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IFBB BELT & ROAD 2018
(XI’AN, CHINA)

WELLNESS BODYFITNESS

OPEN
Gold: Xue Fei Zhang
(China)
Silver: Tang Jing Bo
(China)
Bronze: Stacey Pottie
(Canada)

SHORT CLASS (-163 CM)

WOMEN´S PHYSIQUE TALL CLASS (+163 CM) Silver: Xiao Jun Chen (China)
Gold: Chantal Graziani (Malta)
Gold: Iulia Kozakovtceva (Russia) Bronze: Yelena Stepanova (Kazakhstan)
Silver: Susan Gasgaard (Denmark)
Bronze: Juyoung Cho (Korea)

OPEN

Gold: Marisel Cruz
(Puerto Rico)
Silver: Alena Hatvani
(Czech Rep.)
Bronze: Kristina
Andreyeva
(Kazakhstan)

THIRD ACT: OVERALL FINALS AND CLOSURE

THE CLOSING day deserves a broadcasting thanks to the national The most important news from
separate chapter, not only for the TV cameras, of that stage: such a this IFBB Belt & Road 2018: the
excellent competitive level, but also show with all medalists, competing IFBB and the CBBA have laid the
for what it represented for our for $ 80,000 in cash prizes, in a foundations, in coordination with
sport. Not only the grandiosity of gigantic and elegant stage, before the authorities of Xi’an and
the stage - the very square of the the great city wall and before more sponsors, for the old imperial
imperial city, equipped with 5 than 2,000 live spectators, is an capital to continue hosting this
audio-visual screens of enormous image that will remain with the majestic event in the following
dimensions and latest technology - athletes forever, who surely are years. Who would want to miss
but the nationwide live eager to return for the next edition. such a big happening?

Dance, acrobatics,
traditional
dances and an
unprecedented
spectacle of
light and sound
were the perfect
complement to this
festival of Fitness
and Bodybuilding
that impacted the
world, broadcasted
through the TV
cameras. u

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