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Round Three Qualified 29/10/2011

As you have been watching rounds 1 and 2 live on our blog - courtesy of InterDance - you must be wondering wh'll be dancing the quarterfinal. Well, here are the 24 couples.

Qualified For Quarterfinal - Top 24

14

Belyayev Anton

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Popova Antoaneta

Canada

16

Bitsch Bjorn

_

Williamson Ashli

Denmark

22

Dvorak Martin

_

Silhanova Zuzana

Czech Republic

27

Ferruggia Benedetto

_

Koehler Claudia

Germany

29

Galuppo Francesco

_

Pacini Debora

Italy

34

Hirvonen Markus

_

Hirvonen Mariia

Finland

39

Konovaltsev Sergei

_

Konovaltseva Olga

Russian Federation

40

Kosaty Marek

_

Glazik Paulina

Poland

41

Kralj Matej

_

Kralj Spela

Slovenia

42

Lacitis Vaidotas

_

Golodneva Veronika

Lithuania

43

Liiv Andres

_

Vaha Kristin

Estonia

49

Moshenin Evgeny

_

Favero Genny

Italy

51

Motyl Andrey

_

Korotina Diana

Estonia

59

Petrov Yuri

_

Kozhukhar Yana

Ukraine

60

Portanenko Stanislav

_

Kolyada Nataliya

Ukraine

61

Rogovenko Andrejs

_

Voroncuka Anna

Latvia

62

Sadecki Andrzej

_

Nawrot Karina

Poland

64

Segatori Simone

_

Sudol Annette

Germany

66

Sodeika Evaldas

_

Zukauskaite Ieva

Lithuania

71

Todaro Salvatore

_

Yaneva Violeta

Bulgaria

74

Valeri Emanuel

_

Kehlet Tania

Denmark

76

Vodicar Miha

_

Bychkova Nadiya

Slovenia

79

Zabystrzan Petr

_

Mihalikova Monika

Czech Republic

80

Zharkov Dmitry

_

Kulikova Olga

Russian Federation

We will now start to upload our recordings of earlier today, with the aim of keeping you entertained and informed. Over the coming hours you'll get to watch Round 1 and 2 performances - plus a few interviews with the contenders, with trainers and whomever else we can convince to speak up in front of our camera. Stay tuned!

Pre-World ITV: Sadecki Andrzej - Nawrot Karina, POL 29/10/2011

Heidi Goetz interviews Team Poland II, Sadecki Andrzej - Nawrot Karina, ahead of the first round this morning.

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Not Dancing Round Two 29/10/2011

The couples in the list below will not proceed to round two. For them the World Standard is over, as they placed from 49th in the order of their listing.

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Varga Istvan

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Pilic Gabriela

Croatia

11

Arnold Stephen

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Szmit Karolina

England

17

Borivskyi Iurii

_

Jackowska Kaja

Sweden

54

Nukina Tsuyoshi

_

Shibahara Mariko

Japan

38

Knezevic Ivan

_

Zogovic Milena

Serbia

52

Mureddu Sebastian

_

Ferraro Melissa

Belgium

19

Chauveau Ludovic

_

Lozingue Laura

France

44

Lugmayr Philipp

_

Kubouschek Gisela

Austria

70

Tepavicharov German

_

Kukonova Stela

Bulgaria

26

Fabrega Jordi

_

Pomar Maria

Spain

50

Mostert Jan willem

_

Kraus Kendra kim alicia

The Netherlands

78

Yoshikawa Ryo

_

Ishii Ema

Japan

47

Millward Christopher

_

Bennett Victoria

England

30

Geldenhuys Chad

_

Wildeman Chante

South Africa

67

Stalder Mark

_

Julia Dreier

Switzerland

20

Costa Sergio

_

Almeida Anna-rita

Portugal

25

Evans Philip

_

Evans Gaynor

Wales

28

Foy Robert

_

Evans Lesley ann

Wales

35

Julius Adrian

_

Bowman Suzan

South Africa

37

Kjartansson Magnus

_

Halldorsdottir Elisabet

Iceland

45

Maekh Davy

_

Jakers Bianca

Belgium

48

Mladenovic Boris

_

Mladenovic Sonja

Serbia

72

Tolmachev Ruslan

_

Kosyanenko Aleksandra

Azerbaidjan

World Standard Photography 29/10/2011

2011 WDSF World Standard @ Roland WDSF Communications team member Helmut Roland is taking photographs during the early rounds of this World Standard. For the final round, he will change his still for a state-of-the-art HD video camera and record the world's best alongside the other expert videographer, Ferran Castañer. We will upload more of Helmut's photographs to the Gallery shortly.

 

 

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Qualified Directly For Round Two 29/10/2011

72 couples have danced the first round. 36 are on call for the redance - which, according to our schedule, is about to start any moment - and 36 can kick back and relax. They have qualified directly for round 2. Here are the lucky ones!

Qualified Round 2 - 36 Couples

14

Belyayev Anton

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Popova Antoaneta

Canada

15

Bergeon Alekhis

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Rivier Joanna

France

16

Bitsch Bjorn

_

Williamson Ashli

Denmark

18

Campigotto Paolo

_

Petre Alina

Romania

21

Dulebenets Egor

_

Samorodskaya Aleksandra

Belarus

22

Dvorak Martin

_

Silhanova Zuzana

Czech Republic

23

Esperon Adrian

_

Martinez Patricia

Spain

27

Ferruggia Benedetto

_

Koehler Claudia

Germany

29

Galuppo Francesco

_

Pacini Debora

Italy

34

Hirvonen Markus

_

Hirvonen Mariia

Finland

36

Kazyra Artsiom

_

Veslova Anastasia

Belarus

39

Konovaltsev Sergei

_

Konovaltseva Olga

Russian Federation

40

Kosaty Marek

_

Glazik Paulina

Poland

41

Kralj Matej

_

Kralj Spela

Slovenia

42

Lacitis Vaidotas

_

Golodneva Veronika

Lithuania

43

Liiv Andres

_

Vaha Kristin

Estonia

49

Moshenin Evgeny

_

Favero Genny

Italy

51

Motyl Andrey

_

Korotina Diana

Estonia

55

Ozols Ilmars

_

Dmitrijeva Santa

Latvia

56

Paris Francesco

_

Driker Natalia

Canada

58

Pavlik Robert

_

Brecikova Simona

Slovakia

59

Petrov Yuri

_

Kozhukhar Yana

Ukraine

60

Portanenko Stanislav

_

Kolyada Nataliya

Ukraine

61

Rogovenko Andrejs

_

Voroncuka Anna

Latvia

62

Sadecki Andrzej

_

Nawrot Karina

Poland

63

Schavel David

_

Bilkovicova Barbara

Slovakia

64

Segatori Simone

_

Sudol Annette

Germany

66

Sodeika Evaldas

_

Zukauskaite Ieva

Lithuania

68

Stepanov Sergey

_

Cej Helena

Israel

69

Szepesi Jozsef

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Farkas Bettina

Hungary

71

Todaro Salvatore

_

Yaneva Violeta

Bulgaria

73

Vainionpaa Sami

_

Styf Merje

Finland

74

Valeri Emanuel

_

Kehlet Tania

Denmark

76

Vodicar Miha

_

Bychkova Nadiya

Slovenia

79

Zabystrzan Petr

_

Mihalikova Monika

Czech Republic

80

Zharkov Dmitry

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Kulikova Olga

Russian Federation

Pre-World: Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN 29/10/2011

As the 2011 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Standard is getting underway in Moscow, we post the small backlog of pre-event interviews that were recorded last night. Prof Helmut Roland caught up with Emanuel and Tania when they checked out the floor.

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ROC: All Day, All Styles, All Ages 29/10/2011

2011 ROC WDSF Communications can count on the help of InterDance in the production of coverage on the 2011 World Standard. The player in the top tier of this blog provides our followers with a permanent live stream from the venue, the Crocus Expo in Moscow. At this very moment (11:00 CEST) the live signal is on the World Standard but throughout the day covers all the other events (International Open Latin, etc.) as well.

The unique set-up allows you to watch all the action of the Russian Open and to follow the 2011 World Standard minute-by-minute with an even greater variety of angles on every round.

Another novelty for this blog: YOU may COMMENT on any post - even on the live stream - without the need to register yourself first. As YOU are taking advantage of this change in policy, WDSF Communications wishes to remind YOU that profanity, insults and abusive language have no place on this blog!

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WDSF Communications would like to thank InterDance for allowing to embed their live stream on the Official Championship Blog!

A Matter Of Scale 28/10/2011

You think that you have been to huge competitions, seen spacious venues, met fellow dancers by the thousands? Then you have either been to the German Open or danced the Russian Open yourself.

This ROC is of a magnitude that nearly compares with that of Stuttgart. WDSF Communications is still trying to find out just how many couples are dancing in the different competitions at the Crocus Expo, the international exhibition and convention centre in Moscow. Heidi Goetz took a few photographs with her iPhone to give you an idea of the scale of things here.

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Some information regarding the Opens Latin and Standard we have received: more than 400 couples in each, both extend over two days, and participation is approximately 75% Russian.

72 Couples | 40 Countries 28/10/2011

72 couples representing 40 nations - and, politically correct, some territories among them - will be dancing the first round tomorrow. That is down slightly from the 2010 edition of the World Standard in Wetzlar, GER. All six of last year's finalists are in Moscow, again with highest ambitions.

Official Starting List

1

ANTONIO MICHELI - EKATERINA MAKSIMOVA

AUS

2

MARKUS HACKL - STEFANIE KRAUSZ

AUT

3

PHILIPP LUGMAYR - GISELA KUBOUSCHEK

AUT

4

RUSLAN TOLMACHEV - ALEKSANDRA KOSYANENKO

AZE

5

EGOR DULEBENETS - ALEKSANDRA SAMORODSKAYA

BLR

6

ARTSIOM KAZYRA - ANASTASIA VESLOVA

BLR

7

DAVY MAEX - JAKERS BIANCA

BEL

8

SEBASTIAN MUREDDU - MELISSA FERRARO

BEL

9

GERMAN TEPAVICHAROV - STELA KUKONOVA

BUL

10

SALVATORE TODARO - VIOLETA YANEVA

BUL

11

ANTON BELYAYEV - ANTOANETA POPOVA

CAN

12

ALAN GILIN - ANASTASIYA TRUTNEVA

CAN

13

ISTVAN VARGA - GABRIELA PILIC

CRO

14

MARTIN DVORAK - ZUZANA SILHANOVA

CZE

15

PETR ZABYSTRZAN - MONIKA MIHALIKOVA

CZE

16

BJÖRN BITSCH - ASHLI WILLIAMSON

DEN

17

EMANUEL VALERI - TANIA KEHLET

DEN

18

STEPHEN ARNOLD - KAROLINA SZMIT

ENG

19

CHRISTOPHER MILLWARD - VICTORIA BENNETT

ENG

20

ANDRES LIIV - KRISTIN VAHA

EST

21

ANDREY MOTYL - DIANA KOROTINA

EST

22

MARKUS HIRVONEN - MARIIA HIRVONEN

FIN

23

SAMI VAINIONPÄÄ - MERJE STYF

FIN

24

ALEXIS BERGEON - JOANNA RIVIER

FRA

25

LUDOVIC CHAUVEAU - LAURA LOZINGUE

FRA

26

BENEDETTO FERRUGGIA - CLAUDIA KÖHLER

GER

27

SIMONE SEGATORI - ANNETTE SUDOL

GER

28

JÓZSEF SZEPESI - BETTINA FARKAS

HUN

29

OLIVÉR ZSOM - BOGLÁRKA VOZAR

HUN

30

SIGURDUR MAR ATLASON - SARA ROS JAKOBSDOTTIR

ISL

31

MAGNUS KJARTANSSON - ELISABET HALLDORSDOTTIR

ISL

32

STANISLAV WAKEHAM - LAURA NOLAN

IRL

33

FRANCESCO PARIS - NATALIA DRIKER

ISR

34

SERGEY STEPANOV - HELENA CEJ

ISR

35

FRANCESCO GALUPPO - DEBORA PACINI

ITA

36

EVGENY  MOSHENIN -  GENNY FAVERO

ITA

37

TSUYOSHI NUKINA - MARIKO SHIBAHARA

JPN

38

RYO YOSHIKAWA - EMA ISHII

JPN

39

ANTON SMOLYANINOV - NATALYA BEKLEMISHEVA

KAZ

40

ILMARS OZOLS - SANTA DMITRIJEVA

LAT

41

ANDREJS ROGOVENKO - ANNA VORONCUKA

LAT

42

VAIDOTAS LACITIS - VERONIKA GOLODNEVA

LTU

43

EVALDAS SODEIKA - IEVA ZUKAUSKAITE

LTU

44

CRISTIAN RADVAN – TATIANA SELIVERSTOVA

MDA

45

RADU STERBAN – XENIA CLETOVA

MDA

46

JAN WILLEM MOSTERT - KENDRA KIM ALICIA KRAUS

NED

47

MARCELLO NENCINI - THERESIA ROSALIA ANTONIA DE JONGH

NED

48

MAREK KOSATY - PAULINA GLAZIK

POL

49

ANDRZEJ SADECKI - KARINA NAWROT

POL

50

SERGIO COSTA - ANNA-RITA ALMEIDA

POR

51

PAOLO CAMPIGOTTO - ALINA PETRE

ROU

52

MARIUS HIRUTA - ANDRA TRASNEA

ROU

53

SERGEI KONOVALTSEV - OLGA KONOVALTSEVA

RUS

54

DMITRY ZHARKOV - OLGA KULIKOVA

RUS

55

IVAN KNEZEVIC - MILENA ZOGOVIC

SRB

56

BORIS MLADENOVIC - SONJA MLADENOVIC

SRB

57

ROBERT PAVLIK - SIMONA BRECIKOVA

SVK

58

DAVID SCHAVEL - BARBARA BILKOVICOVA

SVK

59

MATEJ KRALJ - SPELA KRALJ

SLO

60

MIHA VODICAR - NADIYA BYCHKOVA

SLO

61

CHAD GELDENHUYS - CHANTE WILDEMAN

RSA

62

ADRIAN JULIUS - SUZAN BOWMAN

RSA

63

ADRIAN ESPERON - PATRICIA MARTINEZ

ESP

64

JORDI FABREGA - MARIA POMAR

ESP

65

IURII BORIVSKYI - KAJA JACKOWSKA

SWE

66

YVO EUSSEN - ELISABETH NOVOTNY

SWE

67

MARK STALDER - DREIER JULIA

SUI

68

YURI PETROV - YANA KOZHUKHAR

UKR

69

STANISLAV PORTANENKO - NATALIYA KOLYADA

UKR

70

PASHA PASHKOV - DANIELLA KARAGACH

USA

71

PHILIP EVANS - GAYNOR EVANS

WAL

72

ROBERT FOY - LESLEY ANN EVANS

WAL

Starting List To Be Published Soon 28/10/2011

Accreditation The department in charge of accreditation at the 2011 Russian Open hase been working feverishly over the last few hours. They wanted to make sure that each and every one of the athletes competing in tomorrow's World Standard will see his name spelled properly in the official Starting List.

The organisers took it even one step further: together with the Master of Ceremony they went through the list and ensured that the pronounciation of these name will be nothing short of perfect too.

WDSF Communications will publish the list just as soon as it has received the final approval by the Chairman, Wolfgang Eliasch.

 

The Panel 28/10/2011

Here you have the panel of Adjudicators for tomorrow's World Standard. Nine experts lined up around the floor and working under the watchful eye of Wolfgang Eliasch, the chairman!

Eliasch, Wolfgang

AUT · Chairman

Doucet, Alain

CAN · Adjudicator

Wu, Charles

HKG · Adjudicator

Janjic, Rade

CRO · Adjudicator

Geerts, Karina

BEL · Adjudicator

Gebert, Marcel

CZE · Adjudicator

Goetz, Hermann

AUT · Adjudicator

Vardja, Ave

EST · Adjudicator

Venables, Frank

GBR · Adjudicator

Solomatina, Irina

RUS · Adjudicator

Wetzlar Remembered Some More ... 27/10/2011

And here are the other four parts of the programme!

 

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