This Saturday, November 17, in Vienna, the Standard World Championship was held. The technical and inspired dance of Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova allowed them to regain the title of world champion! For the fourth consecutive year!

Dmitry and Olga have risen to the highest step of the podium of the main tournament of the year!

As expected, the representatives of Lithuania Evaldas Sodeika and Eva Zukauskaite became the winners of the silver medal.

The bronze was taken by Francesco Galuppo and Debora Pacini from Italy.

The fourth position was obtained by the vice champions of 2018, Evgeny Moshenin and Dana Spitsyna.

In total, 81 couples participated in the World Championship.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  WDSF STANDARD

1. Dmitry Zharkov – Olga Kulikova, RUS
2. Evaldas Sodeika – Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU
3. Francesco Galuppo – Debora Pacini, ITA
4. Evgeny Moshenin – Dana Spitsyna, RUS
5. Vaidotas Lacitis – Veronika Golodneva, LTU
6. Anton Skuratov – Alena Uehlin, GER

Detailed Results

SUNDAY: Grand Slam STANDARD Competition:

In Taipei, the last round of the WDSF Grand Slam Standard series took place – the second competition of this range in 2018. On the day of Sunday  (Saturday was Latin), the Standard test was held in the Grand Slam in Taipei. There were 50 couples who competed in the event. The victory was also won by Standard Russian pair Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova. They won a brilliant victory. Dmitry and Olga scored 196,917 points for five dances of the program.

Evaldas Sodeika and Eva Zukauskayte from Lithuania became silver medalists, and Galuppi Francesco and Deborah Pacini from Italy – bronze. For the first time in the WDSF Final Grand Slam Standard, entered a very promising Estonian couple: Madic Abel and Alexandra Galkin.

STANDARD WDSF GRAND SLAM

1- Dmitry Zharkov  – Olga Kulikova, RUS
2. Evaldas Sodeika – Ieva Žukauskaitė, LTU
3. Francesco Galuppo – Debora Pacini, ITA
4. Evgeny Moshenin – Dana Spitsyna, RUS
5. Alexey Glukhov – Glazunova Anastasia, RUS
6. Madis Abel – Aleksandra Galkina, EST

Standard Grand Slam Results:

https://www.worlddancesport.org/Event/Competition/GrandSlam-Taipei-21871/Adult-Standard-53243/Ranking

SATURDAY: Grand Slam LATIN Competition:

In Taipei, the last round of the WDSF Grand Slam Latin series took place – the second competition of this range in 2018. 49 couples participating in the tournament in Latin competition. And it was the second time that the representatives of Russia, the current European Champions Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno, won the competition. The dancers have surpassed their rivals in all the dances of the program.

The positions of Silver and Bronze were obtained by the representatives of Germany: Marius-Andrey Balan – Christina Moshenskaya and Timur Imametdinov – Nina Bezubova, respectively.

The sub champions of Russia Andrey Gusev and Vera Bondareva got fourth in the final – this time they won the representatives of France, Charles-Guillaume Schmitt and Elena Salikhov. Charles and Helen finally came in fifth place. In the sixth place of the final: Andrea Silvestri and Martina Varadi from Hungary.

WDSF GRAND SLAM LATIN

1-Armen Tsaturyan  – Svetlana Gudyno, RUS
2. Marius-Andrei Balan – Khrystyna Moshenska, GER
3. Timur Imametdinov – Nina Bezzubova, GER
4. Andrey Gusev – Vera Bondareva, RUS
5. Charles-Guillaume Schmitt – Elena Salikhova, FRA
6 . Andrea Silvestri – Varadi Martina, HUN

LATIN Grand Slam Results:

https://www.worlddancesport.org/Event/Competition/GrandSlam-Taipei-21871/Adult-Latin-53242/Ranking

SUNDAY: Grand Slam STANDARD Competition:

On the day of Sunday, the Standard test was held in the Grand Slam in Taipei. There were 50 couples who competed in the event. The victory was also won by Standard Russian pair Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova. They won a brilliant victory. Dmitry and Olga scored 196,917 points for five dances of the program.

Evaldas Sodeika and Eva Zukauskayte from Lithuania became silver medalists, and Galuppi Francesco and Deborah Pacini from Italy – bronze. For the first time in the WDSF Final Grand Slam Standard, entered a very promising Estonian couple: Madic Abel and Alexandra Galkin.

STANDARD WDSF GRAND SLAM

1- Dmitry Zharkov  – Olga Kulikova, RUS
2. Evaldas Sodeika – Ieva Žukauskaitė, LTU
3. Francesco Galuppo – Debora Pacini, ITA
4. Evgeny Moshenin – Dana Spitsyna, RUS
5. Alexey Glukhov – Glazunova Anastasia, RUS
6. Madis Abel – Aleksandra Galkina, EST

Standard Grand Slam Results:

https://www.worlddancesport.org/Event/Competition/GrandSlam-Taipei-21871/Adult-Standard-53243/Ranking