Page 80 - 2017 baja-ilovepdf-compressed

WELLNESS GENTIANA BEQA
FITNESS: The first European Wellness Fitness champion (Kosovo).

IMPRESSIVE
INUGURATION

The latest IFBB “baby”, successfully
inaugurated by the EBFF at the
continental championships, with one
open category of 17 competitors
displaying a bit new style of physique.
Created in Brazil for Bikini athletes
having more muscular and massive
structure, especially lower body,
typical for continental Americans. But
European athletes showed that they
th
can also be competitive in this GOLD: Gentiana Beqa (Kosovo) Wellness Fitness Top 6: Onnela Raudsepp (Estonia; 6 ),
th
division, like the first champion, SILVER: Skirmante Puzinaite (Lithuania) Juliana Motta (France; 4 ), Skirmante Puzinaite (Lithuania,
silver), Gentiana Beqa (Kosovo; gold), Anastasiya
Gentiana Beqa, who won the first gold BRONZE: Anastasiya Bolshakova Bolshakova (Russia; bronze), Irina Mesnik (Belarus, 5 ).
th
medal for Kosovo in the history. (Russia)
FITNESS: NEW GENERATION ATTACKING

Something like the change of generation is seen in children fitness for nearly 10 years, IFBB has grown its
Women’s Fitness: a wave of young athletes, with long own fitness champions. For the first time in history, only
experience in children fitness, came to juniors or even juniors under 23 years old participated in the women’s
seniors categories and, having a good gymnastic tall class, with Michaela Pavleova (Slovakia) winning two
background, started to win top places. By developing overalls: women and junior.

MICHAELA PAVLEOVA KRISTINA JURIKOVA

Women’s Fitness 163 cm category Women’s Fitness +163 cm category
European Champion. European Champion.

Women’s Fitness 163 cm class top 6 (from L):
Mariia Kurenkova (Ukaine; 6t ), Nicolett
h
Kiralyvari (Hungary; 4 ), Anastasia Ilina
th
(Russia, silver), Michaela Pavleová (Slovakia;
gold), Alexandra Kovalska (Slovakia; bronze),
Jasmin Mantila (Finalnd, 5 ).
th

GOLD: GOLD:
Michaela Pavleova Kristina Juricova
(Slovakia) (Slovakia)
SILVER: SILVER:
Anastasia Ilina Julia Postika
(Russia) Women’s Fitness +163 cm class top 6 (from L): (Russia)
BRONZE: Amalia Mali (Romania; 6 ), Aleksandra Kepa BRONZE:
th
Aleksandra Kovalska (Poland; 4 ), Julia Postika (Russia, silver), Eva Banikova
th
(Slovakia) Kristina Juricova (Slovakia; gold), Eva Banikova (Slovakia)
(Slovakia; bronze), Dariya Garshina (Russia, 5 ).
th
2016/2017 BOOK OF THE YEAR 79