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The World Games: Alexey Glukhov and Anastasia Glazunova of Moldova claimed the standard dance gold medal at The World Games 2025 here on Saturday. The pair finished with 196.58 points to top the final at the Chengbei Gymnasium in Chengdu, the capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Rares Cojoc and Andreea Matei of Romania took silver with 193.00, while Poland's Dariusz Mycka and Madara Freiberga earned bronze with 188.04.

Making their first World Games appearance, Glukhov, 35, and Glazunova, 34, impressed both judges and spectators with their elegance, musical interpretation, and technical precision across five dances - waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot, and quickstep, reports Xinhua.