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WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE OPEN MASTER WOMEN’S
PHYSIQUE OPEN
Gold: Liubov Popova (Ukraine)
Silver: Raluca Elena Biro (Romania) Gold: Heeja Cheon (South Korea)
Bronze: Megumi Sawada (Japan) Silver: Josefine Galiamoutsa (Sweden)
4 : Marieta Ferencova (Slovakia) Bronze: Eriko Shimizu (Japan) pHeeja cheon
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5 : Heeja Cheon (South Korea) 4 : Naoko Oosawa (Japan) (south Korea),
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6 : Naoko Oosawa (Japan) 5 : Hyeweon Jeong (South Korea) impressive at
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6 : Hatsue Numata (Japan) 55 years, World
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champion master in
Women´s physique.
WOMEN’S
PHYSIQUE
Imposing return to competition for
Liubov Popova (Ukraine) after her
maternity. She was unattainable for
pliubov popova her rivals. Good general level of the
(Ukraine), renewed
as World champion in Asian athletes, with Heeja Cheon
Women´s physique (South Korea) prevailing in the
(+163 cm). Master competition.
BEST TEAM AWARD: UKRAINE
Ukraine, who was
champion in 2018 and
2020, recovered the title
they gave up in 2021 and
demonstrated their
enormous potential,
despite the difficult
circumstances the
country is going through.
Behind, Slovakia gave
up its second place in
2021 against Finland, by
only 1 point,
demonstrating the growth
of the Scandinavian
countries in the Fitness
disciplines.
Results (top 6)
1º Ukraine (104 points)
2º Finland (89 points)
3º Slovakia (82 points)
4º South Africa (64 points)
5º South Korea (63 points)
6º Japan (58 points)
pLeft to right: Mrs. Aino-Maja Laurila (Finland), Mr. Viktor Kozhushko (Ukraine) and Mr. Boris Mlsna (Slovakia),
on the podium of the national federations.”
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