Sergei Popov UKR -  Gold medallist in the Men's Pairs with partner Mikola Cherbak. World Champions in Coimbra POR 2006 and Glasgow 2008

We had some problems in the first day of the Championships but today we are really happy with our performance. It is a great joy to win the title for the second time with so many strong challengers competing. To work in a partnership is not an easy job and the fact that the two of us are of a similar size and weight makes my job as a base even more difficult.  Yes, we are really happy today!

The two of us come from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, our native and home city.

Alina Yushko BLR- Gold medallist in the Women's Pairs with Katia Murashko. Also World Champions both in Coimbra'06 and Glasgow'08

This title is really very special for us because we had very difficult times between the two Championships. However, we have managed to go through this period of time and to do our best here. We have changed our whole programme since Coimbra - the routine, the difficulty elements, the music and the costumes.

We shall remember Glasgow with the joy we experienced here - when you are successful every city seems to you even more beautiful.

Mixed Pair

Stanislav Babarykin RUS: We felt very well prepared for this competition and knew that the key to success would be how we could manage to hold our nerves together.  There were very strong pairs from Russia (2), USA, Belarus, Ukraine and Belgium and we are really happy that we won as debutants in World Championships. We have, so far, won Gold medals only at the World Cup in France, in April.

His partner Olga Sviridova: I was very calm! That was because all the team was so supportive that I didn't feel any unusual pressure...

We are both from the city of Orel, not far from Moscow, and our coach is Klaudia Mikhailovna.

Women's Trio
Irina Borzova (middle of the RUS 2 Trio): We need time to believe this! This is our first World Championships and we have won it!! Unbelievable! We secretly hoped to be on the rostrum, but winning the Gold, no, we didn't think this would be possible... So far we have won only Bronze medals at the World Cup in France. All the three of us come from Moscow and our coach is Natalia Vladimirovna.