Arnold Classic Brazil 2014 / amateur & pro

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http://www.ifbb.com/arnold-classic-brazil-2014

WELCOME to the second edition of the Arnold Classic South America.

ARNOLD CLASSIC SOUTH AMERICA is a great multisport program that takes place following the best tradition of the original Arnold Weekend concept in Columbus, Ohio (USA).

DATE
April 25^th – 27^th, 2014

LOCATION
Everybody has heard of the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the people of the city will give a warm welcome to all of the athletes and delegates who will participate in this great multisport event.

VENUE
The 2014 Arnold Classic Brasil Championships will be held at the venue, RIOCENTRO EXHIBITION & CONVENTION CENTER located at Avenida Salvador Allende, 6.555 – Barra
da Tijuca - Rio de Janeiro.

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The competitor list at the moment //

Some of the latest athlete updates;

Team Menace athlete Lionel Beyeke 6 weeks out of the Arnold Classic Brazil at 272lbs. Lionel finally found the formula that works for him. He is super determined to do everything possible to finally fulfill his great potential. I think keeping him leaner in offseason helped tremendously and he says he feels much better and is looking forward to the final 6 of dieting.

Juan Diesel shares some posing 6 weeks out from the show //

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Baito Abbaspour 7 weeks out of the Pro Arnold Classic Rio, Brazil. Baito's goal was to get a little bigger and I think we got the size on him, now it's time to rip it up for the next 7 weeks

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Team Menace athlete Lionel Beyeke 6 weeks out vs 5 weeks out. Lionel is getting better every week and he is pushing it hard with a strict diet, intense workouts and double cardio sessions. He wants to prove to everybody that he is not only full of potential, he is busting his butt to display it this year...

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Juan Morel 5 weeks out gallery by NPCnewsonline.com // http://npcnewsonline.com/ifbb-pro-juan-morel/114907/

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One of the preshow favorites Lionel Beyeke gives a 4 weeks out photo update;

..and so does Juan Morel;

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GEAR Nutra athlete Juan Morel gets in a practice posing session with just three weeks to go until his season debut at the 2014 Arnold Classic Brazil.

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"Mutant shoulders and triceps" can take the brunt of work during chest training. In this video, see how Steve Kuclo and Dan Newmire change up grip/joint placement and range of motion to blast the chest - preparing Steve for the 2014 Arnold Classic Brazil

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Flexonline.com shares; William Bonac: 4 Weeks out from the 2014 Arnold Classic Brazil..

Train. Eat. Sleep. Train. That describes Tuesdays for Juan "Diesel" Morel. He trains back from 11-1 pm at Bev Francis Powerhouse Gym, the"East Coast Mecca", then he is back for Round 2 -shoulders - at 8 pm. Training hard 4 weeks out from the 2014 Arnold Classic Brazil, Juan is passionate about what he does. Catch his shoulder workout here and find out how he eats 20,000, yes, 20 Thousand calories on Sundays...

http://youtu.be/dSzIBh8g8ao

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IFBB Pro's Jon Delarosa & Marco Rivera can often be found training together, whether or not they're filming a video for Muscular Development. This time, we caught up with them as they were training back & chest. At the time, Jon was 4 weeks out from the 2014 Arnold Classic Brazil, while Marco was 7 weeks out from the New York Pro.

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Dennis James shares..

Lionel Beyeke 3 weeks out. Lionel says he is very tired but he actually enjoys being tired cause he can see that his body is changing week by week and we are on a mission for the the final 3 weeks before the Arnold Classic Rio. Lionel means business!!!! - DJ

Breaking news!!!!!
Baito Abbaspour who is 3 weeks out of the Arnold Classic in Rio has finally listened to us and announces that he decided to jump into the 212 category after this last open show. I believe that Baito will do some serious damage in the 212 and I can't wait to withess the first show he enters. - DJ

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Ben Pakulski is the newest member of Team Scitec. Last week he worked in the SCITEC booth at FIBO 2014. Ben is preparing for Arnold Brasil so he couldn't allow himself to miss a workout even after the long tiring expo days. Check out how he trained back and arms with his teammate Matt Burzacott!

William Bonac's latest update //

Juan Morel guest posing 2 weeks out at the NPC Metropolitan //

Big Jose Luis Rodriquez almost ready to do battle. 2 more weeks before Jose will step on stage at the amateur Arnold Classic in Rio....

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Less than one week to go.

Dennis James shares some updates of his athletes, both pro & am //

Lionel Beyeke 1 week out. The very carb depleted Lionel is still in great spirit. He knows that there is suffering involved and he is taking it like a champ. We will deplete him until he gets to Brazil on Wednesday morning and then all we need to do is dry him out and get him to stay as full as possible. Knowing how Lionel will respond to certain things the final week I'm sure that we will see a great Lionel on that stage Saturday April 26th

A very carb depleted Jose Luis Rodriquez Oyola 1 week out of the 2014 Amateur Arnold Classic in Rio De Janeiro. Jose is already at his best ever but I promised him that next week he will shock himself. He will arrive Rio Tuesday morning and then it's time for us to do the final touches with carbing him up and drying him out at the same time. Look for Jose to do real well in Brazil.

Julio Balestrin 1 week out of his pro debut at the Arnold Classic Brazil. Last years Amateur Arnold Brazil overall winner Julio is anxious to get on stage in his home country. He is ready to mix it up with the big league and get his feet wet at his first ever pro contest.
The final week we will dedicate to condition and mor fullness. If you know Julio then you know that condition won't be an issue at all so we will focus on getting him a bit fuller while he's getting harder and drier.

Baito Abbaspour 10 days out of the Arnold Classic Brazil. Baito added some size and now it's only a matter of dialing it in. The Arnold Brazil will be his last open Men show and after this weekend it's on to the 212 in order to stir things up a bit.

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Jon Delarosa & Juan Morel guest posing on the stage of NPC John Kemper Classic only 1 week out from the AC Brazil //

Michael Kefalianos heading to this show as well, his update 7 days prior to the show // http://www.bodybuilders.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=38207

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Toney Freeman shares some 6 days out photos //

Energy levels are like a roller coaster for IFBB Pro Steve Kuclo but he still manages to gets in a productive Chest workout with training partners Dan Newmire & Lou Moreira. With just 2 weeks left before the Arnold Classic Brazil 2014, he is reducing his volume a bit as he depletes. But, he's still the type of person that "needs to lift heavy".

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IFBB Pro Jon Delarosa recruits IFBB Pro Victor Martinez for a chest "touch up" workout. Jon just came off a close second place at the Orlando Pro. Now Jon has the Arnold Classic Brazil 2014 just 2 weeks away and wants to polish up a bit. Victor is a veteran of the sport, and Jon feels he can still learn a lot from Victor.

Michael Kefalianos 3 days before the show // http://www.bodybuilders.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=38207

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RXmuscle.com with Dave P, McMillan and Chris Aceto predicting the show //

MD preview with Shawn Ray & some pre show interviews //

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And some more...

Abbaspour 1 day out // https://www.facebook.com/DennisJamesBodybuilding?fref=ts

And Beyeke at same point //

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IFBB.com previews the amateur show // http://www.ifbb.com/2014-arnold-brazil-preview

2014 ARNOLD BRAZIL PREVIEW

by Andrew Michalak
The upcoming weekend, April 25-27, will be very important to the IFBB worldwide family, particularly to the Western Hemisphere. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2nd Arnold Classic South America. Following the last year’s successful opening, which was dominated by Brazilian athletes, what was a natural consequence of the inaugural event hosted by this country, now it has expanded to a big international contest with over 20 national teams in bodybuilding and fitness only. This year we can see, for the first time, competitors from the USA, Canada and several Caribbean countries.

Arnold Classic South America has become a multisport festival, including over 16 sport disciplines! Beside Bodybuilding and Fitness, it will embrace our “brother” strength sports: Powerlifting, Strongman and Tug of War. The next big group is Martial Arts, with 8 sports. Then Pole Fitness, Artistic Gymnastics, Jump Rope, Indoor Rowing (Concept 2 machines). Also some “extreme” and endurance sports (Mountain Biking) as well as intellectual sports (Chess).

The main activity, including bodybuilding and fitness, will take place at the “Riocentro” Exhibition & Convention Center, located at the Avenida Salvador Allende. IFBB will run its all sports, with Men’s Bodybuilding (8 categories, from 65 kg to over 100 kg), Classic Bodybuilding (2 categories), Master Men’s Bodybuilding (one open class), Master Women’s Bodyfitness (one open class), Bodyfitness (2 categories), Bikini Fitness (3 categories), Men’s Physique (2 categories), Women’s Physique (one open class), Women’s Fitness and Men’s Fitness (open categories). Altogether, 22 categories!

Looking into the List of Nominated Athletes, we can see many top international stars. This names guarantee top attractive, cool battles on the stage, run at the highest. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the top IFBB officials, including President Santonja, are coming to Rio to celebrate the 2nd edition of this quite “young” event with tremendous perspectives and to control the IFBB activity there. Brazil is a very active IFBB member in the recent years. Despite this Arnold Sport Festival, Brazil will host the 2014 IFBB World Men’s Bodybuilding Championships and IFBB International Congress later this year in the capital city of Brasilia.

Top stars coming to Rio this year:

MEN’S BODYBUILDING:

• Charles Mario Soares (85 kg) – didn’t participate last year but having two wins at the Arnold Classic USA and placing 2nd this year in Columbus he may be considered the biggest star in Rio this year.
• Djalma Laroque (100 kg) - last year’s winner coming to regain the title. He was in a perfect condition at the 2014 Arnold Classic USA in Columbus (2nd place).
• Victor Luna (super heavy weight, +100 kg) - last year’s runner-up, who will battle with the last year’s 3rd place winner James Bondi for the title.
• Isequiel Balbi (90 kg) - last year’s 80 kg class winner, who finished 2nd in Columbus in 2013 and 2014. Now in the heavier category, where he will meet last year’s runner-up from 90 kg class Agostinho Figueiredo and finalist Marcelo Calvas.
• Francisco De Assis (75 kg) – 4th place last year in Rio and 4th place this year in Columbus. It’s time to enter the top three or maybe even to win this category.
• Diego Nonato (80 kg) – last year’s runner-up. This year, with Isaac Balbi moving up to the next class, he will be the main pretender to the title; however, the next finalists from the past year: Josevan Clemente and Antonio Inácio will try to stop him.
• Daniel Luna (65 kg) – 2012 World Championships bronze medal winner from Ecuador will be one of the biggest stars in Rio this year.

WOMEN’S BODYFITNESS:

• Rosimar Lopes (up to 163 cm) – 2013 South American overall winner and Women’s Worlds finalist, having won this year’s Arnold Classic USA will be the brightest woman star in Rio this year. But she will meet in this class the next great star: Nora Martinez (Paraguay) – 2010 South American overall winner and two-time Arnold Classic USA finalist (2013-2014). The next big player will be Loreto Soto Nunez (Chile) – South American master bodyfitness champion, who placed ahead of Martinez in the overall!
• Renata Guaraciaba (over 163 cm) – after many years on the stage, she finally started to win contests. Having won this year’s Arnold Classic USA, she would be the main pretender for the trophy but will be challenged by the last year’s winner Nicole Eccel and two 2013 South American champions: Karent Perez (Venezuela) and Eliana Romano (Argentina). So many champions in one category!

WOMEN’S BIKINI FITNESS:

• Clarissa Campos de Oliveira (up to 158 cm) – last year’s runner-up and 2014 Arnold Classic USA semifinalist.
• Susetty Tabash (up to 163 cm) – 2011 Arnold Classic USA winner and 2012 Central American champion from Costa Rica. Will meet in this class Iara Alvarenga da Costa (Brazil) – 4^th place in Rio last year.
• Marcia Goncalves (over 163 cm) – coming as the 2012 Arnodl Clasisc USA runner-up and Arnold Europe 3^rd place winner she will be the main candidate for the top trophy; however, she will have to leave behind last year’s runner-up Josiane Weber, 2013 South American runner-up Bianca Lanza and 2014 Arnold USA top 10, Alzira Rodriguez (Dominican Rep.).

MEN’S CLASSIC BODYBUILDING:

• Rodrigo Coelho Alves (up to 175 cm) – comes in a glory of the 2014 Arnold Classic USA winner. After his 2^nd place last year in Rio, he will try to get this title this year. But will have very demanding opponents: Marcelo Rafaelli, who won in Columbus in 2009 and placed 2^nd this year, just few points behind Alves, and Renato De Oliveira, who was tied with Alves last year in Rio. Three top champions and only one can win!
• Carlos Hadade(over 175 cm) – last year’s runner up, will fight against 2013 South American runner-up Eduardo Rodriguez (Uruguay).

MEN’S PHYSIQUE:

• Caio Pannain (up to 175 cm) – finishing 2^nd at this year’s Arnold Classic in Columbus he confirmed his great predispositions but will have a “cloud” of other good athletes like 2013 South American champion Dilson Espindola, last year’s runner-up Diogo Montenegro and 4^th place winner Diego Gil.
• Jose Ferrer Santillan (over 175 cm) – last year’s South American overall winner from Argentine will meet the 3^rd place winner Jorge Villaveces (Venezuela) and the 2014 Arnold Classic USA 4^th place winner Felipe Kokudai (Brazil).

WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE:

• Roberta Gomes – the last year’s winner plus the runner up Daniele Oazen will come to defend the titles against attacking very demanding champions: 2014 Arnold Classic USA 3^rd place winner Paola Sanchez (Dominican Rep.), 6^th place winner (+163 cm class) Camila Mendes de Campos (Brazil) and 6^th place winner (163 cm class) Luciane Vieira (Brazil). This will be a tough battle!

Countries participating at the 2014 Arnold Classic South America:

1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Bonaire
4. Brazil
5. Canada
6. Chile
7. Colombia
8. Costa Rica
9. Dominican Rep.
10. Ecuador
11. Panama
12. Paraguay
13. Peru
14. St. Maarten
15. Suriname
16. Uruguay
17. USA
18. Venezuela

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Results // men's open BB

1. Steve Kuclo

2. Juan Morel

3. Jonathan Delarosa

4. Lionel Beyeke

5. Toney Freeman

The complete results with scores are available HERE.

Beyeke - Kuclo - Morel

Dohne - Delarosa - Beyeke

The 1st call Dohne - Delarosa - Beyeke - Kuclo - Morel - Bonac

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More photos available at Flexonline.com , MD.com, RXmuscle.com ...

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Results // pro fitness

1. Bethany Gisternino

2. Regiane DaSilva

3. Danielle Ruban

4. Whitney Jones

5. Ryall Vasani

Complete results with scores are available HERE.

Marta Aguar (6.) - Regiane Da Silva (2.) - Bethany Gisternino (1.) - Whitney Jones (4.) - Ryall Graber (5.) - Danielle Ruban (3.)

Some moving around..

DaSilva - Aguar - Gisternino - Jones

More photos available at Flexonline.com , MD.com, RXmuscle.com ...

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Who won...

Who I think should have won...

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The first results from the AC Brazil Amateur are also available on IFBB.com. Some photos added as well from the amateur event (mostly taken via the screen) and the expo on IFBB Official FB page.