49 couples from 27 countries had come to Dresden to join this year`s World Championship Senior I Standard. The two favourite couples for the title had an exciting combat during the final. The decision was made in the last dance, the quickstep. Titleholder Tassilo and Sabine Lax achieved 1,2,1,2,1,1,4,2,5 while Stefano Bernardini and Stefania Martellini attained 2,1,2,1,4,2,1,1,3. That`s life. There is only one winner. Congratulations to both couples for an excellent performance during this competition.
After the prize presentation, Tassilo and Sabine disclosed to change to WDSF Professional Division immediately. They plan to join the WDSF PD World Championship Senior 1 on November 10th in Italy.
World Champions Senior 1 Standard: Stefano Bernardini – Stefania Martellini / Italy
Runners-up: Tassilo Lax – Sabine Lax / Germany
3rd place: Zdenek Pribyl – Lenka Pribylova / Czech Republic
The finalists …
4th place: Alexandr Vanchugin – Oxana Skripnik / Russian Federation
5th place: Rodrigue Vieux – Adriana Teoli / France
6th place: Pierre Payen – Isabelle Reyjal / France
See the video of the final rounds …
See more pictures at the gallery …