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2013 WDSF Events at GOC

Auf Wiedersehen 20/08/2013

Stuttgart, GER - 13 August © Roland The "Live from Stuttgart" blog is about to get archived. Another German Open concluded with the GrandSlam Standard in a packed Beethoven Hall on Saturday - just before midnight. And what a GOC it was in 2013!

The event reached record heights when it comes to the worldwide exposure it was able to secure. Some 26,000 spectators were able to take in the action live at the venue, several hundreds of thousands watched the GrandSlam broadcasts on SWR and on Eurosport 2, and many (sometimes too many) followed the 30+ competitions online, either through the organisers' website or right here on this blog.

WDSF Communications apologises for the fact that our servers couldn't cope with the huge demand at several points on Friday and Saturday. The traffic to worlddancesport.org reached levels that made the site inacceptably slow in loading. Our IT department has taken note and is planning to switch to a cloud-based hosting in the foreseeable future.

The WDSF Communications team working on location produced a record output between 10 and 17 August. Hundreds of photographs taken by Dr Helmut Roland have been added to the Gallery.

Exactly 188 videos have been uploaded to the WDSF YouTube channels www.youtube.com/dancesporttotal and www.youtube.com/thewdsfacademy - and they have been posted here too. All these videos were recorded and edited by WDSF Communications team member Ferran Castañer. That's more than one terabyte of video content altogether!

Viewing was higher than ever: 100,000 views per day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday establish a record benchmark for GrandSlam coverage! The WDSF PD Super GrandPrix coverage peaked as well: close to 130,000 views for the two days!

The Eurosport 2 broadcasts on the GrandSlams that were produced jointly by the host broadcaster and WDSF Communications received excellent reviews and audience figures should soon become available too.

 

Segatori - Sudol, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q 19/08/2013

Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, dance the Quickstep in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

Q-qUNJeI6tw|Segatori - Sudol, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q

Zharkov - Kulikova, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q 19/08/2013

Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, dance the Quickstep in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

QCX1f3GR98I|Zharkov - Kulikova, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q

Konovaltsev - Konovaltseva, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q 19/08/2013

Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS, dance the Quickstep in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

UeIpB7Qwc9M|Konovaltsev - Konovaltseva, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo Q

Zharkov - Kulikova, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW 19/08/2013

Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, dance the Viennese Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

qxH7S4X_P7M|Zharkov - Kulikova, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW

Valeri - Kehlet, DEN | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW 19/08/2013

Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN, dance the Viennese Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

IQ_fOs3z2b4|Valeri - Kehlet, DEN | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW

Darin - Seredina, MDA | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW 19/08/2013

Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina, MDA, dance the Viennese Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

lk6DUNXs5GM|Darin - Seredina, MDA | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW

Konovaltsev - Konovaltseva, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF Q 19/08/2013

Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS, dance the Quickstep in the Semi-Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

kojC1KgLB1M|Konovaltsev - Konovaltseva, RUS | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF Q

Segatori - Sudol, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW 19/08/2013

Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, dance the Viennese Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

jFkaWsD7_u8|Segatori - Sudol, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final Solo VW

Skuratov - Uehlin, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF SF 19/08/2013

 

Anton Skuratov - Alena Uehlin, GER, dance the Slow Fox in the Semi-Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.
1Exc3AAgTyc|Skuratov - Uehlin, GER | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF SF

Darin - Seredina, MDA | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF VW 19/08/2013

Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina, MDA, dance the Viennese Waltz in the Semi-Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

03ydaVDIWJg|Darin - Seredina, MDA | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF VW

Sodeika - Zukauskaite, LTU | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF SF 19/08/2013

Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU, dance the Slow Fox in the Semi-Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Stuttgart, Germany, on August 17.

TbzpeaDUT5A|Sodeika - Zukauskaite, LTU | 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard SF SF