Ričards Krīviņš and Marija Golubeva from Riga won the gold medal in the world championship in standard dance (ST) for juniors (14-15 years old) held in the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, in a very intense battle of 59 pairs, achieving their second victory this year, informs Ivars Bācis, the press secretary of the Latvian Sports Dance Federation.
A few weeks ago in Portugal, Richards Krivins and Marija Golubeva won gold in 10 dances (5 ST dances + 5 Latin American dances), but now they have done the same in the ST dance world championship held in the capital of Bulgaria. The second title was won in an even fiercer battle.
The couple from the “Dace Dance School” together with the Bulgarians Aleksa Kostadinova and Ivelina Karcheva were considered the main favorites to win. In the first dance – the slow waltz – the home team convincingly won the first place, but from then on everything turned out very well for Latvia’s leading junior couple. Krivins and Golubeva received the best score in three out of five dances – tango, Viennese waltz and the decisive dance in quickstep, thus winning the overall victory.
This year, Richard and Maria won medals in all dance programs, as they earned bronze in Latin American dance. Before that, Latvia was represented in the finals for juniors in ST dances seven years ago, when Ričards Šteinfelds and Laura Bernāte from Talsi took 6th place in Moldova. On the other hand, the previous time the Latvian couple won the world junior ST dance championship in 2006, when Ronalds Ābols and Santa Wittenberga remained undefeated in “Arena Rīga”.
Our second couple, Klāvs Riemers-Silarājs and Patrīcija Mariņakas, have completed the world championship very successfully. They also reached the top six and won 5th place, thus both couples of “Dace dance school” danced in the final. Klaav and Patricia had a very similar point-to-point battle with the Poles. In addition to the Latvian pairs, Lithuania was also represented in the final from the Baltics, with Pranas Mitkum and Justa Jančiunaite getting the bronze medal.
Congratulations and proud!
