For the third time the WDSF World Championships Show-Dance Standard & Latin were organized by Chinese DanceSport Federation. It took place on September 7th and 8th in Beijing / China. 17 couples presented their magnificent shows. Eight couples qualified for the final rounds. Charles-Guillaume Schmitt – Elena Salikhova from Russia win the world championship show-dance with 42.19 points ahead of Simone Casula – Laura Marras from Italy (42.19 points). Third place is given to Fedor Poliansky – Dina Akhmetgareeva from Russia (40.46 points).
1st place: Charles-Guillaume Schmitt – Elena Salikhova / France
2nd place: Simone Casula – Laura Marras / Italy
3rd place: Fedor Poliansky – Dina Akhmetgareeva / Russia
4th place: Pavel Pasechnik – Marta Arndt / Germany (40.56 points)
5th place: Alberto Faccio – Giada Lini / Italy (40.31 points)
6th place: Vadim Garbuzov – Kathrin Menzinger / Austria (38.75 points)
7th place: Huang Sida – Tian Yuan / China (38.31 points)
8th place: Lukas Bartunek – Katarina Hrstkova / Czech Republic (38.19 points)
See the videos of the finalists …
Charles Gulliaume-Schmitt – Elena Kalikhova / France
Simone Casula – Laura Marras / Italy
Fedor Poliansky – Dina Akhmetgareeva / Russia
Pavel Pasechnik – Marta Arndt / Germany
Alberto Faccio – Giada Lini / Italy
Vadim Garbuzov – Kathrin Menzinger / Austria
Huang Sida – Tian Juan / China
Aka Modebadze – Gvanta Tsikhelashvili / Georgia*
(not in the final but a very nice show, set on 9th place)
* The show was taken by Ferran Castaner
See the photos of the competition in the gallery …
