Branislav Šoltýs - Emília Scherfelová, SVK, dance the Rumba in round one of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Youth Latin in Chengdu, CHN, on 13 July.
Arthur Ankerstein - Vivien Kreiter, GER, dance the Samba in round one of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Youth Latin in Chengdu, CHN, on 13 July.
At first, the presence of about a dozen video cameramen around the floor here at the the Shuangliu Sports Centre in Chengdu, CHN, surprised everyone at WDSF Communications. Then it was discovered - virtually by accident - that some of them are involved in the production of a live webcast of everything that gets danced at the venue today. In any case, the first rounds of the World Youth Latin and the World Open Standard were streamed in real time.
We don't have an embedding code, but we have the link. And we have verified that the stream is available outside of China too.Petro Pasha - Alexandra Koldan, UKR, dance the Samba in round one of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Youth Latin in Chengdu, CHN, on 13 July.
Lam Hin Hong - Chloe Ho, HKG, dance the Samba in round one of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Youth Latin in Chengdu, CHN, on 13 July.
Matti Kaksonen - Silja Rantala, FIN, dance the Samba in round one of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Youth Latin in Chengdu, CHN, on 13 July.
For the World Youth Latin participants the day started with the bus transfer from the hotel to the championship venue at 10 a.m. local time. These transfers are legendary and were reported on in last year's "Live from Chengdu" blog already.
Here is the starting list for today's World Youth Latin. 65 couples representing 36 countries and territories have been accredited by their Member Bodies. That is down from last year's participation. 70 couples danced for the World Youth Latin title in Beijing, CHN, in Spetember 2012.
1 |
Vladislav Tammi |
Diana Gavrilova |
EST |
2 |
Kaspar Karumaa |
Nele-Nataly Metsis |
EST |
3 |
Herchelle Slee |
Paxton Simons |
RSA |
4 |
Keenan McClune |
Michaela Loots |
RSA |
5 |
Juraj Matisek |
Zuzana Fašková |
SVK |
6 |
Branislav Šoltýs |
Emília Scherfelová |
SVK |
7 |
Vadim Lehmann |
Maria Kleinschmidt |
GER |
8 |
Arthur Ankerstein |
Vivien Kreiter |
GER |
9 |
Brynjar Bjornsson |
Perla Steingrimsdottir |
ISL |
10 |
Magnus E. Halldorsson |
Anita Hlin Gudnadottir |
ISL |
11 |
Lucas Felici |
Lisa Laffargue |
FRA |
12 |
Mehdi Lambarki |
Charlène Meysonnier |
FRA |
13 |
Renato Bras |
Adriana Bras |
POR |
14 |
Alessandro Painsi |
Fabienne Urschinger |
AUT |
15 |
Matthias Fencak |
Diana Bykova |
AUT |
16 |
Lorenzo Sica |
Vanesa Maneva |
BUL |
17 |
Natans Katkovskis |
Elizaveta Manija |
LAT |
18 |
Arturs Voitsehovichs |
Anastasija Golubtsova |
LAT |
19 |
Oskar Dziedzic |
Klaudia Iwańska |
POL |
20 |
Mateusz Kieszek |
Anna Wałachowska |
POL |
21 |
Pavlov Nikita |
Palyey Dariia |
RUS |
22 |
Lam-Viri Anton |
Ilina Anna |
RUS |
23 |
Sergejus Skripcenko |
Marija Kozhuhar |
LTU |
24 |
Mantas Kirvelis |
Goda Siugzdinyte |
LTU |
25 |
Petro Pasha |
Alexandra Koldan |
UKR |
26 |
Mesropyan Artur |
Kobzar Karolina |
UKR |
27 |
Mihaivlad Paraschiv |
Aniela Illes |
ROU |
28 |
Miculescu Ionut |
Andra Pacurar |
ROU |
29 |
Briant Leytman |
Nino Dzneladze |
USA |
30 |
Stanislav Pavlov |
Jessica Karpishin |
USA |
31 |
Lam Hin Hong |
Ho Chloe |
HKG |
32 |
Liu Kai Sum Sam |
Liu Wan Hin |
HKG |
33 |
Marcel Vodenik |
Naja Dolenc |
SLO |
34 |
Miha Žerjav |
Valeriya Musina |
SLO |
36 |
Giulio Ferrante |
Lidia Martinez |
ESP |
37 |
Michel Finkelchtein |
Diana Proskurina |
CAN |
38 |
Winson Tam |
Anastasia Novikov |
CAN |
39 |
Mazzuferi Sandro |
Giordani Flora |
ITA |
40 |
Ishkabilov Eldor |
Malinovskaya Valeria |
UZB |
41 |
Romanov Mansur |
Kan Veronika |
UZB |
42 |
Zecir Kasumic |
Enisa Durmo |
BIH |
43 |
Jonni Peltola |
Kastanja Rauhala |
FIN |
44 |
Matti Kaksonen |
Silja Rantala |
FIN |
45 |
Mikhail Dezhurov |
Yelena Borovskaya |
KAZ |
46 |
Ayan Zhumatayev |
Liya Kazbekova |
KAZ |
47 |
Yuki Abe |
Madoka Minagawa |
JAP |
48 |
Kento Ebihara |
Natsumi Tokuno |
JAP |
49 |
András Katona, |
Klára Kovács |
HUN |
50 |
TaeKyun Gu |
SoHyun Kim |
KOR |
51 |
DeokYoung Kim |
GaYeon Cho |
KOR |
52 |
Alexandru Birca |
Ekaterina Vyalshina |
MDA |
53 |
Marius Valcu |
Diana Cojocar |
MDA |
54 |
Ignjat Filipovic |
Pavlina Doubravova |
SRB |
55 |
Tam Ka Pan |
Vong Weng Lam |
Macau |
56 |
Lao U Tou |
Ng Iok San |
Macau |
58 |
Egor Kondratenko |
Mie Lincke Funch |
DEN |
59 |
Hans Christian Kogsbøll |
Charlotte Winding Larsen |
DEN |
60 |
Siarohin Artsiom |
Abrazhevich Volha |
BLR |
61 |
Artyom Liaskovsky |
Liana Odikadze |
ISR |
62 |
Fafael Fleishman |
Lika Abidor |
ISR |
63 |
Olive Cabriele |
Scintv Anna |
ITA |
64 |
Sun Yibo |
Xu Qiangzi |
CHN |
65 |
Ju Yi |
Shen Qian |
CHN |
The blog, the videos and all the other coverage you will get to enjoy here over the coming days would not have been possible without the generous support of a friendly company!
WDSF Communications would have had to scrub the World Youth Latin this year. The World Games in Cali and the WDSF World DanceSport Games in Kaohsiung are draining the budget allocations! To produce a blog of this kind in Asia costs around 3,000 € ... Enter a friend!
It is a company that offered to cover airfare as well as hotel of the team that will produce the 2013 World Youth Latin coverage here in Chengdu!
Many thanks!