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2013 GS Final Latin Flash | Pre-Tallinn 21/02/2014


Post-Shanghai ... Pre-Tallinn ... A brief look back at the 2013 GrandSlam Final Latin that was danced on 14 December in Shanghai, CHN.

_ahNs58Ruh0|2013 GS Final Latin Flash | Pre-Tallinn

comment By WDSF Communications on 21 February 2014 18:34

Strike in Frankfurt 21/02/2014

Frankfurt A strike by security personnel at the Frankfurt airport affects the GrandSlam Standard of tomorrow in as far as that the main European hub to Tallinn seems to be at least partially down for the day.

Several judges and participating couples called in from Frankfurt, saying that their flights had been cancelled and their journeys to Estonia postponed until tomorrow.

Between WDSF Sports Director Marco Sietas and organiser Ivo Kappet a postponement of round one by several hours is already being discussed.

And since the WDSF Communications team does not have a live broadcast schedule to respect this weekend, we say: "No problem!"

comment By WDSF Communications on 21 February 2014 16:39

On Air Promotion 21/02/2014

The Tallinn organisers promoted the upcoming GrandSlam by putting in an appearance in the evening programme of the Estonian Television yesterday. Another one is scheduled for Tallinn TV today!

KKbPOjt0XxY|2014 GrandSlam Tallinn | On Air Promotion

comment By WDSF Communications on 21 February 2014 16:34

Not Entirely Without Controversy ... 21/02/2014

Ice Dancing © IOC Over the past few days we looked at the judging system that is used by the International Skating Union (ISU) for the evaluation and scoring of figure skating performances.

Adjudicators Anonymous

While some journalists, and presumably experts, expressed their disagreement with the final results in the team and the ice dance events already, last night's win of Adeline Sotnikova, RUS, in the women's free skate saw the media up their tone and speak of "home field inflation" or worse.

Possible conflicts of interest and the lack of accountability for the nine judges were pointed out in media reports around the world.

Sydney Morning Herald: IOC PLays Down Skating Controversy

As DanceSport emulates the ISU evaluation process and uses a system that is virtually identical when it comes to the judging of programme components (except for the public accountability of adjudicators) WDSF should continue to monitor the post-Sochi discussions in this matter closely.

comment By WDSF Communications on 21 February 2014 11:43

Where Are …? 21/02/2014

Sergey Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva © Römling A number of couples that the organisers and everybody else here in Tallinn, EST, had expected to compete in the upcoming GrandSlam are MIA. At the very least, they are not yet on the starting list ... 

With late entries still trickling in, according to chief organiser Ivo Kappet, there is still hope that some of them might show up at the last minute.

When it comes to "Air Konovaltsev" and WDSF ranking competitions, Sergey and Olga were last seen at the GrandSlam Finals in Shanghai, CHN, in December.

Where are …? Where are …?

comment By WDSF Communications on 21 February 2014 09:57

For The Avoidance of Any Doubt ... 18/02/2014

Live from Tallinn, EST We just received a phone call from Ivo Kappet, Vice President of the Estonian DanceSport Association and chief organiser of the GrandSlam in Tallinn, advising us that we had Saturday's and Sunday's programmes mixed up. This has been corrected instantly in the previous posts and, for the avoidance of any doubt, we confirm once more:

  • GrandSlam Standard on Saturday 22 February
  • GrandSlam Latin on Sunday 23 February

We apologise to Ivo for getting his blood pressure und pulse rate up unnecessarily - ahead of the weekend - and to the followers for causing confusion.

comment By WDSF Communications on 18 February 2014 15:13

Starting List | Standard 18/02/2014

Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN © Jochen Römling We can only hope that the preliminary starting list for the GrandSlam Standard to be danced on Saturday in Tallinn, EST, is merely testimony to the fact that humans are procrastinators.

Seriously, quite a number of big names are missing. And 46 couples is hardly enough for a competition of this caliber.

Let's hope that the organisers will get flooded by late entries over the coming days, and that come Sunday the first round will need to get danced in six heats or more!

Only five days left for a last-minute registration!


Here are the 46 couples registered as of 16 February.






1

Ergo

Lükk

Baile

Orb

Estonia

2

Simone

Carabellese

Lucia

Cafagna

Italy

3

Denis

Molkov

Natalia

Osyko

Russia

4

Evgeny

Nikitin

Dana

Spitsyna

Russia

5

Dumitru

Doga

Sarah

Ertmer

Germany

6

Artem

Terekhov

Anna

Aseeva

Russia

7

Sergey

Ternovskikh

Valeria

Afanasieva

Russia

8

Pasquale

Farina

Sofie

Koborg

Denmark

9

Alexey

Glukhov

Anastasia

Glazunova

Russia

10

Victor

Burchuladze

Katerina

Kalish

Russia

11

Jonni

Peltola

Saara

Sokura

Finland

12

Jordi

Fabrega

Maria

Pomar

Spain

13

Daniil

Ulanov

Kateryna

Isakovych

Ukraine

14

Valentin

Lusin

Renata

Busheeva

Germany

15

Ivan

Novikov

Margarita

Klimenko

Kazachstan

16

Wan

Man Ho Gordon

Tang

Lok Yiu Yobilia

Hong Kong

17

Liu

Kai Sum Sam

Liu

Wan Hin

Hong Kong

18

Marco

Bevilacqua

Monika

Pedersen

Italy

19

Alexey

Barkov

Anna

Grishchenko

Russia

20

Andrey

Sergunin

Alina

Glazkova

Russia

21

Vadim

Shurin

Anastasia

Meshkova

Russia

22

Sergey

Avenirov

Margarita

Angudovich

Russia

23

Leonid

Khokhlov

Alexandra

Shoshneva

Russia

24

Ivan

Novikov

Anna

Barbacheva

Russia

25

Vaidotas

Lacitis

Veronika

Golodneva

Lithuania

26

Xavi

Fonolla Sopena

Rutt

Metusala

Spain

27

Miha

Vodicar

Nadiya

Bychkova

Slovenia

28

Kirin

Vasily

Prozorova

Ekaterina

Austria

29

Ran

Mo

Jie

Zhou

PR China

30

Jaak

Vainomaa

Taina

Savikurki

Finland

31

Edgaras

Baltaragis

Indre

Kucinskaite

Lithuania

32

Dmitry

Stoborov

Ekaterina

Krysanova

Russia

33

Edgars

Linis

Eliza

Ancane

Latvia

34

Matteo

Del Gaone

Kristiina

Reinfeldt

Estonia

35

Artem

Gaylit

Elizaveta

Shibaeva

Belarus

36

Karolis

Tarasevicius

Eidvile

Jonikaite

Lithuania

37

Krists

Ciapas

Anna

Andreicuka

Latvia

38

Tomas

Fainsil

Patricija

Belousova

Lithuania

39

Yury

Petrov

Yana

Kozhukhar'

Ukraine

40

Nikolay

Darin

Natalia

Seredina

Moldova

41

Bevilacqua

Marco

Monika

Pedersen

Italy

42

Doremidov

Andrey

Syvaoja

Henni

Finland

43

Andrey

Doremidov

Henni

Syväoja

Finalnd

44

Francesco

Galuppo

Debora

Pacini

Italy

45

Dominykas

Granskas

Kotryna

Petrosiute

Lithuania

46

Dmitry

Zharkov

Olga

Kulikova

Russia

comment By WDSF Communications on 18 February 2014 12:01

Starting List | Latin 18/02/2014

Berlin, GER - 30 November © Roland Below is the preliminary starting list for Sunday's GrandSlam Latin in Tallinn, EST.

So far, 54 couples have entered. From the GrandSlam Latin Final in Shanghai it is Marius-Andrei Balan - Nina Bezzubova, GER, who are the highest placed couple (4th) not yet on the list.

With the second GrandSlam Latin leg taking place in Hong Kong, on 31 May,  it is good to see that four couples from there have travelled to Estonia.

1

Alan

Cragnolini

Mari-Liis

Mets

Estonia

2

Maksim

Stepanov

Kristina

Morozjuk

Estonia

3

Roman

Mikin

Tatiana

Voylokova

Russia

4

Sergey

Ternovskikh

Valeria

Afanasieva

Russia

5

Vincenzo

Mariniello

Sara

Casini

Italy

6

Armen

Tsaturyan

Svetlana

Gudyno

Russia

7

Aliaksei

Parashchanka

Marharyta

Zauyalava

Belrarus

8

Filip

Karasek

Sabina

Karaskova

Czech Republic

9

Laszlo

Kalmar

Kastanja

Rauhala

Finland

10

Victor

Burchuladze

Katerina

Kalish

Russia

11

Roman

Gerbey

Vera

Bondareva

Ukraine

12

Jonni

Peltola

Saara

Sokura

Finland

13

Vladimir

Kopriva

Lenka

Stixova

Czech Republic

14

Aniello

Langella

Khrystyna

Moshenska

Italy

15

Yury

Simachev

Anastasia

Klokotova

Russia

16

Alexandr

Shmonin

Maria

Kolmakova

Russia

17

Andrey

Kiselev

Anastasia

Balaeva

Russia

18

Wan

Man Ho Gordon

Tang

Lok Yiu Yobilia

Hong Kong

19

Liu

Kai Sum Sam

Liu

Wan Hin

Hong Kong

20

Au Yeung

Yiu

Ip

Chi Tung

Hong Kong

21

Lam

Ho Ming

Li

Hiu Tung

Hong Kong

22

Evgeny

Urazgildeev

Anna

Sozina

Russia

23

Anton

Aldaev

Natalia

Polukhina

Russia

24

Marharyta

Zauyalava

Aliaksei

Parashchanka

Belarus

25

Anton

Semenov

Svetalana

Sovetchenko

Russia

26

Kristijan

Burazer

Martina

Plohl

Slovenia

27

Alexey

Smolyaninov

Oona

Oinas

Finland

28

Umberto

Gaudino

Louise

Heise

Denmark

29

Salvatore

Bellavita

Tina

Bazykina

Albania

30

Aleksander

Makushev

Kristiina

Prants

Estonia

31

Sebastian

Saarinen

Anniina

Koivuniemi

Finland

32

Anton

Ermolenko

Ellina

Lebyodkina

Estonia

33

Marts

Smolko

Viktorija

Puhovika

Latvia

34

Xavi

Fonolla Sopena

Rutt

Metusala

Spain

35

Miha

Vodicar

Nadiya

Bychkova

Slovenia

36

Pugachev

Dmitry

Glukhova

Daria

Russia

37

Jaak

Vainomaa

Taina

Savikurki

Finland

38

Edgaras

Baltaragis

Indre

Kucinskaite

Lithuania

39

Nikolay

Mikadze

Yana

Novikova

Russia

40

Charles-Guillaume

Schmitt

Elena

Salikhova

France

41

Gabriele

Goffredo

Anna

Matus

Moldova

42

Artem

Gaylit

Elizaveta

Shibaeva

Belarus

43

Konstantin

Gorodilov

Dominika

Bergmannova

Estonia

44

Anton

Koznov

Svetlana

Koznova

Russia

45

Pavel

Pasechnik

Marta

Arndt

Germany

46

Leonid

Tishkin

Ekaterina

Sharanova

Russia

47

Kirill

Kartavtsev

Evgeniya

Golikova

Russia

48

Marius

Mince

Lina

Jukneviciute

Lithuania

49

Nikita

Evstafiev

Elizaveta

Demianova

Russia

50

Doremidov

Andrey

Syvaoja

Henni

Finland

51

Andrey

Doremidov

Henni

Syväoja

Finalnd

52

Artem

Semerenko

Maria

Kamenskaya

Russia

53

Denis

Kikhtenko

Galina

Akopian

Russia

54

Koznov

Anton

Koznova

Svetlana

Russia



comment By WDSF Communications on 18 February 2014 09:42

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