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tKorean Jehyung
Ryu won the 2017
World Classic
Bodybuilding
Championships
overall title. Here,
with President
Santonja and Korean
Federation delegate.

12 World Classic Bodybuilding
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Championships 2017

> 2012 world champion Jehyung Ryu won the second gold medal in his sport

career and his firs World Championships overall title.
> Two gold medals for Iran, one for Korea, Spain and Germany each.

CLASSIC Up to 175 cm category top five (from L): Erik Halaska
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BODYBUILDING (Slovakia; 6 place), Tomas Smrek (Slovakia; 4 place),
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division showed that Aristide Mbomni (Germany; 1 place), Kiho Mun (Rep. of Korea;
3 place), Juscelino Santos (Brasil; 5 place).q
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Iran and Republic of
Korea, followed by
rising stars from
China, dominated this
category over
Europe. Two victories
of the European
competitors: Spanish
Jesus Rodal and
German Aristide
Mbomni – top two
athletes of the IFBB
World Ranking – were
not enough to stop
these two Asian
countries from
winning 3 gold
medals and the
overall title by the
Korean Jehyung Ryu.

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