Francesco Andreani - Francesca Longarini, ITA, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 4 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Laszlo Csaba - Pali Viktoria, HUN, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 4 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Meshkova, RUS, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 4 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Those who have seen it unfold LIVE in front of their very eyes will certainly agree: this was a final that will go down in history. It had all the ingredients! Drama, epic and - probably most importantly - a decision that could not have been any more narrow. In the end, a winner had to be declared, but it had to be done with the most narrow margin imaginable.
All of 0.88 points separated the winners, Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, from the runners-up, Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva. Would the couples have kept on dancing, the outcome could have been different.
Unfortunately, we don't have access to our YouTube channel to bring you videos of the final from there to here, but we very much suggest that you call up DanceSport Total to take in some of the best Standard dancing.
Our (WDSF Communications) flight is departing Moscow at 09:00 tomorrow. It is 04:30 ... We'll be online again in about 12 hours. It was a privilege providing you with a front row seat to the action here at the Crocus Expo. The story is certainly not yet told. We have a huge backlog of videos, photos, etc. that still need to go up!
Alexey Glukhov - Anastasia Glazunova, RUS, dance the Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Here is the player with the continuous live feed that the Russian DanceSport Union provides of today's GrandSlam Standard.
This is the schedule for the most decisive stages ...
Round 5: 14:30 – 15:00 – Quarterfinal
Round 6: 15:12 – 15:32 - Semi-Final
Round 7: 16:30 – 17:30 – Final
All times in UTC/GMT!
Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS, dance the Quickstep in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva, LTU, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN, dance the Tango in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina, MDA, dance the Tango in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Pasquale Farina - Sofie Koborg, DEN, dance the Tango in round 3 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.