What made this 2011 World Standard final so compelling was the parity between all six couples. Even in the semi-final, the general level of performance was such that many watching on were hard pressed to narrow the field down to six. Here are the Viennese Waltzes by the finalists who didn't make the podium.
The six finalists dance the group Viennese Waltz in the 2011 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Here are the three medallists with their interpretations of Doris Day's "Que sera, sera ..." in the solos.
The new World Champions in Standard lived through some very emotional moments in Moscow, RUS. Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet, DEN, won their title in a sporting competition that had all the proper ingredients: the surprise, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat ... Many say it was one of the best World Championships ever!
Kosaty Marek - Glazik Paulina, POL, dance Round 2 of the 2011 Woprld Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Zharkov Dmitry - Kulikova Olga, RUS, dance the first round of the 2011 World Standard in Moscow, RUS.
The WDSF Communications team has once more a massive backlog of edited clips that will need to be uploaded to the blog in the next hours and days.
Throughout today, all emphasis was put on the live stream coming out of the Crocus Expo, the exhibition and convention centre here in Moscow. That left very limited resources and bandwith for the uploading of clips. We'll continue with that tomorrow morning.
We have a few other things planned for tomorrow as well and we call it a night. We hope you have enjoyed it. Thanks for following! Return tomorrow!
Todaro Salvatore - Yaneva Violeta, BUL, dance the first round in the 2011 World Standard in Moscow.
Galuppo Francesco - Pacini Debora, ITA, dance round 2 of the 2011 World Standard in Moscow.
Who said that there are hardly ever real surprises in DanceSport. Well, we have just had one today. Benedetto Ferruggia and Claudia Koehler, GER, fell short of their ambitious goal to win the World Champion title for the third consecutive time. After the final tally of the marks, the runners-up in the 2010 edition of the World Standard came in first this time around.
Some people here in Moscow say that it was one of the tightest competitions ever. The experts felt that they would have had a very hard time to make the call, that they saw two opposing styles clash on the parquet, and that they are in agreement with the verdict of the panel of Adjudicators.
Since many more experts will likely comment over the coming days, WDSF Communications limits itself to simply publish the final standings of the Top Six!
1. | 74 | Emanuel Valeri / Tania Kehlet | Denmark |
2. | 27 | Benedetto Ferruggia / Claudia Koehler | Germany |
3. | 64 | Simone Segatori / Annette Sudol | Germany |
4. | 39 | Sergei Konovaltsev / Olga Konovaltseva | Russian Federation |
5. | 40 | Marek Kosaty / Paulina Glazik | Poland |
6. | 80 | Dmitry Zharkov / Olga Kulikova | Russian Federation |
7 |
49 |
Moshenin Evgeny |
_ |
Favero Genny |
Italy |
8 |
71 |
Todaro Salvatore |
_ |
Yaneva Violeta |
Bulgaria |
9 |
29 |
Galuppo Francesco |
_ |
Pacini Debora |
Italy |
9 |
66 |
Sodeika Evaldas |
_ |
Zukauskaite Ieva |
Lithuania |
11 |
16 |
Bitsch Bjorn |
_ |
Williamson Ashli |
Denmark |
11 |
62 |
Sadecki Andrzej |
_ |
Nawrot Karina |
Poland |
We will have us a repeat of last year's final in the World Standard. As in Wetzlar, there is double representation of Germany and Russia plus one couple each from Poland and Denmark.
27 |
Ferruggia Benedetto |
_ |
Koehler Claudia |
Germany |
39 |
Konovaltsev Sergei |
_ |
Konovaltseva Olga |
Russian Federation |
40 |
Kosaty Marek |
_ |
Glazik Paulina |
Poland |
64 |
Segatori Simone |
_ |
Sudol Annette |
Germany |
74 |
Valeri Emanuel |
_ |
Kehlet Tania |
Denmark |
80 |
Zharkov Dmitry |
_ |
Kulikova Olga |
Russian Federation |
The Final starts in twenty minutes at 20:30 CEST!
Hirvonen Markus and Hirvonen Mariia, FIN, dance the second round of the World Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Rosy and Leo on 01 November 2011 22:07
Emanuel and Tania,
congratulation for your ViKtory...
You are the new World Champions in Standard
We are agree with this result, because your dancing is more and more superior of your German competitors...
Already last year your dancing was better than Ferruggia&Koehler one, but this year you were FANTASTIC !!!!
We wish you well !!!!
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john on 03 November 2011 11:55
i agree as well.
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