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Madalina Stanca - Romania (Junior
Women’s Fitness Bikini). The Romanian
athlete who left her mark on the competition
was Mihaela Dehelean Mih. Her exceptional
performance and dedication took her to the top
in the Women’s Bikini Fitness Master class. She
showed great presence on stage, dominating
poses, confident and with a physique completely
in accordance with the division.
In the Classic Bodybuilding discipline,
Marius Licurici, representative of Romania,
won the Overall title. Licurici demonstrated a
combination of muscle mass and definition that
allowed him to be the best in this discipline,
although it was not so easy in the end.
The Overall title in Men’s Bodybuilding
was won by Arsim Kullashi, who represented
Kosovo in the competition. Kullashi exhibited
impressive muscles, good posing and a strong
physique, but it was a hard win, because he did
not come to his full definition.
In the Master Men Bodybuilding division,
Adrian Lungu, representative of Romania,
stood out as the Overall champion. Born in
1981, Lungu proved that age is just a number,
displaying impressive muscularity and
unwavering determination.
In the Women Bikini Fitness division, Ioana
Birsan, another representative from Romania,
MASTER WOMEN was crowned the Overall champion. Ioana
BIKINI FITNESS wowed the judges and the audience with her
OVERALLL. combination of grace and muscle tone, excellent
Daniela physical balance with muscle tone, definition
Martinescu
and a mastery of the pose that she executed JUNIOR WOMEN BIKINI
with elegance. From Romania, Daniela FITNESS OVERALL.
Martinescu demonstrated her dominance in Madalina Stanca
the Women’s Bikini Fitness Master class in a
resounding and unmitigated way. With grace
and determination, muscular balance, beautiful
lines, adequate muscle tone, Martinescu
conquered the stage and earned the title of
overall champion.
Ciprian Borcan, from Romania, was
crowned Overall Champion in Men’s Physique,
impressing the judges with his athletic physique
and stage presence from the first time he came
out. His good difference between shoulders and
waist and his excellent abdominal development,
as well as a correct definition for this division,
already made him the favourite for the Overall,
which he finally won. Paolo Turco - Romania
(Men’s Physique Junior) was another Romanian
who appeared to take the gold against a cast of
competitors who gave a good measure of the
tightness of the class. Showing a good V and
convincing poses, Paolo did not have it easy.

MEN’S PHYSIQUE MASTER MEN WOMEN BIKINI FITNESS
OVERALL. BODYBUILDING OVERALL.
Ciprian Borcan OVERALL. Ioana Birsan
Adrian Lungu

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