IFBB Asian Championships 2013

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2013 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: LONG LIST OF ATHLETES COMING TO ALMATY

by Andrew Michalak

Bodybuilding (in all its styles and versions) is booming in the IFBB this spring! After so successful Arnold Festivals in North America (Columbus, Ohio, USA) and South America (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) there were two outstanding European Championships (in Santa Susana, Spain and in Chisinau, Moldova) with historical records of participation (altogether 564 athletes!) and now we will have the next record breaking continental event: 2013 Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan. First time the best physique sports athletes from all parts of Asia will come to this big country located at the junction of Europe and Asia (Ural River). And there will be nearly 200 of them!

Eastern Asian bodybuilding superpowers: South Korea and Japan will meet South Asia biggest nation: India and they will face bodybuilders from the West Asian stronghold - Gulf and Middle East countries: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Emirates, Oman, Iran, Iraq and Yemen. Following tens of years of IFBB activity in these countries, started by the IFBB founder and its first President late Mr. Ben Weider and vigorously continued under the leadership of Dr. Rafael Santonja, effectively supported by the Asian Federation President Sheikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa and National Bodybuilding and Fitness Federations Presidents, Asia has brought-up many top-level world class bodybuilders, who won a lot of medals at the IFBB world championships in the recent years.

Many countries enter big teams of 10 or more athletes to this year’s Asian Championships in Almaty. It will be a real body beauty and muscle power festival. National Teams will arrive to Almaty on Friday, May 31^st, 2013 and the battle will start Saturday morning, at 10:00 am local time (5:00 am GMT), at the Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports. Asian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness annual Congress will take place Sunday morning.

IFBB Press Commission will be there: our photo champion Mr. Igor Kopcek and myself, so visit the IFBB website from time to time to see the updates.

The only remaining question is: who will win the Asian Champion title this year? The winners are hidden in the following list of participants:

2013 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

LIST OF ATHLETES NOMINATED BY NATIONAL FEDERATIONS

BAHRAIN:

1. Ahmed Mohammed
2. Ali Al Ghassab
3. Ali Helal
4. Arafat Yaqoob
5. Nasrallah Hashem
6. Bader Sultan
7. Fadhel Moosa
8. Nader Mallala
9. Sayed Juma
10. Kameel Mohammed
11. Raed Fouad
12. Abdul-Wahid Alasfoor
13. Ghassan Algosaibi

CHINESE TAIPEI:

1. Ching-Chung Yen
2. Jen-Nan Tien
3. Cheng-Hung Ke
4. Chin-Lung Wu
5. Chien-Sheng Wang
6. Chung-Huang Hsu
7. Chien-Chih Huang
8. Yi-Mi Li

HONG KONG:

1. Zahng Di
2. Chan Yu Kwong
3. James Geoffrey
4. Lee Lap Chi
5. Janes Stokes
6. Lobo Paolo Daligdig

INDIA:

1. Borun Yumnan
2. Ravi Kumar
3. Narinder Singh
4. Amit Chaudhary
5. Kumar Sanjeev
6. Karanjit Singh
7. Sushant Pawar
8. Manivendhan Kothandaraman
9. Jai Singh
10. Sunil Sakpal
11. Shinde Gangaram

IRAN:

1. Nadi Choopan
2. Mahdi Ayari
3. Abbas Peisepar
4. Ali Hafshejani
5. Alireza Asadollahi
6. Alireza Sarlak
7. Faramarz Azizi
8. Gholamreza Sefidanjadid
9. Habibbollah Abad
10. Jafar Azizi
11. Mobin Darvari
12. Mojtaba Arzeshmand
13. Mostafa Goudarznaseri
14. Omid Farahani
15. Reza Zaden

IRAQ:

1. Salah Nassrullah
2. Salahuddin Mohammed
3. Mahdi Hussein
4. Waleed Shawi
5. Hadi Shnain
6. Ghazwan Islewa
7. Abbas Kadhim
8. Ali Jabbar
9. Aiden Khorsheed
10. Fadhil Hussein

JAPAN:

1. Takanori Sato
2. Satoko Yamanouchi
3. Yumi Yamashita
4. Hisanori Shigeoka
5. Hiroshi Tsuda
6. Shotaro Suyama
7. Yukihiro Yamada
8. Shizuka Nakamura

KUWAIT:

1. Yousef Alqallaf
2. Nasser Alsaid
3. Mohamed Alrashed
4. Mishal Alshamlan
5. Ali Baroun
6. Saleh Alturkumani
7. Mohamed Akbar
8. Tareq Alshakhs
9. Reda Alqabandi
10. Yousef Altubayekh
11. Abdulhadi Alkhayat
12. Sulaiman Altukait
13. Mohamed Boqambar
14. Ahmad Albazzaz
15. Ahmad Hamad
16. Mishal Alnasser
17. Adel Altamemi
18. Abdulaziz Shabakouh
19. Jasim Hasan
20. Gene Patrick
21. Mohamed Alsammak

KYRGYZSTAN:

1. Nikolai Krivosheyev
2. Aleksei Gornostayev
3. Alexandr Novitskyi
4. Elena Morozova
5. Sherbek Toktomyshev
6. Yuri Khlopkov

OMAN:

1. Waleed Al Balushi
2. Faisal Al Mathani
3. Fairuz Al Alawi
4. Habib Al Balushi
5. Mundhir Al Balushi
6. Said Abdullah Habib

QATAR:

1. Kamal Abdull Salam
2. Galal Musaed Ahmed
3. Mohammed Al- Samhari
4. Anbar Al-Humaidi
5. Ahmed Al-Banai
6. Abdulrahman Almalki

SOUTH KOREA:

1. Yoonjeong Bang
2. Nameum Cho
3. Sung Yong Jang
4. Kyungjin Jung
5. Kang Kyung Won
6. Hongjun Kim
7. Jinwon Lee
8. Seung Chul Lee
9. Seunghoon Lee
10. Sun Ra Lee
11. Youngjun Lee
12. Kyoungyun Nam
13. Joonghyoun Park
14. Kiseok Park
15. Sunga Seo
16. Jaeyoung Shin
17. Jae-Koon Yoon
18. Yongjin Kim

SRI LANKA:

1. Darshana Jayasundara
2. Wasantha Peiris
3. Nuwan Waduge

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:

1. Khaled Alblooshi
2. Talal Alobaidalla
3. Saeed Hammad
4. Ebrahim Laldahmani
5. Yahya Alsari
6. Jaffar Ashkanani
7. Abdulrazaq Abdulmalek

YEMEN:

1. Redhwan Abdullah
2. Saleh Abdullah
3. Aref Kolaib

In photos;

Oman Team heading to Almaty.

Kuwait Team has already landed in Almaty.

Bahrain Team ready to go!

Qatar Team last meeting before taking off to Kazakhstan.

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Eastlabs.biz is there too to coverage the show, some first impressions // http://eastlabs.biz/gallery/1629

Familiar faces, Mr William Tierney

Weigh in shots (sorry for my unknowledgement of these competitors )

Hameed Juma Ebrahim from the Bahrain National Team;

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World Champion out of Qatar, Kamal Abdulsalam, competing in Men's Bodybuilding and Masters Bodybuilding;

From the officials meeting;

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IFBB report from the day 1 (please visit the link for complete competitor lists and great photogalleries) // http://www.ifbb.com/newsletter/detail.php?id=10318&date=2013-06-01&language=english&prov=index

2013 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS JUST STARTED

by Andrew Michalak



First time in the Asian bodybuilding history the best physique sports athletes from all parts of the continent came to Kazakhstan, the country located at the junction of Europe and Asia (Ural River). National Teams were coming to Almaty all Friday, even late in the evening. But the Championships started with the Press Conference at 15:00, run by the Asian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness [AFBF] President Sheikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa of Bahrain, with the IFBB General Secretary William Tierney, IFBB Judges Committee Chairman Pawel Filleborn, Kazakhstan Federation General Secretary Alexander Kolyuka and myself sitting at the head table. Many different questions were asked by the press and TV journalists. Sheikh Abdulla revealed his five-point plan of further physique sports development in Asia. The plan will be discussed in details at the AFBF Congress Sunday morning. Also he introduced the first chairwoman of the recently created AFBF Women’s Committee: Dr. Reem Jaffar Al Bareeq.

After the Press Conference the next important meeting took place: Team Managers and Judges Meeting. Mr. Pawel Filleborn discussed the new approach to physique sports judging and the current judging system. After the detailed technical discussion, the room was re-arranged to run the registration of athletes and weigh-in. Athletes were coming to registration as National Teams, not by categories this time.

Because of the great number of athletes (over 160), the whole procedure lasted till the midnight. Enclosed is the finals list of registered athletes. We saw many top quality men bodybuilders, with deeply separated and shredded muscles. Also women bodyfitness and fitness athletes with delicate, nicely shaped silhouettes.

Many categories will have full semifinals and in few of them the elimination round will be needed. Many countries entered big teams of over 10 competitors, with the Kazakhstan Team over 20 athletes. From what we could see during the registration, the Championships will have very close battles in most of categories, and the quality of athletes will be amazing. Below are pictures showing top athletes and the climate of the event. More information tomorrow. Stay tuned!...

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Reports from the semifinals, more photos available at http://eastlabs.biz/gallery/1630

2013 AFBF ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - SEMIFINALS

by Andrew Michalak
All photos by www.eastlabs.biz.

2013 AFBF (IFBB) Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships are progressing well. Saturday was the day of semifinals in all categories with more than 6 athletes. They are almost all men’s bodybuilding categories plus junior heavyweight and masters. In a new IFBB judging system introduced and supervised by the IFBB Judges Committee Chairman Pawel Filleborn, all 9 panel judges delivered their top five athletes proposals in the semifinals and those athletes who were mentioned by most of the judges were called out to the first comparison, then the second five comparison, third five and, sometimes more.

In all categories the battle was close and tough as the quality of the top athletes were perfect. Attention was paid to the improper use of tanning / bronzing products as well as to the unnatural look (shape) of muscles, what might be caused by the injection of some external fluids. This has been a minor problem till now but IFBB decided to react quickly and decisively, with zero tolerance. The same regarding the expanding stomach but there were no such cases at these Championships.

Sunday finals will be a very exciting show as most of the finalists are perfectly prepared to this event, displaying incredible combination of muscle size and quality (separation, details, hardness). And tomorrow they will perform their posing routines. On Sunday also the Asian women will come into play, and there are more women athletes at these Asian Championships than ever before.

The AFBF Congress will take place in the morning, so the finals will start at 15:00 (3:00 pm) local time (10:00 am GMT). Looking at the List of finalist we can come to the conclusion that it is like an East Asia vs. West Asia match, with Central Asia athletes trying to make them some problems in some categories. But this reflects the current “balance of power” in Asian men’s bodybuilding. In women’s physique sports Central and East Asia are the main players. The new AFBF President Shake Abdulla Al Khalifa initiative is aimed to make the women’s physique sport development in Asia more equalized.

Now, have a look how the battle was run in the semifinals.

MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 60 KG

The line-up:
60 Ali Radhi Bahrain
61 Karanjit Singh India
62 Gholamreza Sefidanjadid Iran
63 Hiroshi Tsuda Japan
64 Fairuz Al Alawi Oman
65 Nuwan Waduge Sri Lanka
66 Lee Seunghoon Korea
One general comparisons:
First: 60 – 61 – 62 – 63 – 64 – 65 - 66

The finalists:
60 Ali Radhi Bahrain
61 Karanjit Singh India
62 Gholamreza Sefidanjadid Iran
63 Hiroshi Tsuda Japan
64 Fairuz Al Alawi Oman
66 Seung Hoon Lee Korea

Pictures:



From L: Ali Radhi; Karanjit Singh; Gholamreza Sefidanjadid.



From L: Gholamreza Sefidanjadid, Hiroshi Tsuda; Fairuz Al Alawi

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From L: Fairuz Al Alawi; Nuwan Waduge.


MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 65 KG

The line-up:
67 Ali Helal Bahrain
68 Khaled Alblooshi Emirates
69 Paolo Lobo Hong Kong
70 Manivendhan Kothandaraman India
71 Ravi Kumar India
72 Faramarz Azizi Iran
73 Hadi Ali Shnain Iraq
74 Najmaldin Fathalah Iraq
75 Hisanori Shigeoka Japan
76 Jaeyoung Shin Korea

The key comparisons:
First: 67 – 68 – 70 – 72 – 73 - 74
Second: 69 – 71 – 75 - 76

The finalists:
67 Ali Helal Bahrain
68 Khaled Alblooshi Emirates
70 Manivendhan Kothandaraman India
72 Faramarz Azizi Iran
73 Hadi Ali Shnain Iraq
74 Najmaldin Fathalah Iraq

Pictures:

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From L: Ali Helal; Khaled Alblooshi; Manivendhan Kothandaraman.

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From L: Faramarz Azizi; Hadi Ali Shnain; Najmaldin Fathalah.

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From L: Paolo Lobo; Ravi Kumar; Hisanori Shigeoka.

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From L: Ravi Kumar; Hisanori Shigeoka; Jaeyoung Shin.

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MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 70 KG

The line-up:
78 Talal Alobaidalla Emirates
79 Lap Chi Lee Hong Kong
80 Mostafa Goudarznaseri Iran
81 Omid Soleimanighahroudi Iran
82 Hamzan Jabbar Al-Kabb Iraq
83 Takanori Sato Japan
84 Abdulazeez Shabakouh Kuwait
85 Muhammed Alsammak Kuwait
86 Sengee Otgontsend Mongolia
87 Waleed Juma Oman
88 Muhammed Almasri Syria
89 Jen-Nan Tien Chinese Taipei
90 Redhwan Haidarh Yemen
91 Jae-Koon Yoon Korea
92 Rezvan Aliyev Kazakhstan

The key comparisons:
First: 79 – 80 – 84 – 91 - 92
Second: 81 – 83 – 87 – 88 – 90 – 92
Third: 85 – 82 – 78 – 87 – 86 - 89

The finalists:
79 Lap Chi Lee Hong Kong
80 Mostafa Goudarznaseri Iran
81 Omid Soleimanighahroudi Iran
84 Abdulazeez Shabakouh Kuwait
91 Jae-Koon Yoon Korea
92 Rezvan Aliyev Kazakhstan

Pictures:

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From L: Lap Chi Lee; Mostafa Goudarznaseri; Abdulazeez Shabakouh.

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From L: Abdulazeez Shabakouh; Jae-Koon Yoon; Rezvan Aliyev.

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From L: Omid Soleimanighahroudi; Takanori Sato; Waleed Juma.

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From L: Muhammed Almasri; Redhwan Haidarh; Rezvan Aliyev.

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From L: Muhammed Alsammak; Hamzan Al-Kabb; Talal Alobaidalla.

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From L: Waleed Juma; Sengee Otgontsend; Jen-Nan Tien.





MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 75 KG

The line-up:
95 Arafat Yaqoob Bahrain
96 Bader Sultan Bahrain
97 Mohammed Al-Ali Emirates
98 Mahdi Hasan Al-Battat Iraq
99 Yukihiro Yamada Japan
100 Nasser Al Said Kuwait
102 Luvsandagva Batbold Mongolia
103 Mundhir Al Bulushi Oman
104 Faisal Saleem Al Matani Oman
105 Cheng-Hung Ke Chinese Taipei
106 Saleh Abdullah Baadhim Yemen
107 Kyoung Yun Nam Korea
108 Dauren Zhanseitov Kazakhstan

The key comparisons:
First: 95 – 96 – 100 – 104 – 107 - 108
Second: 97 – 99 - 106
Third: 98 – 102 – 103 - 105

The finalists:
95 Arafat Yaqoob Bahrain
96 Bader Sultan Bahrain
100 Nasser Al Said Kuwait
104 Faisal Saleem Al Matani Oman
107 Kyoung Yun Nam Korea
108 Dauren Zhanseitov Kazakhstan


Pictures:

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From L: Arafat Yaqoob; Bader Sultan; Nasser Al Said.



From L: Faisal Al Matani, Kyoung Yun Nam, Dauren Zhanseitov.

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From L: Mohammed Al-Ali; Yukihiro Yamada; Saleh Abdullah Baadhim.

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From L: Mahdi Al-Battat; Luvsandagva Batbold; Mundhir Al Bulushi.

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NOTE!! highlights video of -85kg prejudging comparisons HERE // https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=591523767546353

MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 80 KG

The line-up:
110 Ammar Almahasana Bahrain
111 Sayed Hashem Bahrain
112 Saeed Al Hammadi Emirates
113 Ali Rostami Iran
114 Habibbollah Moamer Iran
115 Farshad Pashangpour Iran
116 Alireza Nikpour Iran
117 Ghazwan Islewa Kalaao Iraq
118 Shotaro Suyama Japan
119 Mohamed Al Rashed Kuwait
120 Saleh Al Turkumani Kuwait
121 Ahmad Albazzaz Kuwait
122 Habib Al Bulushi Oman
123 Mohammed Al-Samhari Qatar
124 Chin-Lung Wu Chinese Taipei
125 Chien-Sheng Wang Chinese Taipei
126 Berik Kenzheyev Kazakhstan

The key comparisons:
First: 111 – 113 – 114 – 119 - 120
Second: 122 – 118 – 117 – 116 - 112
Third: 123 – 115 – 124 – 125 - 126

The finalists:
111 Sayed Hashem Bahrain
113 Ali Rostami Iran
114 Habibbollah Moamer Iran
119 Mohamed Al Rashed Kuwait
120 Saleh Al Turkumani Kuwait
122 Habib Al Bulushi Oman

Pictures:

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From L: Sayed Hashem; Ali Rostami; Habibbollah Moamer.

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From L: Habibbollah Moamer; Mohamed Al Rashed ; Saleh Al Turkumani

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From L: Habib Al Bulushi; Shotaro Suyama; Ghazwan Islewa Kalaao.

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From L: Alireza Nikpour; Saeed Al Hammadi.

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From L: Mohammed Al-Samhari; Farshad Pashangpour; Chin-Lung Wu.

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From L: Chin-Lung Wu; Chien-Sheng Wang; Berik Kenzheyev.


MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 85 KG

The line-up:
127 Fadhel Moosa Bahrain
129 Zhang Di Hong Kong
130 Hadi Choopan Iran
131 Alireza Sarlak Iran
133 Waleed Shawi Al-Rubaye Iraq
134 Yousef Al Qallaf Kuwait
135 Meshal Alshamlan Kuwait
136 Ahmad Al Hasani Kuwait
137 Chung-Huang Hsu Chinese Taipei
138 Ki-Seok Park Korea
139 Yong-Jin Kim Korea
140 Andrey Parkhomenko Kazakhstan
141 Yevgeniy Yakimov Kazakhstan

The key comparisons:
First: 130 – 131 – 135 – 138 – 141
Second: 133 – 134 – 136 – 139 – 140
Third: 127 – 129 – 137

The finalists:
130 Hadi Choopan Iran
131 Alireza Sarlak Iran
135 Meshal Alshamlan Kuwait
138 Ki-Seok Park Korea
139 Yong-Jin Kim Korea
141 Yevgeniy Yakimov Kazakhstan

Pictures:

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From L: Hadi Choopan; Alireza Sarlak; Meshal Alshamlan.



From L: Meshal Alshamlan; Ki-Seok Park; Yevgeniy Yakimov

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From L: Waleed Al-Rubaye; Yousef Al Qallaf; Ahmad Al Hasani

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From L: Ahmad Al Hasani; Yong-Jin Kim; Andrey Parkhomenko.

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MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 90 KG

The line-up:
142 Abdul Alasfoor Bahrain
143 Sayed Juma Bahrain
144 Mahdi Ayari Iran
145 Jafar Ghaffarnezhad Iran
146 Abbas Kadhim Al-Behadili Iraq
147 Mohamed Akbar Kuwait
148 Tareq Al Shakhs Kuwait
149 Yousif Al Tubayekh Kuwait
150 Saad Alomran Kuwait
151 Sherbek Toktomushev Kyrgyzstan
152 Yasir Fali Mongolia
153 Ahmed Al-Banai Qatar
154 Wassim Hasan Syria
155 Nam-Eum Cho Korea
156 Kang Kyung Won Korea

The key comparisons:
First: 141 – 145 – 148 – 155 – 156
Second: 143 – 146 – 151 – 153 – 154
Third: 142 – 146 – 151 – 153 – 154

The finalists:
144 Mahdi Ayari Iran
145 Jafar Ghaffarnezhad Iran
148 Tareq Al Shakhs Kuwait
149 Yousif Al Tubayekh Kuwait
155 Nam-Eum Cho Korea
156 Kang Kyung Won Korea

Pictures:

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From L: Mahdi Ayari; Jafar Ghaffarnezhad; Tareq Al Shakhs



From L: Tareq Al Shakhs; Nam-Eum Cho; Kang Kyung Won

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From L: Sayed Juma; Mohamed Akbar; Yousif Al Tubayekh

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From L: Mohamed Akbar; Yousif Al Tubayekh; Yasir Fali.

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From L: Abdul Alasfoor; Abbas Al-Behadili; Sherbek Toktomushev.

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From L: Sherbek Toktomushev; Ahmed Al-Banai; Wassim Hasan.

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MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 100 KG

The line-up:
157 Kamal Abdull Salam Qatar
158 Seung Chul Lee Korea
159 Mobin Rastamian Iran
160 Reza Bagherzaden Iran
161 Salahuddin Mohammed Iraq
162 Sulaiman Al Tukait Kuwait
163 Aleksei Gornostaev Kyrgyzstan
164 Vitalii Kozhukhov Kyrgyzstan
165 Anbar Al-Humaidi Qatar
166 Chien-Chih Huang Chinese Taipei
167 Sung Yong Jang Korea
168 Andrey Massyuk Kazakhstan
169 Kameel Mohamed Bahrain

The key comparisons:
First: 157 – 158 – 160 – 162 - 167
Second: 159 – 168 – 169 – 161
Third: 163 – 164 – 165 - 166

The finalists:
157 Kamal Abdull Salam Qatar
158 Seung Chul Lee Korea
159 Mobin Rastamian Iran
160 Reza Bagherzaden Iran
162 Sulaiman Al Tukait Kuwait
167 Sung Yong Jang Korea


Pictures:



From L: Kamal Abdull Salam; Seung Chul Lee; Reza Bagherzaden

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From L: Sulaiman Al Tukait; Sung Yong Jang.



From L: Mobin Rastamian; Andrey Massyuk; Kameel Mohamed.



From L: Andrey Massyuk; Kameel Mohamed; Salahuddin Mohammed

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From L: Aleksei Gornostaev; Vitalii Kozhukhov; Anbar Al-Humaidi.



From L: Vitalii Kozhukhov; Anbar Al-Humaidi; Chien-Chih Huang.



From L: Kamal Abdull Salam; Seung Chul Lee; Reza Bagherzaden

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From L: Kamal Abdull Salam; Seung Chul Lee; Reza Bagherzaden.


MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO OVER 100 KG

The line-up:
170 Abbas Peisepar Iran
171 Alireza Asadollahi Iran
172 Salah Nassrullah Rabeeah Iraq
173 Abdulhadi Alkhayat Kuwait
174 Hasan Al Masri Syria
175 Raed Fuad Bahrain
176 Innokentiy Konstantinov Kazakhstan

The key comparisons:
One general comparison: 176 – 175- 174 – 173 – 172 – 171 – 170

The finalists:
170 Abbas Peisepar Iran
171 Alireza Asadollahi Iran
172 Salah Nassrullah Rabeeah Iraq
173 Abdulhadi Alkhayat Kuwait
175 Raed Fuad Bahrain
176 Innokentiy Konstantinov Kazakhstan


Pictures:



From L: Innokentiy Konstantinov; Raed Fuad; Hasan Al Masri

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From L: Hasan Al Masri; Abdulhadi Alkhayat; Salah Rabeeah.



From L: Salah Rabeeah; Alireza Asadollahi; Abbas Peisepar.



From L: Salah Rabeeah; Alireza Asadollahi; Abbas Peisepar

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From L: Hasan Al Masri; Abdulhadi Alkhayat; Salah Rabeeah.

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JUNIOR MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP TO 70 KG

The line-up:
7 Ammar Al Mahasana Bahrain
8 Mojtaba Arzeshmand Iran
9 Omid Hatamabadi Iran
10 Saad Alomran Kuwait
11 Joong Hyoun Park Korea
12 Mohamed Boqambar Kuwait
13 Pawar Sushant Bhimrao India
14 Nikolai Krivosheev Kyrgyzstan
15 Aleksei Bibikov Kyrgyzstan
16 Vladislav Antonov Kazakhstan
17 Yevgeniy Shiparev Kazakhstan
18 Aref Kolaib Yemen
19 Ahmad Albazzaz Kuwait

The key comparisons:
First: 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 12 – 18
Second: 11 – 16 – 19
Third: 13 – 14 – 15 – 17
The finalists:
7 Ammar Al Mahasana Bahrain
8 Mojtaba Arzeshmand Iran
9 Omid Hatamabadi Iran
10 Saad Alomran Kuwait
12 Mohamed Boqambar Kuwait
18 Aref Kolaib Yemen

Pictures:



From L: Ammar Al Mahasana; Mojtaba Arzeshmand; Omid Hatamabadi.



From L: Saad Alomran; Mohamed Boqambar; Aref Kolaib.



From L: Joong Hyoun Park; Vladislav Antonov; Ahmad Albazzaz.

MASTER MEN'S BODYBUILDING UP OVER 50, OPEN

The line-up:
25 Aiden Khorsheed Iraq
26 Fadhil Hussein Iraq
27 Ghassan Algosaibi Bahrain
28 Hong Jun Kim Korea
29 Young Jun Lee Korea
30 Nikolay Gritsayenko Kazakhstan
31 Konstantin Kurashov Kazakhstan
32 Ching-Chung Yen Chinese Taipei

The key comparisons:
First: 25 – 26 – 28 – 30 - 31
Second: 27 – 29 – 32
Third: 13 – 14 – 15 – 17
The finalists:
25 Aiden Khorsheed Iraq
26 Fadhil Hussein Iraq
28 Hong Jun Kim Korea
30 Nikolay Gritsayenko Kazakhstan
31 Konstantin Kurashov Kazakhstan
32 Ching-Chung Yen Chinese Taipei

Pictures:



From L: Aiden Khorsheed; Fadhil Hussein; Hong Jun Kim.



From L: Hong Jun Kim; Nikolay Gritsayenko; Konstantin Kurashov.



From L: Ghassan Algosaibi; Young Jun Lee; Ching-Chung Yen

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Some videos from the semifinals available;

Up to 85kg PJ highlights

+100kg highlights

Up to 90 kg prejudging highlights

Up to 100kg prejudging highlights

For those who are interested, tons of photos available on Kuwaitbodybuilding.com FB page - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151633782961684.1073741922.77941031683&type=1

Also some backstage shots uploaded - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151633671936684.1073741921.77941031683&type=1

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Iranian Hadi Choopan wins the up to 85kg class and the over all! More results later on..(photo credit Kuwaitbodybuilding.com)

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Here attached finally the complete results from the Asian Championships;

2013 ASIAN FINAL RESULTS.pdf

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The winners;

Women's fitness open - Tatyana Volkova (nr. 181)

Men's fitness open - Yevgeniy Yefimov (nr 186) (no photo)

Junior men's bodybuilding up to 70kg - Hadi Ali Shnain (nr. 188)

Junior men's bodybuilding over 70kg - Omid Hatamabadi (nr. 9)

Master men bodybuilding open 40-49 years - Mahdi Ayari (nr. 21)

Master men bodybuilding open over 50 years - Fadhil Hussein (nr. 26)

Women's bodybuilding up to 52kg - Yi-Mi Li (nr. 36)

Women's bodybuilding over 52kg - Yevgeniya Kirilych (nr.42)

Women's bodyfitness up to 160cm - Yelena Murushidi (nr. 47 - no photo)

Women's bodyfitness over 160cm - Snezhana Solntseva (nr 54)

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The winners;

Men's BB up to 55kg - Wasantha Peiris (nr. 58 // no photo)

Men's BB up to 60kg - Seon Hoon Lee (nr. 66)

Men's BB up to 65kg - Khaled Alblooshi (nr. 68 // no photo)

Men's BB up to 70kg - Omid Soleimanighahroudi (nr. 81)

Men's BB up to 75kg - Nasser Al Said (nr. 100)

Men's BB up to 80kg - Ali Rostami (nr. 113)

Men's BB up to 85kg - Hadi Choopan (nr. 130)

Men's BB up to 90kg - Mahdi Ayari (nr. 144)

Men's BB up to 100kg - Kamal Abdull Salam (nr. 157)

Men's BB over 100kg - Abdulhadi Alkhayat (nr. 173)

Men's BB over all - Hadi Choopan (nr. 130)

Best team - Iran

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Men’s bodybuilding overall battle (from L): Kamal ABDULL SALAM (2nd place); Mahdi AYARI (3rd place); Hadi CHOOPAN (1st place).


Men’s bodybuilding overall battle (from L): Mahdi AYARI (3rd place); Hadi CHOOPAN (1st place); Kamal ABDULL SALAM (2nd place).

Men’s bodybuilding overall battle (from L): Mahdi AYARI (3rd place); Hadi CHOOPAN (1st place); Kamal ABDULL SALAM (2nd place).

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Huvitav on vaadata, et nr. 157 võistleb -100kg ja 130 on -85kg visuaalselt ütleks, et vastupdidi....