Austrian Open Championships in Vienna
Some notable German results:
Day 1:
In the IDSF Open Senior II Standard tournament, Heinz-Josef
and Aurelia Bickers, the reigning runners-up to the World
Champions, managed to dance to the top of the field. Günther and
Antje Nagel (12.) and Jens and Maike Wolff (13.) reached the semi
final.
Andreas Hoffmann/Isabell Krüger were the only German couple
to reach the final of the Senior I Latin tournament. They took the
fifth place, although the German delegation had expected them
further up. The World Champions from France, Gwenael
Lavigne/Stephanie Godet, won the tournament; Michael and Claudia
Sawang (7.) and Julian and Brigitte Heubeck (8.) reached the semi
final.
More than 100 couples took part in the Rising Stars Latin
tournament. Three German couples reached the quarter final: 13.
Ilie Bardahan/Anastasia Bodnar, 20./21. Dumitru Doga/Sarah Ertmer,
24. Andreas Cibis/Victoria Kleinfelder.
In the AOC Junior I/II Ten Dance tournament, Vadim
Lehmann/Marie Vakhnina took the second place. Roman
Schumichin/Marija Maksina reached the 12th place in the semi
final.
Day 2:
The World Championship Adult Ten Dance was without doubt the
highlight of the day. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva representing
Germany were in top form; all the greater was the disappointment
among the German fans when they were not called up for the final.
36 couples participated in the tournament.
1. Bjoern Bitsch/Ashli Williamson, Denmark
2. Timur Imametdinov/Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Russia
3. Csaba Laszlo/Anna Mikes, Hungary
4. Miha Vodicar/Nadiya Bychkova, Slovenia
5. Anton Belyayev/Antoaneta Popova, Canada
6. Martin Dvorak/Zuzana Silhanova, Czech Republic
7. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva (TD TSC Düsseldorf
Rot-Weiß)
Ferdinando Iannaccone/Yulia Musikhina celebrated their second
place in the IDSF Open Latin tournament. Two German couples, Sergey
Tatarenko/Viktoria Tatarenko (7.) and Nikita Bazev/Marta Arndt
(11.), reached the semi final. Gennady Bondarenko/Ilona Cutenco
(17./18.) reached the quarter final. 159 couples participated in
total.
66 couples took part in the IDSF Open Senior I Standard
tournament. Tassilo and Sabine Lax confirmed the result from the
World Championship and finished as runners-up to the Italian World
Champions Stefano Bernardini/Stefania Martellini. Thorsten
Strauss/Sabine Jacob (9.) reached the semi final.
Vadim Lehmann/Marie Vakhnina delighted the spectators once
more, this time in the Junior II Standard section, and reached the
semi final (11.-12. out of 61 couples).
Day 3:
One week before the World Championship in Wetzlar, Benedetto
Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler (TSC Astoria Stuttgart) once more
dominated the field and won the IDSF International Open Standard
tournament (151 couples in total). All 13 adjudicators gave them
top scores. Two more results worth mentioning:
11. Paul Lorenz/Ekaterina Leonova (Art of Dance Köln)
17.-18. Steffen Zoglauer/Sandra Koperski (Blau-Silber TSC
Berlin)
German results from the Viennese Waltz Championships:
3. Paul Lorenz/Ekaterina Leonova
6. Anatoliy Novoselov/Tasja Schulz
7.-9. Felix Teufert/Anne Weber
13.-15. Philipp Hanus/Siri Kirchmann
24.-28. Thorsten Strauß/Sabine Jacob
In the Junior II Latin tournament, Vadim Lehmann/Maria
Vakhnina finished fifth out of 67 couples.
All results can be found at
austrianopen.net
by Tobias Hock Uhr