Arnold Classic Europe 2013 // pro & amateur

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Official pro competitor lists ;

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IFBB introduces the preshow favorites in BB and CBB;

ARNOLD CLASSIC EUROPE WILL START ON FRIDAY!
GREAT STARS COMING TO MADRID

by Andrew Michalak

The biggest IFBB amateur contest with nearly 700 athletes will start on Friday. National Teams will come on Thursday – the day of official registration of all athletes. Many top international stars are coming to Madrid this year. They will fight for trophies in nearly 40 official categories. The biggest ones are: men’s bodybuilding, included 7 categories, from 70 kg up to over 100 kg and women’s bikini fitness, from 160 cm class up to over 172 cm class. I will present here some of the top champions but in physique sports we can always expect new challengers who can surprise the stars, the judges and the viewers. This a very exciting feature of our sports and people love it. What have already surprised me: big national teams from Philippine, Portugal and Greece – countries not so active in the IFBB during the recent years. Smaller teams from South America (now they have their own “Arnold” in Rio), but very strong set of bodybuilders from Venezuela. The biggest teams from Russia, Italy and Germany, not mention Spain (nearly 200 athletes) as they will come directly to the registration.

Let’s have a closer look whom we can expect in men’s bodybuilding and men’s classic bodybuilding.

Men’s bodybuilding:

70 kg category will be dominated by Italian bodybuilders by number of athletes (5). Among them former world champion Corrado Maggiore. The next great star comes from Brazil – multi world champion Jose Carlos Santos. Then Nelson Totanes from Philippines (3^rd place at the 2012 Amateur Olympia) and Juan Jose Bustamante from Peru.

75 kg category: Arnold America winner Alex Zuccaro (Italy), last year’s finalists Antonio Bellaroba (Switzerland), Bo Johnson (Sweden), top two from this year’s Eastern European Cup: Fedor Tsimermann and Maxim Nikolayev (both of Russia), Richard Carolina and Ariel Guong (both of Philippines), Reginaldo Anthony (Netherlands) and Romenildo de Oliveira (Brazil). Really international group and no clear favorite.

80 kg category: this year’s Europeans runner-up Thomas Askeland (Norway), this year’s Arnold North America winner Randolf Naranjo and 2007 CAC champion Frank Sucre (both of Venezuela), world masters champion Jens Schneider (Germany), 2009 Europeans junior overall winner Mikhail Motanov (then Lithuania, now United Kingdom).

85 kg category: 2011 European champion Zoran Kolevski (Macedonia), Asian champion Ahmed Ashkanani (Kuwait), South American Championships runner-up Jose Luiz Fernandez (Colombia), 2011 Arnold Europe finalist Simone Meiattini (Italy), Asian Championships bronze medal winner Jalaal Alrayashi (Qatar), 2012 Russian champion Vladimir Borisov.

90 kg category: 2011 Arnold Europe and 2012 Arnold America winner Jose Angel Bustamante (Venezuela), always second (2010, 2012 and 2013) at Arnold America Raul Martinez (Venezuela), 2013 European champion Sergei Spichenkov and 2012 European champion Alexander Kolyasnikov (both of Russia), 2010 South American Championships runner-up Glayson Souto (Brazil), Asian Championships bronze medal winner Mohammad Akbar (Kuwait), 2012 Amateur Olympia winner Gerald Pangan (Philippines), world masters champion Jose Carlos Rebolo (Portugal), 2012 Arnold Europe 3^rd place winner Ricardo Correia (United Kingdom).

100 kg category: One of the longest line-up. Only from Greece and Italy 9 athletes. Then famous multi world champion and World Games winner Kamal Abdul Salam (returned to his native Libya), 2010 European champion Antonio Furic (Croatia), 2011 NPC Excalibur winner Jong-Seop Won (Hong Kong), 2012 Arnold Europe runner-up Francisco Corral (Switzerland), 2013 East European Cup runner-up Vladislav Kuznetsov (Russia).

Over 100 kg category: the biggest sensation: returning from the pro ranks “Greek God” Emmanuel Karamanlakis (Greece), three always demanding Germans: David Hoffmann, Markus Hoppe and Marco Schmidt, well-know Kuwait’s “Oxygen Gym” trainer and 2012 Amateur Olympia runner-up John Andrew Cifra (Philippines), six Russian athletes, with former classic bodybuilding champion Igor Gostiunin and new stars Andrey Skoromniy and Vitaly Fateev, 2012 Arnold America finalist David Titterton (UK).

Men’s Classic Bodybuilding:

Up to 175 cm category: Arnold America and Arnold Europe winner Mariusz Balazinski (Poland), 2011 World Championships runner-up Alexander Barbashin (Russia), Mouhamad Ali (Denmark), top three from the 2013 Eastern European Cup: Viktor Simkin, Sergey Kireev and Vitaly Valeev (Russia), 2013 Arnold North America finalist Giorgio Levaggi (Italy)

Up to 180 cm category: 2011 European masters champion Giuseppe Brancaccio (Italy), 2013 Eastern European Cup bronze medal winner Sergey Shmidt (Russia), 2013 European Championships finalist Manuel Chalupka (Austria)

Over 180 cm category: 2011 world champion Mateusz Kolkowski (Poland), 2012 Worlds runner-up Dmitry Krilov (Russia), 2011 European Championships runner-up Harald Schober (Austria), 2013 Eastern European Cup runner-up Sergey Smirnov (Russia).

Corrado MAGGIORE (Italy) at the 2013 Arnold North America

Jose Carlos SANTOS (Brazil) at the 2012 Men’s Worlds

Alessandro ZUCCARO (Italy) at the 2013 Arnold North America

Thomas ASKELNAD (Norway) at the 2013 European Championships

Randolf NARANJO (Venezuela) at the 2013 Arnold North America

Zoran KOLEVSKI (Macedonia) at the 2011 European Championships

Ahmed ASHKANANI (Kuwait) at the 2011 Arnold Europe

Jose Angel BUSTAMANTE (Venezuela) at the 2011 Arnold Europe

Raul MARTINEZ (Venezuela) at the 2013 Arnold North America

Ricardo CORREIA (United Kingdom) at the 2012 Arnold Europe

Kamal Abdul SALAM (Libya) ay his top shape

Francisco CORRAL (Switzerland) at the 2012 Arnold Europe

Emmanuel KARAMANLAKIS (Greece)

David HOFFMANN (Germany) at the 2011 Amateur Olympia

John Andrew CIFRA (Philippines)

Mariusz BALAZINSKI (Poland) at the 2011 Amateur Olympia

Giuseppe BRANCACCIO (Italy) at the 2011 European Juniors & Masters Championships

Mateusz KOLKOWSKI (Poland) at the 2011 World Classic Bodybuilding Championships

Harald SCHOBER (Austria) at the 2011 European Championships

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The amateur part of ACE starts today following the schedule posted above.

Coverage available from the amateur weigh ins;

David Hoffmann posing and interview (video)

Tim Budesheim posing and interview (video)

Eastlabs.biz photogalleries

Team-andro.com photogalleries

Danish CBBer M Ali;

Finnish team;

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Men’s Classic Bodybuilding:

Up to 175 cm category: Arnold America and Arnold Europe winner Mariusz Balazinski (Poland), 2011 World Championships runner-up Alexander Barbashin (Russia), Mouhamad Ali (Denmark), top three from the 2013 Eastern European Cup: Viktor Simkin, Sergey Kireev and Vitaly Valeev (Russia), 2013 Arnold North America finalist Giorgio Levaggi (Italy)

...Mariusz Balazinski (Poland) tuli 2011 novembris Eestis toimunud klassikalise kulturismi MM-il minu kategoorias alguses neljandaks ja siis võeti dopingukontrollis maha ning sai 2 aastat võistluskeeldu. 2 aastat ei ole 1 aasta ja 11 kuud! See mees on kindel, keda ma tean et karistust kannab, aga ilmselt on selles nimekirjas veel mehi, kes peaksid olema paar aastat IFBB võistlustest eemal.

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Koliasnikov..

Spichenkov

Sweden's Micke Hancic

Hoffmann

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AnneP, if there is a list of all competitors available, could u perhaps share the link here?

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No, unfortunatelly I havent gotten any lists , even if I asked to get ones. Did not find any lists available in internet either.

Anyway, the amateur classes have started, already some prejudging photos available (junior BB, Womens BB open) on Getbig.ru http://www.getbig.ru/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=66

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Swedish Martin Kjellstrom looking pretty impressive before his come back .

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Day 1 // amateur // morning session photos are available on ;

Getbig.ru

Team-andro.com

Will add the results later on asap getting those

German Tim Budesheim wins junior BB HW class ..

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Pepa minu kategooria võitja Rene Korol oli Arnold classicul pronks -seega päris kõva tasemega mehed olid nagu tulemusest näeb.

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Meie oma poiss Jüri Leinvald sedakorda siis Venemaa eest võistlemas ja klassika pikas kategoorias 3.koht

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Brian Shaw kes seisab Santonja kõrval on ikka suur inimene...

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Still no result lists or scorecards available from yday :/ will add them class by class later on then

Anyway, to see what happened yday, please visit;

Eastlabs.biz galleries

Getbig.ru

Team-andro // morning session 1

Team-andro // body fitness

Team-andro / masters BB

Team-andro / CBB

BF over all winner Zsuzsann Toldi

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Amateur show continues today with the men's fitness, men's physique, AF, bikini and BB. Also men's open PRO BB and women's pro fitness will be on stage today.

Flexonline.com interviews the pro athletes competing today;

(if the link asks you for password, go this way picking the straight link to the every interview http://www.flexonline.com/ifbb/www.flexonline.com/videos/ifbb/phil-heath-interview-2013-arnold-classic-europe)

VIDEO: PHIL HEATH 24 HOURS FROM THE '13 ARNOLD EUROPE

VIDEO: SHAWN RHODEN 24 HOURS FROM THE '13 ARNOLD EUROPE

VIDEO: ROELLY WINKLAAR 24 HOURS FROM THE '13 ARNOLD EUROPE

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Still a very few updates of amateur results...

Anyway, the pro show is ON and prejudging rounds done. Comparison photos available on Team-andro.com // http://www.team-andro.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=1871

No suprises, 1st call out: Heath, Kai, Wolf, Rhoden, Winklaar, Martinez. TOP 3 seems to be replay from the Olympia as Heath, Greene and Wolf was taken to the last call as well. Please see the gallery link given above for more photos

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The TOP 3;

SEE THE COMPARISON VIDEO HERE // http://rxmuscle.com/2013-01-11-01-49-59/international-contest-coverage/9459-rx-exclusive-arnold-classic-europe-wolf-greene-heath-at-prejudging.html

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Women Pro Fitness results;

1. Tanji Johnson

2. Oksana Grishina

3. Regiane Da Silva

4. Britney Jones

5. Myriam Capes

www.bodylehti.fi

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Men's pro BB results;

1. Phil Heath

2. Kai Greene

3. Dennis Wolf

4. Shawn Rhoden

5. Victor Martinez

6. Roelly Winklaar

www.bodylehti.fi

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Here finally attached the scorecards and complete resultlists // arnold amateur days 1 and 2;

arnoldamresutls.pdf

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Junior men bodybuilding;

Photos available at Getbig.ru, Team-andro.com, Eastlabs.biz ..

Video; Team-andro.com / finals and awarding

Fabian Mayr (5.) - Kevin La Grutta (2.) - Tim Budesheim (1.)

Roberto Ficetola (4.) - Nicolas Vuillod (6.) - Rene Gorol (3.)

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Women's bodybuilding open;

Photos; Getbig.ru, Team-andro.com

Videos; Team-andro.com // finals and awarding

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Women's physique

Photos; Team-andro.com, Getbig.ru , Eastlabs.biz ..

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Classic bodybuilding up to 175cm

Photos; Team-andro.com , Getbig.ru, Eastlabs.sk

Adrian Ghit (5.) - Aleksander Barbashin (4.) - Artem Pyari (3.)

Mariusz Balazinski (2.) - Sergey Kireev (6.) - Viktor Simkin (1.)

Classic bodybuilding up to 180cm

Photos; Team-andro.com , Getbig.ru, Eastlabs.sk

Aaron Rodelgo (4.) - Andrey Shmidt (1.) - Silvestro Della Morte (2.)

Charambos Kapapazlidis (6.) - Manuel Chalupka (3.) - Nikolay Stoyanov (5.)

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Classic bodybuilding over 180cm

Photos; Team-andro.com , Getbig.ru, Eastlabs.sk

Carlos Blanco (1.) - Harald Schober (2.) - Yuri Letwald (3.)

Dmitry Krylov (6.) - Renko Bostijan (4.) - Sergey Kolenchikov (5.)

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CBB over all - Andrey Shmidt, Russia (nr.110)

Viktor Simkin - Andrey Shmidt - Carlos Blanco