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IPC World Wheelchair II 06/11/2015

Wheelchair DanceSport © FIDS IPC Wheelchair DanceSport has announced the competition schedule for the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships which get underway in Rome, Italy, on Saturday 7 November.

Proceedings will get underway just after lunchtime with the athletes’ parade as part of the Opening Ceremony, where IPC Governing Board Member Miguel Sagarra will officially open the Championships.

 The action at the Bocciodromo then starts immediately with the combi Latin class 1 and 2 and will be followed by the duo standard class 1 and 2.

The evening will begin in style with the women’s single class 1 and 2, which will see the first world champions crowned since the discipline was introduced in 2014. 

The men will then take to the floor for the single freestyle class 2, before the couples return to centre stage for the combi freestyle class 1.

Sunday 8 November will begin with the combi freestyle class 2, before the men’s single class 1 and 2 rounds off the individual medal events.

The combi standard class 1 and 2 is next up where all eyes will be on the host country’s Susanna Spugnoli and new partner Francesco Galuppo. Spugnoli will try to defend the combi standard class 2 silver medal she won in 2013 with Sebastian Mureddu.

The duo Latin will then light up the dance floor for a spectacular finish to the Championships.

Around 150 dancers from 25 countries will compete for world titles between 7-8 November, including a World Championships debut for Hungary.