Every year at the end of February/beginning of March, countries across East Asia host a number of competitions that are part of the Asian Tour. This year, our Professional Standard Coaches, Marat Gimaev and Alina Basyuk, traveled to Tokyo, Taipei and Seoul to take a part in the 2013 Asian Tour. Marat and Alina had an amazing showing this year making the final in 2 of the 3 competitions. The following are Marat and Alina’s Professional Ballroom results from the 3 competitions:
- World Super Series & Asian Open – Tokyo – 9th
- World Super Series & Asian Open – Taipei – 6th
- World Super Series & Asian Open – Seoul – 5th
Marat and Alina placed among some of the most elite couples in the world.
The following are the detailed results of the Korea Open in Seoul:
- 1. Andrea Ghigiarelli / Sara Andracchio (England)
- 2. Valerio Colantoni / Yulia Spesivtseva (Russia)
- 3. Domen Krapez / Monica Nigro (Slovenia)
- 4. Chao Yang / Yi Ling Tan (China)
- 5. Marat Gimaev / Alina Basyuk (USA)
- 6. Aleksander Zhiratkov / Irina Novozhilova (Hong Kong)
- 7. Artem Plakhotny / Inna Berlizyeva (USA)
- 8. Sang Min Kim / Jin Ju Son (Korea)
- 9. Yuta Nakagawa / Kumiko Nakagawa (Japan)
- 9. Ki On Choi / Mi Ra Ahn (Korea)
- 11.Victor Buenavida / Petra Cernakova (Spain)