Grand Slam final: Ferruggia/Köhler remain undefeated
After the World Championship in Wetzlar, Benedetto
Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler also won the Grand Slam final Standard in
Shanghai, meaning that they have won every tournament in which they
participated in 2010. In front of 1500 spectators, they dominated
the field of the twelve world class couples in the Luwan Arena in
Shanghai.
After a tight decision, Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol,
runners-up to the German Champions, managed to take the third
place.
For the first time, the final was carried out in five solo
dances according to the new IDSF judging system. After each couple,
the overall score of all adjudicators was openly displayed to the
audience.
Results:
1. Bennedetto Ferruggia/ Claudia Köhler, Germany - 237.29
points
2. Emanuel Valeri/Tanja Kehlet, Denmark - 233.71 points
3. Simone Segatori/ Annette Sudol, Germany - 220.14 points
4. Sergey Konovaltsev/Olga Konovaltsva, Russia - 219.79
points
5. Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova, Russia - 208.57 points
6. Marco Cavallaro/Joanne Clifton, Italy - 202.36 points
10. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva (runners-up to the semi
final)
The only German couple qualified for the Grand Slam final
Latin were Sergey and Viktoria Tatarenko, who lacked only three
crosses to reach the semi final and took the tenth place.
All results can be found on the
WDSF
Homepage
by Tobias Hock Uhr