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Genoa 2023 World Championships: Philippines open with twin gold
De Asis, Jun Obero claim two gold for the South-east Asian nation, while top names Kasicka and Chynka emerge winner on opening day of Worlds 25 Nov 2023
Edelyn de Asis displayed fine form to claim a gold and a silver as Philippines opened the Genoa 2023 Para Dance Sport World Championships with three medals in the port city of Italy’s Liguria region on Friday (24 November).
De Asis, who took the gold in women’s junior 1 & 2, was joined by fellow dancer Julius Jun Obero (men’s single 2) on the top of podium, both of whom dazzled at the Tokyo 2023 International Competition.
Obero’s victory was remarkable as he surprised top names including former world champion and Prague 2022 European champion Ivan Sivak to take the men’s single 2 gold at the RDS Stadium Genova.
Memorable debut for Dahl
Meanwhile, 15-year-old Eve Dahl, the youngest athlete at Genoa 2023 and will compete, made her international debut with a silver in women’s junior 1 and class 2 event finishing behind De Asis.
Among the top names, Slovakia’s three-time world champion Helena Kasicka (women’s single 1) and Ukraine's Olena Chynka (women’s single 2), the silver medallist from Bonn 2019 and world champion at Malle 2017 emerged on the top living up to their billing.
De Asis finished second to Chynka for her second medal on the day.
In the other men’s event, South Korea’s Han Changwoo impressed the audience with his impressive dancing style to finish ahead of Baris Bayraktar (Turkey) and Ardak Otorbayev (Kazakhstan).
This is the first edition of the Worlds in four years since Bonn 2019 in Germany. Ulsan, South Korea, was set to host the event in 2021 but the competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is also the second time the World Championships is taking place in Italy, the first was in Rome in 2015. As many as 160 athletes (71 male and 89 female) from 24 nations (14 from Europe, 6 Asia, 3 Americas and 1 Oceania) are vying for top honours at the RDS Stadium Genova.
The competition runs from over three days of action and is being streamed live on the World Para Dance Sport website and on PARA SPORT YouTube channel.
