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Athletes from 12 countries were represented at the 2021
European Championships held in Riga.q

2021 EUROPEAN FIT MODEL CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE FITTEST MODELS SHINE AGAIN

IN RIGA (LATVIA)

“Russia wins the team title.”

“Maryna Polapa (Ukraine) achieves the overall title, consolidating her career.”

í FOR THE SECOND TIME in 2021 - and it
won’t be the last - the capital of Latvia hosted an
IFBB Fit Model competition, supported by its national
federation chaired by Ms Christina Vedernikova. The
European Championships returned to Riga on Sep-
tember 11 to 13, as a prelude to what will be the IFBB
World Championships, scheduled for October 30 and
November 1.
As regards the sports scene, the championship had
a name: Mayna Polapa. The Ukrainian athlete, a silver
medallist in 2017, bronze medal in 2020 and also a
world champion last year, demonstrated her quality
and achieved the missing medals: gold in the Tall class
(-172 cm) and the Overall of the competition.

The Top 4 of the short
class (-160 cm), with
Patrycja Jasinska (Poland;
4th), Anzhelika Fedulova SHORT CLASS (-160 CM)
(Russia; silver), Kseniia
Zavodovskaya (Latvia;
gold) and Ekaterina Gold: Kseniia Zavodovskaya (Latvia)
Kuvinova (Russia; Silver: Anzhelika Fedulova (Russia)
bronze).u Bronze: Ekaterina Kuvinova (Russia)

tRussia
achieved the title
by countries with
a sensational
team that
achieved 1 gold,
3 silver and 4
bronze medals.

Maryna Polapa
(Ukraine), world
champion of Tall
class in 2020,
managed to
repeat victory and
reach the overall
European title.

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