Blue Ribbon for Denmark
A European Championship and a World Ranking List Latin
tournament at the same day - this naturally has considerable
effects on the list of participating couples of the World Ranking
List tournament. Not only were Germany's top couple Tatarenko as
well as the German Champions Balan/Bezzubova missing, but also four
further couples from last year's final.
The lack of so many German couples made the final the "most
international" one at the 40th Blue Ribbon: 5 nations were
represented in the final round. Ilie Bardahan/Anastasia Bodnar, the
only German couple, managed to take the fifth place. The Blue
Ribbon went to Umberto Gaudino/Louise Heise from Denmark.
1. Umberto Gaudino/Louise Heise, Denmark
2. Igor Makarov/Anna Baklanova, Russia
3. Henry Puusepp/Karin Lillemaa, Esthonia
4. Jakub Lipowski/Camilla Christensen, Denmark
5. Ilie Bardahan/Anastasia Bodnar, Germany (Blau-Silber TSC
Berlin)
6. Rihards Eglitis/Egle Straleckaite, Lithuania
by Tobias Hock Uhr