Results for WDC World Championships- Riccardo and Yulia are up on top!

Yulia Zagorouitchenko and Riccardo Cocchi are rising to the top!!! With their recent win at Internationals, I think they are solidly ranked as the best dancers in the world.

They were just crowned the new World Championships! Congratulations to them both!

Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis were second, Sergey Surkov and Melia were third, 
Maurizio Vescovo  and Andra Vaidilaite were fourth, Andrej Skufca and Melinda were fifth and Justinas Duknaukas and Anna Melnikova were sixth.

The general trend at the moment appears that Andrej and Melinda have dropped to fifth place and Maurizio and Andra have risen to fourth.

Franco Formica and Olga and Stefano di Filippo did and Daria did not compete in the World Championships!  

Thank you very much for reader electricblue for directing me to the results for WDC World Championships! I look forward to hopefully catching this on Youtube! 

Professional latin results: Michal and Joanna emerge on top!

Blackpool winners: Michal and Joanna 

It was no surprise for me that Michal Malitowski and Joanna Leunis won Blackpool 2012! Congrats to the fabulous couple!

Also congrats to Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagorouitchenko who placed second and Sergey Sourkov and Melia that were third! 

However there were some notable surprises. Where were Franco Formica and Olga? I was surprised they didn't compete. Hopefully that doesn't mean that Franco has decided to retire :S

Also, the Canadian pair, Maurzio Vescovo and Andra Vaidiliate  placed ahead of Andrej Skufca and Melinda Torokgyorgy for all five dances! Normally Andej and Melinda are always ahead!

What do you think of the results?

Paul Richardson and Olga Rodionova get married!

It has been the time of the year for dancers to get married.

 Dancers in love: Paul Richardson and Olga Rodionova
Credit: Dancesportinfo.net

Dancesportinfo.net just announced that Paul Richardson and Olga Rodionova, former British Closed champs tied the knot last month in Houston, Texas where they had met. They had dated for seven years.

Other famous dancers that attended the wedding were Corky Ballas and Maurizio Vescovo

I know their dance partnership was over when Paul retired in 2007, so I was not sure if they stayed involved romantically.

I am glad they did... partnerships that work out off the dance floor make me happy.

Stefano di Fillipo and Olga Urumova get into the finals at UK 2011!

Stefano and Olga are back onto the dance floor after his public annoucement to leave the FIDS.

Photo credit: Peter Suba

Stefano and Olga were back on the dance floor yesterday beating many other top couples to make it into the finals.

The pair beat former finalists Markus Homm and Knesia Kasper and also Maurizio Vescovo and Andra Vaidiliate.

It's Official: Anna Melnikova and Justinas Duknauskas will dance together!

Although Dancesportinfo.net has not reported of their partnership yet, acccording to her facebook photos, we can see that she did a show with Justinas Duknauskas. According to her status they are also now engaged.

Looking at how incredibly beautiful she is and how insanely talented she is, it is no surprise how quickly she moved on from Slavik Kryklyvyy.

Anna and Justinas during a show

Credits: Mindaugas Vaiciulis

Anna and Justinas during a photo shoot

Credits: Anna Melnikova

How high do you think this new pair will rank in the standings? Do you think this pair will beat Stefano di Fillipo and Olga Urumova or Maurizio Vescovo and Andra Vaidiliate in the finals? 

Knowing dancesport politics, I will say the pair might not beat those pairs initially, but can get  be a force to reckon with in the future.

I can't wait to see some Youtube videos of their dancing!

Update: Here is the video of their rumba.