam competitions of the year took place in Wuhan / China on September 13th and 14th. Eighty-four latin couples from all over the world had come to Wuhan Sports Center this weekend to joins the Grand Slam Latin. At the end Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska from Italy won the Grand Slam Latin.
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.
The first reel of the WDSF Grand Slam Latin 2014 series started with 59 couples in Tallinn / Estonia on February 23rd. The top four couples from last World Championship in December in Berlin had come to Tallinn. Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska from Italy unchallenged won the competition with 198,43 points out of a maximum of 200,00 points. No doubt, this was outstanding. But what about the other couples?
The WDSF Grand Slam 2014 series of major competitions started in Tallinn / Estonia this year on 22nd and 23rd of February. 47 couples were on the starting list at the end. Unfortunately some of the top couples were not available this weekend. A few couples did not arrive due to the strike in Frankfurt / Germany on Friday. Nevertheless there was a great atmosphere among the competitors and we saw excellent dance sport this weekend. Look at the pictures and the video of the final ...
The WDSF Grand Slam Standard and Latin took place during 3rd Beijing International DanceSport Open in China on September 7th and 8th. In standard section 67 couples competed for the win at Ditan gymnasium in Beijing. At the end Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet from Denmark achieved first place ahead of Simone Segatori & Annette Sudol from Germany, who attained runner-up position. Third place was given to Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova from Russian Federation.
The WDSF Grand Slam Standard and Latin took place during 3rd Beijing International DanceSport Open in China on September 7th and 8th. In latin section 81 couples competed for the win. Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno from Russian Federation achieved 1st place ahead of Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salkhova from France. 3rd place was given to Timur Imametdinov - Ekaterina Nikolaeva from Russian Federation.