The Winners of the World Championship 2000

They made it once more:

Beate and Andreas Wolf are World Champions 2000!

A report from the World Championships 2000
in Mannheim

They wanted to know if they could...

Mannheim, September 2nd, 2000, that was the date Beate and Andreas Wolf were working for in the last Months. Shortly before midnight they had reached their aim - they were standing at the top of the winners stairs in the Rosengarten Congess Center in Mannheim. Ago in 1998 they had planned to end their Rock´n´Roll career with the World Championships in Berlin. But the fact that they did not win that WC only on their iwn fault did not let them come to rest as it seems. So they decided to try it once more, to do all the training for a World Championship - and this time they made it. So this should be the last step in their active participation in Rock´n´Roll - last not least for their child.

The World Champions Rock´n´Roll 2000: Beate and Andreas Wolf (Germany)

High standard in Mannheim

The overall standard of the 29 couples competing in Mannheim was, from our point of view, quite high. Dancing and acrobatics of most of the couples was not only safe and well done, but also full of new ideas - which was not the case at all championships we have seen.

Nobody dances as beautiful as the couple from Gaimersheim

Short Program now part of the World Championships

As it was at the European Championships and the Masters, the short program is now part of the World Championships also. In Mannheim they couples had to perform a tie, a salto forward, a salto backward and a single dive. As was said at the press conference, "duty" is something germans are always good at - and therefore nobody will be astonished that the Wolfs were the clear winners of the Short Program.

Bedretdinova and Bardanov very strong

Best couples besides Beate and Andreas Wolf were the spanisch couples Monica Martinez/David Felip and Martha Ventura/José Tornero. Another very good couple cam from russia, Dinara Bedretdinova and Andrej Bardanov. They did a footwork with much tempo and lots of fantasy. Their acrobatics are as well done and safe as they always were, and Dinara must have a very good view from up there (if she only had the time to look around). A shadow was thrown on the finals by an accident Martha Ventura had in the acrobatics round. Very quickly after she fell on the neck there was medical stuff on the stage to help her, but nobody made any effort to shield the stage from the audience, so the audience had the chance to (or it had to) watch the whole action. After the competition we talked to David Felip, an he told us that Martha did not have any serious injuries.

The Vice-Champions Dinara Bedretdinova and Adrej Bardanov (Russia)

Monica Martinez and David Felip (Spain) became third

Dancing all around

29 couples from 15 nations had come to Mannheim to compete for the World Championships. As the WC was held at the same time as the German Open Championships Standard and Latin dances, the hall of the WC was full of people even in the early afternoon. The whole Rosengarten Congress Center was full of dancers, everywhen was action and movement, large parts of the Rosengarten were occupied as dressing-room, their were lots of information desks and shops selling dance equipment. We think that the World Championships did get profit from this coexistance, because many standard and latin dancers took the chance to have a look at this "very odd" kind of dancesport (as seen from their point of view). Well, guess how we could tell who was a standard or latin dancer in the Rock´n´Roll audience! The evening event was well attended to. About 1200 people in the audience filled most of the hall. It was a good audience, and especially the german couples must have been happy about all the fans that were helping them quite loud.

Contrast program: Lindy Hop

As a contrast program for the Rock´n´Roll the finals of the German Championships Lindy Hop were held this evening, too. Each of the 6 competing couples danced a slow and a fast round.

Alexandra Willim und Hubert Eisermann in der schnellen Runde

Text and Pictures © Lars Flügge, Hamburg. Many thanks to Norbert Hamann for his digital camera.

The Couples

Couple			Quarter- final
10	Sergiy Lyashenko & Nataliya Proskurina	Ukraine
11	Dominik Bazoni & Verena Perschon	Austria
12	Christian Cerni & Sabine Rittler	Austria
13	Dmitry Tarasov & Tatiana Baklanchikova	Russia
14	Andrej Bardanov & Dinara Bedretinova	Russia
16	Tomas Husek & Jitka Hajkova	Tschechien
18	Zigmunds Abolins & Jolanta Kargapolceva	Litauen
19	Titus Markadas & Stéphanie Cenevaz	France
20	Laurent Gonzales & Delphine Zanna	France	H
22	Johnny Coomans & Nathalie v. Iersel	Netherlands
24	David Felip & Monica Martinez	Spain
25	José Tonero & Martha Ventura	Spain
26	Heine Stokbro & Heidi Bess	Danmark
27	Thomas Norrevang & Annette Sorensen	Danmark
28	Thomas Hegelund & Anja Nielsen	Danmark
29	Martin Karlsson & Josefine Magnusson	Sweden
30	Matjaz Izak & Sindi Vogric	Slowenia	H
32	Vedran Kubovic & Ana Svogor	Kroatia	H
33	Tomislav Matacun & Katarina Valecic	Kroatia
34	Konrad Niggli & Judith Santeler	Switzerland	H
35	Patrick Niederhauser & Aldine Moser	Switzerland	H
36	Luca Rudolfi & Barbara Fazzi	San Marino	H
37	Andrea Ghidini & Manuela Bonvissuto	San Marino	H
38	Horst Noll & Ingrid Rieg	Germany
39	Christian Rüssel & Claudia Rüssel	Germany
40	Andreas Wolf & Beate Wolf	Germany
41	Markus Hubert & Grit Hubert	Germany
42	Martin Michaelis & Kerstin Resch	Germany	H
43	Nico Medenbach & Christina Ludwig	Germany	H

The Results of the Finals

Short Program			Results
			GER	FRA	SUI	CAN	AUT	ITA	DEN	Rank
10	Sergiy Lyashenko & Nataliya Proskurina	Ukraine	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6
14	Andrej Bardanov & Dinara Bedretinova	Russia	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
22	Johnny Coomans & Nathalie v. Iersel	Netherlands	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7
24	David Felip & Monica Martinez	Spain	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3
25	José Tonero & Martha Ventura	Spain	5	4	5	3	4	4	4	4
39	Christian Rüssel & Claudia Rüssel	Germany	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
40	Andreas Wolf & Beate Wolf	Germany	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Footwork			Results
			GER	FRA	SUI	CAN	AUT	ITA	DEN	Rank
10	Sergiy Lyashenko & Nataliya Proskurina	Ukraine	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6
14	Andrej Bardanov & Dinara Bedretinova	Russia	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2
22	Johnny Coomans & Nathalie v. Iersel	Netherlands	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
24	David Felip & Monica Martinez	Spain	3	1	2	5	3	3	4	3
25	José Tonero & Martha Ventura	Spain	5	5	4	3	5	4	3	4
39	Christian Rüssel & Claudia Rüssel	Germany	4	2	5	4	4	6	5	5
40	Andreas Wolf & Beate Wolf	Germany	1	4	1	1	2	2	1	1

Acrobatics			Results
			GER	FRA	SUI	CAN	AUT	ITA	DEN	Rank
10	Sergiy Lyashenko & Nataliya Proskurina	Ukraine	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
14	Andrej Bardanov & Dinara Bedretinova	Russia	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1
22	Johnny Coomans & Nathalie v. Iersel	Netherlands	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
24	David Felip & Monica Martinez	Spain	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
25	José Tonero & Martha Ventura	Spain	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
39	Christian Rüssel & Claudia Rüssel	Germany	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
40	Andreas Wolf & Beate Wolf	Germany	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	2

The Couples for the German Championships Lindy Hop

Result	Start- nr.	Couple
1	52	Christine von Scheid & Harald Gärttner
2	50	Claudia Schruhl & Horst Gampfer
3	53	Alexandra Willim & Hubert Eisermann
4	55	Eva Gretenkord & Walter Moises
5	54	Petra Deininger & Christian Steffen
6	51	Margot Auer & Roland Greßmann

Photos from the World Championships Rock´n´Roll

Dinara Bedretdinova & Andrej Bardanov [10 k] [12 k] [17 k] [18 k] [20 k] [18 k] [19 k] [14 k]
Nathalie van Iersel & Johnny Coomans [17 k] [15 k]
Christina Ludwig & Nico Medenbach [17 k] [13 k]
Mónica & Martínez & David Felip [13 k] [17 k] [17 k] [16 k]
Nataliya Proskurina & Sergiy Lyashenko [10 k] [11 k] [15 k]
Claudia Rüssel & Christian Rüssel [9 k] [13 k] [15 k] [14 k]
Marta Ventura & José Tornero [18 k] [18 k] [16 k]
Beate & Andreas Wolf [17 k] [17 k] [15 k] [17 k] [20 k] [8 k] [11 k] [12 k]

Photos from the German Championships Lindy Hop

Margot Auer & Roland Greßmann [16 k] [13 k]
Petra Deininger & Christian Steffen [12 k] [17 k]
Christine von Scheid & Harald Gärttner [15 k] [14 k]
Claudia Schruhl & Horst Gampfer [16 k] [12 k]
Alexandra Willim & Hubert Eisermann [12 k] [13 k] [14 k] [14 k]

Other Reports:

	Interview with the Worldchampions 1999, Mónica Martínez and David Felip (Spain)
	European Championships 1999 in Bremen, Germany
	World Championships 1998 in Berlin, Germany
	Super-World-Masters 1996 in Hamburg

LF, 18.09.2000