The Moldovans Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina started their competition year in Tokyo - and with a win. The couple started their final with an amazing waltz, taking a lead with 0.95 points. They never gave up the lead and ended up on the highest step of the podium with a margin of 3.012 points over the silver medalists, Andrey Motyl - Ekaterina Kim (RUS). Cheng Dan - Li Zhenni (CHN) ranked third, Alessandro D'Amora - Maria Gorelik (ITA) ranked fourth, their fellow Italians Alessandro Ilarioni - Aurora Sbardella fifth, and Marts Punins - Dana Jakobsone (LAT) sixth.
Helmut Roland from WDSF Communications team was there to capture the best moments with his camera and we will continue uploading the photos on Sunday and Monday. The first round photos are already uploaded. We also have the Winners' Interview coming up, so stay tuned!