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Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up
to 65 kg. to 70 kg. to 75 kg. to 80 kg.
KYEONG MO PARK KIKWAN SEOL SHINJAE LEE MOHAMMAD MOFTAKHAR

Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up Men’s Bodybuilding up to
to 85 kg. to 90 kg. to 95 kg. 100 kg.
ABDULLA FAROOG EBRAHIM ARZESHMAND BEHZAD TANGSIRI GRAZVYDAS GRUBAS

In the oldest discipline, bodybuilding, we had a South Korean Champion: Kyeong Mo Park
at less than 65 kilos with a solid physique and enormous legs. At up to 70 kg, his compatriot
Kikwan Seol showed a physique with excellent body and good definition. For the next class, up
to 75 kg, another South Korean, Shinjae Lee, won the gold medal, also showing a good amount
of muscle size, excellent legs and good definition. In up to 80 kg it was the Iranian Mohammad
Moftakhar who won the gold medal. Up to 85 kg the Champion was Abdulla Faroog (Bahrain),
a compensated athlete who had no rival in this weight cut. Iran also dominated at 90 kilos with
Ebrahim Arzeshmand who clearly dominated this weight class. Again, another Iranian, Behzad
Tangsiri was the champion in less than 95 kilos and Overall World Champion. Up to 100 kilos
the representative of Lithuania Grazvydas Grubas won the gold medal. In more than 100 kg the
Champion was Odilon Batista (Brazil) who gave great joy as a master athlete, also full, complete
and with an excellent pose.
In the next discipline, Men’s Classic Physique, the representative of Guatemala up to 168
cm Jorge Daniel Patzan Moonzon was the winner. At up to 171 cm, the young and double world
champion, senior and junior, Oumar Sylla (Belgium) won, despite his youthful poses. At up to
175 cm it was Safier Koorndijk-Iancu (Romania) who was a veteran at these levels, imposed the
law and obtained the gold. At up to 180, Tomislav Strmecki (Croatia) stated that he is among the
best athletes in the class for being a multiple international champion in 2023 and also winning
the Overall in this discipline. In the last class over 180 cm it was Oleksandr Mincha (Ukraine) Men’s Bodybuilding up to
who convinced the jury to obtain gold. 100 kg.
ODILON BATISTA

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