Kiki Nyemchek - Magda Fialek, USA, dance the Samba in round 1 of the 2014 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE, on 5 October.
Brodie Barden - Lana Skrgic- de Fonseka, AUS, dance the Samba in round 1 of the 2014 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE, on 5 October.
Marek Dedik - Libuse Chytkova, CZE, dance the Samba in round 1 of the 2014 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Latin in Ostrava, CZE, on 5 October.
The crowd following the first round of the World Latin at the CEZ Arena could be mistaken for one that gathers here for the ice hockey matches. It’s hard to say how many there are, but they are certainly up the level of decibels by a margin that should keep fan support in DanceSport up to par with other sports.
Round one was danced in ten heats of between 8 and 9 couples. The redance is coming up shortly - and after that you will be able to follow the progress of the competition through the live results.
Heidi Goetz interviews Jaak Vainomaa - Taina Savikurki, FIN, ahead of the 2014 World Latin in Ostrava, CZE, on 5 October.
Heidi Goetz interviews Christoph Holczik - Eva Fus, AUT, ahead of the 2014 World Latin in Ostrava, CZE, on 5 October.
Of the 86 couples that had been entered into the 2014 World DanceSport Championship by their National Member Body 83 made it to Ostrava, CZE, in time for the first round which starts in the very near future. Here they are listed by their starting numbers.
Couple | Country |
Arajs, Gustavs Ernests / Wuerrer, Katharina | Austria |
Atlason, Sigurdur Mar / Jakobsdottir, Sara Ros | Iceland |
Balan, Marius-Andrei / Bezzubova, Nina | Germany |
Baloyi, Thabang / Walczak, Daria | Australia |
Barden, Brodie / Skrgic- de Fonseka, Lana | Australia |
Bellavita, Salvatore / Bazykina, Tina | Albania |
Belyayev, Anton / Popova, Antoaneta | Canada |
Borisov, George / Au, Yuk Man Ada | Hong Kong |
Marcos Borjas, Edgar / Nowak, Alina | Spain |
Borrelli, Andrea / Green, Chantal | England |
Brown, David / Havis, Emma | England |
Burazer, Kristijan / Plohl, Martina | Slovenia |
Camacho, Daniel / Perez, Carolina | Ecuador |
De Angelis, Andrea / Chupilov, Olga | Israel |
Dedik, Marek / Chytkova, Libuse | Czech Republic |
Dell'aria, Giuseppe / Perez Lopez, Irina | Belgium |
Eglitis, Rihards / Malinauskaite, Agne | Lithuania |
Eltervaag, Lars Olav / Kegel, Melanie | Norway |
Engan, Petter Andreas / Mardal, Kine Marie | Norway |
Fiamingo, Giuseppe / Emanuele, Valentina | Argentina |
Fidom, Ewoud / Jerjomina, Anastasija | Netherlands |
Gaudino, Umberto / Heise, Louise | Denmark |
Gerbey, Roman / Bondareva, Vera | Ukraine |
Aliev, Giounis / Bychkovskaya, Ekaterina | Azerbaijan |
Gilin, Alon / Kus, Anna Nina | Canada |
Goffredo, Gabriele / Matus, Anna | Moldova |
Gorodilov, Konstantin / Bergmannova, Dominika | Estonia |
Graziosi, Daniele / Pencheva, Desislava | Bulgaria |
Holczik, Christoph / Fus, Eva | Austria |
Ion, Alexandru / Toma, Diana Andreea | Romania |
Jacobs, Daniel / De Beer, Shanee | South Africa |
Jutge, David / Kolpakova, Natalya | France |
Kagan, Juri / Selivanova, Anastasia | Estonia |
Kaleta, Dawid / Steffensen, Frida | Sweden |
Kalva, Kristaps / Bogachova, Lesia | Latvia |
Kantar, Jimmy / Sader, Stephanie | Lebanon |
Karastoyanov, Ivan / Burgazlieva, Gabriela | Bulgaria |
Karasek, Filip / Karaskova, Sabina | Czech Republic |
Kiselev, Andrey / Kiseleva, Anastasia | Russian Federation |
Kosherbayev, Azat / Ibragimova, Bella | Kazakhstan |
Kubota, Yumiya / Kubota, Rara | Japan |
Kupunia, Iakob / Jajanidze, Ann | Georgia |
Kus, Erhan / Arigul, Seda | Turkey |
Landolfi, Fabio / Landolfi, Angela | Switzerland |
Langella, Aniello / Moshenska, Khrystyna | Italy |
Lazareski, Bojan / Novak, Tjasa | Serbia |
Madeira, Telmo / Ferrao, Vanessa | Portugal |
Mariniello, Vincenzo / Casini, Sara | Italy |
Moldovan, Paul / Tatar, Cristina | Romania |
Mureddu, Sebastian / Ferraro, Melissa | Belgium |
Nabiullin, Alexandr / Ribeiro, Barbara | Portugal |
Nagymihaly, Balazs / Szalai, Agnes | Hungary |
Nestsiarovich, Vitali / Nestsiarovich, Yana | Belarus |
Nishimura, Yasuhiro / Otake, Mai | Japan |
Nyemchek, Kiki / Fialek, Magda | United States |
Obona, Jaroslav / Roskova, Dominika | Slovakia |
Olarescu, Stanislav / Tay, Isabelle | Singapore |
Pascual, Guillem / Carne, Rosa | Spain |
Pasechnik, Pavel / Arndt, Marta | Germany |
Pemer, Bjorn / Lujan-Engelholm, Katja | Sweden |
Rebrov, Alexandr / Steshenko, Yulia | Ukraine |
Rohde, Malthe Brinch / Sorensen, Sandra | Denmark |
Romero, Jose / Padron, Veronica | Ecuador |
Savitskyy, Taras / Seliverstova, Tatiana | United States |
Schmitt, Charles-Guillaume / Salikhova, Elena | France |
Lerson, Shinawat / Manasuth, Krittaporn | Thailand |
Silvestri, Andrea / Varadi, Martina | Hungary |
Smolko, Marts / Puhovika, Viktorija | Latvia |
Suvorov, Jenya / Libman, Jenya | Israel |
Tanka, Tomas / Feketova, Dominika | Slovakia |
Tarallo, Alfonso / Marotta, Mariantonietta | Albania |
Tekiela, Pawel / Konstantinova, Alexandra | Poland |
Toperczer Muresan, Marius / Ketonen, Claudia | Finland |
Tsaturyan, Armen / Gudyno, Svetlana | Russian Federation |
Tufano, Pasquale / Turbin, Olga | Cyprus |
Vainomaa, Jaak / Savikurki, Taina | Finland |
Venckus, Jokubas / Klupsaite, Migle | Lithuania |
Vodicar, Miha / Bychkova, Nadiya | Slovenia |
Zaleskis, Sergejs / Sakolchyk, Nastassia | Belarus |
Zegels, Frank / Jottay, Laura | Netherlands |
Bartelik, Pawel / Melin, Nikolina | Poland |
Smolec, Matija / Kralj, Tena | Croatia |
Hou, Yao / Zhuang, Ting | China, People's Republic of |
Heidi Goetz interviews Giacomo Lucchese - Francesca Berardi, ITA, after their win at the 2014 WDSF Professional Division World Showdance Latin in Ostrava, CZE on 4 October.