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BODYBUILDING


             With 1 more class than in 2021, as a result   Kornalewski (Poland), repeating their fight   their personal battle. Once again, it was
             of the growth of participating athletes,   in the Heavyweights from 2021.  resolved in favour of the Italian, who
             there were many outstanding images in   A similar struggle occurred in the 45 to   achieved his third consecutive gold
             this edition. One of them was the revenge   49 years class, with Nicola Barlotta (Italy)   (2020/21/ 22) and revalidated the overall
             of Carlos Pereda (Spain) against Tomasz   and Jan Fotmeijer (Sweden) repeating   crown achieved in the last edition.


                  40-44 years              40-44 years            40-44 years SEMI           40-44 years
            LIGHTWEIGHT (-70 kilos)   MIDDLEWEIGHT (-80 kilos)  HEAVYWEIGHT (-90 kilos)  HEAVYWEIGHT (+90 kilos)

               Gold:  Akbar Shirkani (Iran)  Gold:  Khalid Alfalasi (EAU)     Gold:  Jan Sotak (Slovakia)     Gold:  Carlos Pereda (Spain)
              Silver:  Naoyuki Kato (Japan)  Silver:  Jorge Matute (Ecuador)    Silver:  Marcel Manea (Romania)    Silver:  Tomasz Kornalewski (Poland)
              Bronce:  Takashi Okada (Japan)    Bronce:  Valter Da Silva (Brazil)  Bronce:  Rok Tomazin (Slovenia)  Bronce:  Ahmed Taha Ghorab (Egypt)

                          t Akbar
                          Shirkani
                          (Iran; 43
                           years)







                                Khalid                     Jan Sotak
                                Alfalasi                   (Slovakia; 40                Carlos
                               (EAU; 43                    years) took                  Pereda
                                years)                    Marcel Manea                 (Spain; 42
                               revalidated                (Romania) place             years) took
                                his 2021                  as champion of                Tomasz
                                gold.u                     this class.u               Kornalewski’s
                                                                                       (Poland)
                                                                                      place at the
                                                                                       top of the
                                                                                       podium.u


                 Akbar Shirkhani (Iran)   Khalid Alfalasi (UAE)     Jan Sota (Slovakia)     Carlos Pereda (Spain)

                  45-49 years            45-49 years SEMI           45-49 years               50-54 years
            MIDDLEWEIGHT (-80 kilos)  HEAVYWEIGHT (-90 kilos)  HEAVYWEIGHT (+90 kilos)  MIDDLEWEIGHT (-80 kilos)
               Gold:  Nicola Barlotta (Italy)     Gold:  Zbynek Ceradsky (Czech Rep.)     Gold:  Michal Mokos (Slovakia)     Gold:  Eddy Nfeme N´guema (Gabon)
              Silver:  Jan Fotmeijer (Sweden)     Silver:   Vugar Verdiyev (Azerbaijan)    Silver:  Arne Lundell (Sweden)    Silver:  Roberto Casavecchia (Italy)
              Bronce:  Mohamed Abdelmohsen    Bronce:  Krzystof Skryplonek (Poland)  Bronce:  Mindaugas Giedris (Lithuania)  Bronce:  Mariusz Balazinski (Poland)
                    N. (Egypt)


                              t Nicola
                            Barlotta (Italia;
                              47 years)
                              revalidated
                             his 2021 gold,
                             again before
                             Jan Fotmeijer
                              (Sweden).


                                                             Michal
                                                             Mokos
                                                            (Slovakia; 48
                            Zbynek                          years), gold
                           Ceradsky                          medal.u                   Eddy Nfeme
                            (Czech                                                      N´guema
                            Rep., 47                                                   (Gabon; 50
                          years), gold                                                 years), gold
                           medal.u                                                      medal.u


              Nicola Barlotta (Italy)   Zbynek Ceradsky (Czech Republic)   Michal Mokos (Slovakia)   Eddy Nfene Nguema (Gabon)





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