Vladimir Shelomitsky - Olga Shelomitskaya, RUS, dance the first round Waltz in the 2013 GrandSlam Standard in Hong Kong, HKG, on 12 May.
Dancing started with round one at 10:00 local time this morning. 64 couples took to the floor.
Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini, ITA, dance the first round Waltz in the 2013 GrandSlam Standard in Hong Kong, HKG, on 12 May.
As expected, the scores that the adjudicators awarded in Latin were considerably lower than in Cambrils. For reference: Langella - Moshenska dropped nearly 10 points. And so did all the other finalist couples too. Whether it was the WDSF Sports Director Marco Sietas who had pointed out that awarding a 10 should indeed be well considered beforehand, or the adjudicators realising that they would soon run out of margin with too many 10s, the scale was certainly calibrated downward. We expect the trend to continue in today’s GrandSlam Standard too.
What is also noteworthy is that the “clean sweeps” – i.e. winning all five dances in a final – are no longer within easy reach, not even for the best couples. Langella – Moshenska, who seemed to dominate the other four dances at will, tied the Paso Doble with the runners-up, Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno. And a fair tie it was.
Valentin Voronov - Alina Imrekova, RUS, dance the semi-final Rumba in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Balaeva, RUS, dance the semi-final Cha Cha Cha in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA, dance the semi-final Cha Cha Cha in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Yury Simachev - Anastasia Klokotova, RUS, dance the quarterfinal round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Yury Simachev - Anastasia Klokotova, RUS, dance the quarterfinal round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Balaeva, RUS, dance the quarterfinal round Rumba in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Andrea De Angelis - Frederikke Norgaard, DEN, dance the quarterfinal round Cha Cha Cha in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.