Segatori/Sudol Vice World Champions Standard
Skuratov/Uehlin on ninth place
"This wasn't a good day for the German federation", said
national sports director Michael Eichert in the Lithuanian capitol
Vilnius. Amongst the 73 competing couples on the World
Championships Standard, the German, European and World champions
Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol aimed for the victory and to defend
their recent world champion title, which they had won last year in
Vienna. After all, they had won all other competitions before.
The German vice champions Anton Skuratov and Alena Uehlin
aimed for a better place than last year's tenth place. They at
least scored a small success by reaching place nine, but the bitter
surprise came in the final.
The Russians Zharkov/Kulikova already won the first place in
English Waltz. When even Slow Foxtrott, the generally acknowledged
specialty dance of Simone and Annette, got taken by the Russians,
the emotions changed from disappointment and incomprehension to
perplexity. In the final quickstep, Segatori/Sudol showed a pure
basic dance, which the judges rewarded with a third place.
1. Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova, Russia
2. Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol, Germany
3. Evaldas Sodelka/Ieva Zukauskaite, Lithuania
4. Francesco Galuppo/Debora Pacini, Italy
5. Vaidotas Lacitis/Veronika Golodneva, Lithuania
6. Alexey Glukhov/Anastasia Glazunova, Russia
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9. Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin, Germany
by Kristina Scibor Uhr