Andreea Matei și Rareș Cojoc formează cea mai titrată pereche din dansul sportiv românesc, fiind lideri mondiali la secțiunea standard și vicecampioni mondiali en titre.

Un alt cuplu din România, Georgy Kalashnikov - Daria Grigore s-a clasat pe locul 5 cu 184,54 puncte.

Este prima medalie cucerită de România la această disciplină sportivă la o ediție a Jocurilor Mondiale. La primele 11 ediții ale JM, reprezentanții României au urcat pe podium doar la gimnastică aerobică, unde au obținut 18 medalii (5 AUR, 9 ARGINT, 4 BRONZ).

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Silver in Sports Dance for Romania at the World Games

Romania won its first medal at the 12th edition of the World Games, held in Chengdu, China, a competition reserved for non-Olympic sports and organized under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee, every four years.

Andreea Matei and Rareș Cojoc won silver in sports dance, standard category. Matei and Cojoc scored a total of 193 points, being surpassed in the final ranking by Glukhov and Anastasia Glazunova from the Republic of Moldova, with 196.58 points. The podium was completed by the Polish pair Dariusz Mycka and Madara Freiberga (188.04 points).

Andreea Matei and Rareș Cojoc form the most decorated pair in Romanian sports dance, being world leaders in the standard section and current world vice-champions.

Another Romanian couple, Georgy Kalashnikov – Daria Grigore, ranked 5th with 184.54 points.

This is the first medal won by Romania in this sport at a World Games edition. At the first 11 editions of the WG, Romania’s representatives reached the podium only in aerobic gymnastics, where they won 18 medals (5 GOLD, 9 SILVER, 4 BRONZE).

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