Monday, August 31, 2009 BUENOS AIRES: The Japanese couple Kyoto and Hiroshi Yamao won the Buenos Aires World Tango Salon category during a competition with the participation of sixty couples from the Americas, Europe and Asia.Runner up was the Colombian couple Edwin Leon and Jennifer Arango followed by the locals Jorge Mariño and Sara Parnigoini, according to the results from the competition organized by the City of Buenos Aires.Over 6.000 people packed the mythical Luna Park closed stadium and gave a standing ovation to the Japanese couple which displayed “magnificent” dexterity and feeling of the dance which is traditional on both sides of the River Plate (Argentina and Uruguay) although Buenos Aires calls herself the tango capital of the world. The Japanese couple Kyoto and Hiroshi Yamao has participated several times in the annual world competition.
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