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The Favourites

Vienna, AUT - 21 November © Roland

It got us into trouble last year, but what sport can afford not to talk about favourites in the lead-up to a competition like the one today! So here we go again!

This year's World Latin in Vienna, AUT, should bring back memories of the one held in the Austrian capital only three years ago. In 2013 the outcome was just as unpredictable as it is now. Then, too, it was a fight for first between two couples that had won all the important competitions throughout the year. One was European Champion, the other held against that with several high-profile GrandSlam wins. Remember?

This year the situation is virtually identical. Russians Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno are the reigning European Champions. Gabriele Goffredo and Anna Matus, MDA, have won two of the four GrandSlams against the Russians but kept a lower profile as of lately. If that is not enough, think of a third couple that came within four decimal points of winners Armen and Svetlana in the Stuttgart GrandSlam, keeping Gabriele and Anna a fairly distant third there: Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska, GER. And then think of the bronze medallist at the 2015 European in Aarhus, DEN: Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA! In short: take guesswork and imagination and assemble the podium of your choice!