The “Blaue Band” in Latin goes to Russia
Jan Dvoracek/Malika Dzumaeva 2nd in Berlin
79 couples participated in the WDSF International Open Latin
tournament on the third day of the 42th edition of the "Blaue Band
der Spree" event. Four German couples made it to the semi final:
Kirill Ganapolskyy/Kim Pätzug placed 9th, Sergiu Maruster/Anna
Grozea 10th. Jan Dvoracek/Malika Dzumaeva, who were 3rd at the
German Championship, and Artur Balandin/Anna Salita, who were 6th
at the German Championship, reached the final together with two
Russian couples, one Polish and one Lithuanian couple.
Armen Tsaturyan/Svetlana Gudyno, who are currently leading
the world rankings ahead of the reigning world champions showed
their full potential and were rewarded with a lot of applause and
an "all ones" score. A lot of applause and support were also given
to Jan Dvoracek/Malika Dzumaeva, who finished 2nd ahead of
Aldaev/Polukhina. Balandin/Salita were able to outscore the Polish
couple in the final and finished 5th.
Final:
1. Armen Tsaturyan/Svetlana Gudyno, Russland (5)
2. Jan Dvoracek/Malika Dzumaev, Grün-Gold-Club Bremen (12)
3. Anton Aldaev/Natalia Polukhina, Russland (13)
4. Dimitry Bunin/Polina Mamykina, Litauen (20)
5. Artur Balandin/Anna Salita, TC Seidenstadt Krefeld (27)
6. Volodymyr Sharapov/Paulina Dabek, Polen (28)
by Sonja Schäufler Uhr