Dancing to Roxette It Must Have Been Love, the couple received a standing ovation from the audience at the Provinciaal Vormingscentrum Malle.

Japan’s Yu-Chien Otake and Koichi Omae captured the silver medal and Kazakhstan’s Malika Muktarova and Vladislav Sahno earned the bronze.

"I broke down and cried because I couldn’t handle the frustration,” said Marquez, who was nursing an injured shoulder.

"Thanks to him, my partner, he helped me a lot.

"He’s the leader this time."

Ukraine claimed a one-two in the combi freestyle class one.

Natalia Chekhonatska and Pavlo Ivliushkin overcame their compatriots Veronika Pedchenko and Valeriy Bevzyuk for the top prize.

Kazakhstan’s Aidana Beglenova and Ardak Otorbayev secured the bronze medal.

Mexico’s Jesus Yermain Angeles Fernandez impressed the judges for his second straight world title in the men’s single freestyle class two.

Fernandez finished in front of Japan’s Koichi Omae while Ukraine’s Ivan Sivak took the bronze medal to add to the gold he won yesterday in the men’s single.

The women’s single freestyle class one was also decided by fine margins.

Kazakhstan’s Karlygash Tynabekova managed to secure her first world title.

Ukraine completed the podium, with Natalia Chekhonatska and Snejana Kernichnaya taking the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Ukraine did find singles success in the women’s freestyle class two.

Olena Chynka’s graceful performance impressed the judges across all three criteria to be the clear winner.

She left Malle with four gold medals.

Haydee Guadalupe Guerrero Reynosa continued to show Mexico’s strength in the freestyle as she grabbed the silver medal while Kazakhstan’s young teenage talent Malika Muktarova took bronze.

Hong Kong’s Asian Championship silver medallist Ma Wah Keung won the gold medal in the men’s class one equivalent.

Slovenia’s Amir Alibabic and South Korea’s Daesun Kim finished second and third, respectively.

Belarus celebrated double dominance in the combi standard events.

In the class one, Belorussian couple Iryna Makeichyk and Yauhen Yarmoshka were presented their gold medals from Slovakian two-time world champions Helena Kasicka and Peter Vidasic, who retired last year.

Ukrainians Illona Slugovyna and Andrii Tovstyi took the silver medal.

Kazakhstan’s Beglenova and Otorbayev celebrated the bronze medal after just missing the podium in this event two years ago.

Hanna Harchakova of Belarus won her second straight world title in the class two, this time with Roman Usmanov.

The reigning European champions secured the judges’ top marks in all five standard dances.

South Korea’s Juhee Hwang and Kangwon Cho captured the silver medal and Slovakia’s Maria Dutkova and Martin Solc completed the top-three.

Chynka landed her fourth world title in a competitive duo Latin class two event.

She teamed up with Oleksandr Onishchenko to add to the gold medal they won yesterday in the duo standard.

Fernandez and Guadalupe Jazmin Cajero Torres danced to the silver medal with Poland’s Joanna Reda and Pawel Karpinski equalling their third-place finish from the 2015 World Championships in Rome.

The class one equivalent prize was also taken by Ukraine in Snejana Kernichnaya and Vladimir Kernichny.

Hong Kong’s Chan Kam Tim and Ma Wah Keung finished second, followed by Finnish sister-brother duo Karin and Gustav Antell.