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In the final
year of her
junior starts,
Gissella Diaz
took the most
important
title in her Gissella Diaz (Paraguay)
career, after declared the junior
being tied in fitness overall winner
her category by President Santonja
and winning and Mr. Pawel Filleborn.
the overall by
1 point (7:8)
over the 2016
world women’s JUNIOR FITNESS OVERALL:
champion
Eva Banikova
(Slovakia). Gissella Diaz (Paraguay)

THE BEST TEAM AWARD: Spain

Top 10 was dominated by European and Latin American
countries. Spain perfectly selected their national team of
10 athletes, each of them winning a medal! They earned
the same number of points (130) like in 2015 and regained
the best team title. Poland, with 21 athletes and 102
points, won 5 medals and moved up from 3 to 2 place.
nd
rd
Then France (93 points, 6 medals). Next places went
to Slovakia, Brazil, Germany and Dominican Republic,
which earned between 80 and 90 points. Mexico and
Ecuador in the top 10 once again, with Russia in the 10
th
position. Japan was the best Asian country (12 place) Poland was the second best team team, behind Spain, with an
th
and South Africa – the best African national team (16 excellent combination of 21 juniors and masters, who won many final
th
place). Altogether, 46 countries were classified. places. Here, the Polish team posing with President Santonja and
Polish Fedration President, Mr. Pawel Filleborn.
Representatives
of the 2017 World
Junior & Master
Championships top
three national teams:
Spain (1 place),
st
Poland (2 place)
nd
and France (3 place)
rd
with their trophies,
accompanied by
IFBB President, Dr.
Rafael Santonja and
General Secretary,
Mr. William Tierney.
CLASSIFICATION: (TOP 6)
1 st Spain (130 points)
2 nd Poland (102 points)
3 rd France (93 points)
4 th Slovakia (89 points)
5 th Brazil (84 points)
6 th Germany (82 points)

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