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2016 WORLD

Bodybuilding Championships

Over 100 kg category
finalists (from L):
Yuliy Rusev (Bulgaria;
6 place); Andrzej
th
Kolodziejczyk (Poland;
4 place); Attia Shaalan
th
(Egypt; 2 place); Jordi
nd
Martinez (Spain; 1 place);
st
Mohsen Samadi (Iran;
3 place); Adam Kozyra
rd
(Ukraine; 5 place). u OVERALL CHAMPION:
th
OVER 100 KG
CATEGORY Behrooz Abarghani (Iran)
Gold: JORDI MARTÍNEZ (Spain) Finally, 9 world champions entered the stage to
Silver: Attia A. Shaalan (Egypt) combat for the overall title. From the very
Bronze: Mohsen Samadi (Iran) beginning it as clear that there were two main
4 place: Andrzej Kolodziejczyk candidates: up to 100 kg class winner Behrooz
th
(Poland)
5 place: Adam Kozyra (Ukraine) Abarghani (Iran) and over 100 kg class winner
th
th
6 place: Yuliy Rusev (Bulgaria) Jordi Martinez (Spain). Finally, most of the judges
pointed out Abarghani as an absolute winner. He
showed phenomenal classic lines, with tiny waist,
massive lats and broad shoulders what
impressed the judges most. Martinez’s full and
separated thighs looked better, so the verdict
was non-unanimous (6:9 by points). Abarghani’s
tOver 100 kg name “Behrooz” means “better day” and it really
category world
champion Jordi was a good day for him. 95 kg champion Jafar
rd
Martinez (Spain). Azizi (Iran) finished 3 , followed by his three team-
mates: Sajad Niknampour (85 kg), Mahdi Heydari
(70 kg) and Hossein Kalateh (90 kg).

OVERALL TOP THREE

1 Behrooz Tabani (6 points)
st
2 Jordi Martínez (9 points)
nd
3 Jafar G. Azizi (18 points)
rd
The overall battle: Jordi
Martinez (Spain) vs. two
Iranian stars: Mahdi Heydari
(center) and Behrooz
Abarghani (right). q

tBehrooz
Abarghani
(Iran) won
the overall
bodybuilding
title due to
the majority
of judges
decision (6
points).

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