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CLASSIC PHYSIQUE Yurii Zymohliad (Ukraine)
OVERALL CHAMPION:

In the third edition of this discipline, Ukraine once again stole the limelight
thanks to Yurii Zymohliad. The current champion knew how to repeat his shape
from Fujairah and prevail over all his rivals, among which the Guatemalan Jorge
Patzan, World Champion of 2018, posed the greatest threat.

Yurii Zymohliad (Ukraine), was Stanislav Tarasov (Ukraine) was
the only 2019 World Champion proclaimed Classic Physique
to repeat the title in this edition. World Champion (+175 cm),
He clearly prevailed in Classic thereby improving his 2019
Physique (-175 cm).q bronze medal.q

In the match between the Ukrainians, the details once again made the
difference. The excellent muscular rippedness of Yurii Zymohliad won by 3
points over the larger size of Stanislav Tarasov, thus revalidating his title of
overall World Champion.

SHORT CLASS (-175 cm) TALL CLASS (+175 cm)

Gold: Yurii Zymohliad (Ukraine) Gold: Stanislav Tarasov (Ukraine)
Silver: Jorge Patzan (Guatemala) Silver: Bernard Antwi (Finland)
Bronze: Jonay Mesa (Spain) Bronze: Peter Tatarka (Slovakia)
4th: Daniel Kunikowski (Poland) 4th: Filip Dropulic (Croatia)
5th: Waldemar Biernacki (Poland) 5th: Ahmed Elsayed (Egypt) An emotional Yurii Zymohliad listens to the national anthem of Ukraine,
6th: Gadir Akhundov (Russia) 6th: William Rguez. (El Salvador) accompanied by President Santonja, after his triumph.

MIDDLE CLASS (-179 cm)
MEN’S (Sweden) rose from his Gold: Alexandru Iordan (Romania)
Farbad Chaharlang
5th place in 2019, to Men’s
PHYSIQUE Physique Short class Silver: Sebastian Serpescu (Romania)
World Champion in 2020.q
Bronze: Sergiy Royko (Ukraine)
4th: Yahya Al-Kiyumi (Oman)
5th: Rafel Bogarthe (Portugal)
Although all the medals 6th: Oleksandr Savchenko (Ukraine)
went to Europe, many
of the stars were
nationalized athletes, SHORT CLASS (-173 cm)
such as overall champion
Farbad Chaharlang from
Sweden. The aesthetic Gold: Farbad Chaharlang (Sweden)
athlete already stood Silver: Milad Amiri (Finland)
Bronze: Khurram Butt (Denmark)
out in the 2019 World 4th: Ciprian Borcan (Romania)
Cup, where he reached 5th: André Pereira (Portugal)
the finals. This time, he 6 plaza: Ondrej Prichzi (Czech Rep.)
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didn’t miss out on the
opportunity to defeat his
rivals. His main rival was Alexandru Iordan (Romania), achieved the title of Men’s
another successful athlete Physique Middle class World Champion. He tied at 9 points
with his compatriot Sebastian Serpescu who won silver,
from last year: French giving a sensational double victory to Romania that catapulted
Pierre Murcia. the country to 4th place in the best team competition.u

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