Friday premiere was a full success
For the first time the two Grand Slam competitions in Standard and Latin were changed. Now Standard was taking place on Friday and this premiere was a real success. The audience enthusiastically cheered on the couples, who burned down a dancing firework in the final. Thankfully, on Friday summer wasn't quite as hot in Stuttgart anymore. Last year's winner Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova defended their gold medal with technically perfect and dynamic dancing. Lithuanians Evaldas Sodeika/Ieva Zukauskaite were one place better than last year. Bronze went to Russia's Alexey Glukhov/Anastasia Glazunova, who were also one place better than last year.
Germany was represented by one couple in the final. German champions Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin could tie up to last year's success and landed on sixth place again as in 2017.
1. Dmitry Zharkov/Olga Kulikova, Russia (195,92)
2. Evaldas Sodeika/Ieva Zukauskaite, Lithuania (193,21)
3. Evgeny Moshenin/Dana Spitsyna, Russia (186,63)
4. Alexey Glukhov/Anastasia Glazunova, Russia (185,46)
5. Vaidotas Lacitis/Veronika Golodneva, Lithuania (184,29)
6. Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin, Germany (182,46)
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