We have compiled a very abridged list of favourites to make the final in today's Grand Slam Latin. Based on the world rankings and the 2011 WDSF Grand Slam Final in Salou, ESP, we have come up with 11 couples for a poll among our visitors. Who do you believe will dance tonight's? Click on the six couples of your choice!
These ran until rather late last night, as many of the participants struggled to make it to the venue due to delays caused by the snow and the Siberian cold. Nearly all flights into Antwerp were delayed, deicing was the order of the day at most European airports, and the wintery roads were congested with stalled traffic in and around the city.
After travelling 500 km by car from Hannover in Germany, Prof Helmut Roland joined the WDSF Communications team araound 10 p.m., but not too late to still take a few photographs of the finals of the WDSF Rising Star Latin and the WDSF Senior I Standard. Enjoy!
As the WDSF Communications team converges on Antwerp from different parts of Europe, we should soon hear their stories of delayed flights, stalled traffic, etc. So far, only Heidi Goetz made it to the hotel and from there on to the venue of the Antwerp Stars Cup. Just to make the last portion of her trip, which usually takes no more than 15 minutes, she spent in excess of an hour in the shuttle bus.
At the "Extra Time" sports hall, Heidi was informed that the organisers' phones were ringing of the hook virtually all day, with couples calling to say that they would be late. In a Senior III competition scheduled for earlier this afternoon, only 36 of 60 couples who had entered made it to the floor for the first call.
We will keep you informed on all future developments. And here are some pictures of a wintery Antwerp.
The organisers have already forwarded the official Starting List for the first 2012 World Championship too. And since we don't wan't to withhold any information, here it is!
|
# |
Couple |
Country |
|
29 |
Cesar Olguin / Alicia Sampayo |
ARG |
|
15 |
Philipp Kaufmann / Sandra Kaufmann |
AUT |
|
40 |
Rudolf Steinauer / Sonja Steinauer |
AUT |
|
34 |
Denis Polyakov / Tatiana Gannotchka |
BLR |
|
46 |
Andrei Seliazneu / Ina Seliazniova |
BLR |
|
13 |
Jean-Hugues Henneghien / Eun-Sook Scherf |
BEL |
|
22 |
Kristioff Heyse / Katrien Lens |
BEL |
|
3 |
Edi Aladjadjian / Irina Ioncheva |
BUL |
|
11 |
Horace Fenghua Hu / Agnes Xiaoguang Yuan |
CAN |
|
33 |
Andre Plante / Suzanne Murray |
CAN |
|
4 |
Alfredo Antonio Araya Rodriguez / Viviana Paola Diaz Munoz |
CHI |
|
30 |
Petr Palat / Hana Palatova |
CZE |
|
35 |
Zdenek Pribyl / Lenka Pribylova |
CZE |
|
38 |
Ian Saville / Linda Chatterley |
England |
|
43 |
John Townsend / Sabine Kuntze |
England |
|
1 |
Oleg Sadorev / Tatjana Krolova |
EST |
|
2 |
Tiit Hindpere / Ene Hindpere |
EST |
|
20 |
Jouko Leppala / Helja Leppala |
FIN |
|
36 |
Jari Redsven / Anne Redsven |
FIN |
|
18 |
Gwenael Lavigne / Stephanie Godet |
FRA |
|
32 |
Pierre Payen / Isabelle Reyal |
FRA |
|
14 |
Joerg Hillenbrand / Ute Hillenbrand |
GER |
|
19 |
Tassilo Lax / Sabine Lax |
GER |
|
5 |
Zoltan Asztalos / Zsuzsanna Kissne Szegedi |
HUN |
|
31 |
Tamas Papp / Nora Kantor |
HUN |
|
6 |
Stefano Bernardini / Stefania Martellini |
ITA |
|
8 |
Marcello Daga / Marina Pau |
ITA |
|
17 |
Koji Kusaba / Rika Kusaba |
JPN |
|
42 |
Koichi Takasugi / Ayako Takasugi |
JPN |
|
26 |
Indulis Martinsons / Baiba Martinsons |
LAT |
|
47 |
Romualdas Joksas / Ilona Joksa |
LAT |
|
10 |
Rene Ewals / Imke Lemmens |
NED |
|
37 |
Ronny Romijn / Anne Romijn-Briene |
NED |
|
9 |
Darren Day / Joycelyn Tam |
NZL |
|
16 |
Tomasz Kucharczyk / Roza Kucharczyk |
POL |
|
41 |
Robert Szlendak / Katarzyna Szlendak |
POL |
|
27 |
Luis Monteiro / Alexandra Monteiro |
POR |
|
39 |
Duarte Sousa / Elisabete Pera |
POR |
|
23 |
Sergey Lukyanov / Irina Kamenskaya |
RUS |
|
44 |
Aleksander Vanchugin / Oksana Skrypnik |
RUS |
|
24 |
Anton Marcek / Jana Marcekova |
SVK |
|
25 |
Alexandre Martinez / Belen Ricart |
ESP |
|
28 |
Vincenç Munar / Rosa Maria Garcia |
ESP |
|
7 |
Juerg Briner / Katharina Egli |
SUI |
|
12 |
Alexander Florin / Isabelle Florin |
SUI |
|
21 |
Xingmin Lu / Katerina Lu |
USA |
|
45 |
David Wright / Liva Wright |
USA |
We do hope, however, that you understand: all emphasis for the next hours will be put on the 2012 WDSF GrandSlam Series Latin leg in the city of diamonds.
The organisers of the first Latin leg of the 2012 WDSF GrandSlam Series have provided us with the starting list for tomorrow, 4 February. 84 entries altogether, with the biggest contingents travelling to Antwerp from Germany (19) and Russia (14)! Ordered by country, the list looks as follows.
|
185 |
Salvatore Bellavita / Natalia Poliakova |
ALB |
|
207 |
Markus Hackl / Stefanie Krausz |
AUT |
|
209 |
Stefan Herzog / Anna Koutina |
AUT |
|
253 |
Zufar Zaripov / Anna Ludwig-Tchemodourova |
AUT |
|
198 |
Davide Fumagalli / Debora Macaluso |
BEL |
|
201 |
Ivo Geerts / Kiara Bocklandt |
BEL |
|
219 |
Fabian Leijten / Nika Saneva |
BEL |
|
220 |
Floris Leijten / Melissa Manders |
BEL |
|
249 |
Rodrigo Van Wersch / Yanah Myny |
BEL |
|
261 |
Hans Van Echelpoel / Sanne Driessen |
BEL |
|
262 |
Giuseppe Dellaria / Laura Jottay |
BEL |
|
216 |
Andrei Kitsun / Natallia Korsak |
BLR |
|
194 |
Jan Dvoracek / Libuse Chytkova |
CZE |
|
263 |
Michael Hornicek / Yana Grishchenko |
CZE |
|
264 |
David Odstrcil / Tara Bohak |
CZE |
|
200 |
Umberto Gaudino / Louise Heise |
DEN |
|
196 |
Biel Escalas Boyeras / Yolanda Hornos Diaz |
ESP |
|
204 |
Juan Manuel Gomez / Marina Mangione |
ESP |
|
221 |
Joel Lopez / Kristina Bespechnova |
ESP |
|
224 |
Abraham Martinez / Maria Larionova |
ESP |
|
229 |
Adrian Olmo Cerro / Yana Olina |
ESP |
|
231 |
Juan Jose Perez / Lidia Chernova |
ESP |
|
238 |
Javier Rodriguez / Cristina Ma�as |
ESP |
|
233 |
Joonas Piippola / Laura Wimmer |
FIN |
|
240 |
Thomas Rulence / Chloe Bessonnard |
FRA |
|
181 |
Marius-Andrei Balan / Nina Bezzubova |
GER |
|
182 |
Artur Balandin / Anna Salita |
GER |
|
183 |
Ilie Bardahan / Anastasia Bodnar |
GER |
|
184 |
Nikita Bazev / Zia James |
GER |
|
190 |
Andreas Cibis / Victoria |
GER |
|
192 |
Denislav Dimitrov / Iliana Staevska |
GER |
|
197 |
Patrick Ferreira Sá / Nicole Wirt |
GER |
|
199 |
Kirill Ganopolsky / Kim Paetzug |
GER |
|
202 |
Alex Gerlein / Alexandra Elert |
GER |
|
214 |
Fabian Kiefer / Luisa Cumbo |
GER |
|
217 |
Thomas Kulesov / Alina Kulesov |
GER |
|
222 |
Valentin Lusin / Renata Busheeva |
GER |
|
228 |
Anatoliy Novoselov / Tasja Schulz |
GER |
|
234 |
Eugen Plotnikov / Sophie Sch�tz |
GER |
|
237 |
David Riegler / Julia Jussel |
GER |
|
241 |
Alex Schneider / Maria Schneider |
GER |
|
246 |
Sergey Tatarenko / Viktoria Tatarenko |
GER |
|
247 |
Denis Thibault / Isabella Purzner |
GER |
|
255 |
Markus Ziebegk / Jenny M�ller |
GER |
|
242 |
Sigurdur Thor Sigurdsson / Hanna Run Oladottir |
ISL |
|
191 |
Alan Cragnolini / Chiara Collavizza |
ITA |
|
218 |
Aniello Langella / Khrystyna Moshenska |
ITA |
|
223 |
Vincenzo Mariniello / Sara Casini |
ITA |
|
258 |
Alessandro Barbero / Federica Brugati |
ITA |
|
189 |
Krists Ciapas / Anna Andreicuka |
LAT |
|
211 |
Junelis Karols / Szypulska Natalia |
LAT |
|
243 |
Marts Smolko / Viktorija Puhovika |
LAT |
|
244 |
Jevgenij Suvorov / Tina Bazokina |
LAT |
|
251 |
Vjaceslavs Visnakovs / Tereza Kizlo |
LAT |
|
245 |
Liudas Tamulaitis / Mona Vinkleryte |
LTU |
|
250 |
Jokubas Venckus / Jomante Dapkeviciute |
LTU |
|
203 |
Gabriele Goffredo / Anna Matus |
MDA |
|
188 |
Maarten Brankaert / Samantha Wooninck |
NED |
|
225 |
Corne Mies / Priscillia Holzken |
NED |
|
227 |
Nick Mollen / Audrey van Dalen |
NED |
|
236 |
Tim Puts / Tzveta Hristova |
NED |
|
256 |
Niels Didden / Gwyneth van Rijn |
NED |
|
259 |
Maurice Ronda / Julien Dabekausen |
NED |
|
195 |
Petter Engan / Kine Marie Mardal |
NOR |
|
226 |
Przemyslaw Modrzynski / Dorota Ciok |
POL |
|
252 |
Marcin Wojtkowiak / Aleksandra Jurga |
POL |
|
235 |
Vadim Potapov / Joana Diniz |
POR |
|
186 |
Dmitry Berdinsky / Ella Naumova |
RUS |
|
205 |
Andrey Gusev / Elizaveta Cherevichnaya |
RUS |
|
206 |
Sergey Gusev / Anastasia Usoltsva |
RUS |
|
210 |
Timur Imametdinov / Ekaterina Nikolaeva |
RUS |
|
212 |
Vladimir Karpov / Maria Tzaptashvilli |
RUS |
|
213 |
Kirill Kartavtsev / Evgeniya Golikova |
RUS |
|
215 |
Andrey Kiselev / Anastasia Selivanova |
RUS |
|
230 |
VITA Panteleev / Daria Glukhova |
RUS |
|
232 |
Egor Petrov / Varvara Shatalova |
RUS |
|
239 |
Andrey Romanovsky / Irina Polovikova |
RUS |
|
248 |
Armen Tsaturian / Svetlana Gudyno |
RUS |
|
254 |
Andrey Zaytsev / Anna Kuzminskaya |
RUS |
|
257 |
Yury Simachev / Anastasia Klokotova |
RUS |
|
260 |
Dmitry Sorokin / Alina Zharullina |
RUS |
|
208 |
Damir Haluzan / Anna Mashchyts |
SLO |
|
193 |
Tomas Duras / Veronika Cerna |
SVK |
|
187 |
Mykhaylo Bilopukhov / Anastasiia Shchypilina |
UKR |
The organisers have announced six star couples at this point for the Grand Slam in Antwerp, BEL, where round one is scheduled to get underway at 15:30 CET.
Andrey Zaytsev - Anna Kurzminskaya, RUS
Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA
Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Selivanova, RUS
Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA
Andrey Gusev - Elizaveta Cherevichnava, RUS
Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS
Additional stars could get awarded after all entries have been confirmed and after the participating couples have picked up their starting numbers.
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