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Women’s Bikini up to 160 cm tough fight against two Finnish athletes: the final round and finished in the 3rd
Very tough battle of the top three Ella Mard and Venla Vierto, who came place, just 1 point ahead of the next
athletes. Katarzyna Przepiora (Poland) to Santa Susanna after taking two top German star Joelina Willberg.
was at the top after the first round, places at Mr. Universe Prague. Mard
having behind by 1 point the Czech star emerged victorious from this battle, Women’s Bikini up to 172 cm
Natalia Gonzalez. Two points behind placing 1 point ahead of Bryniczka and Elli Iso-Tuisku (Estonia) and Zornitsa
Gonzales was the IFBB Ranking leader Vierto who were tied 12:12 but the Silver Simeonova (Bulgaria) met 2 weeks
Anna Kushkian (Spain). In the finals Medal went to Bryniczka. before the European Championships at
Przepiora and Gonzalez were tied 10:10 the Mr. Universe Prague finishing in 2nd
but The Relative Placement Method Women’s Bikini up to 166 cm and 3rd places. The sequence remain
used by the IFBB statisticians in such 21-year-old Elizaveta Baturina (Russia) the same in Spain but they moved to
cases indicated Gonzalez as the category came to the European Championships the top. The next two athletes: Elvira
winner. For her it was the second as the recently crowned Siberian Power Gylka (Russia) and Carla Riedel-Seifert
category as she dominated the Artistic Show winner and once again climbed (Germany) were scored very close in
Fitness division, winning the overall to the top level of the podium. But the the finals (17:18) what means that the
title. Kushkian remained in the 3rd first round went to the Finnish star Bronze Medal went to Gylka. 2024
position. 2024 Arnold Classic Europe Eevi Seikkula 7:10. Baturina somehow ACE winner and World Championships
winner Valeriia Prokaza (Poland) reversed this score for her advantage in runner-up Paulina Choszcz (Poland)
dropped to the 6th place. the finals. Anyway, Seikkula moved up to didn’t enter the finals (7 place).
the Silver Medal following her 5th place
Women’s Bikini up to 162 cm at the 2023 Championships. Bronze Women’s Bikini over 172 cm
2025 Russian beginner and Moscow Medal for the next Russian athlete Interesting situation: two top finalists:
Cup winner Ekaterina Belichenko got Polina Lukina. Mariia Zhukova (Germany) and
the perfect scores in both rounds and Lyselle Toom (Estonia) met at the
won the Gold Medal. One of the most Women’s Bikini up to 169 cm end of March at the Mr. Universe
impressive beginners in the IFBB history, The biggest category at these Liechtenstein and were tied having 11
becoming an international superstar Championships with 31 girls on points each but finally Zhukova was
in her first international competition! the stage. It is not easy to defeat declared the winner. In Santa Susanna
Personal fitness trainer Alex Novotna 30 opponents but the Finish star they also were at the top but in the
from Slovakia finished second, while Tuulia Aula did it in the perfect style, reverse order. So, Toom won her first
junior Klara Cicha of the Czech Republic moving up from 9 place at the 2024 continental medal but the biggest
won the Bronze Medal, after her 2nd Championships! Second place winner surprise was the third place of Natalia
place at Mr. Universe Prague, where she Luisa Otzelberger (Germany) had the Fontowicz (Poland) who participated in
lost to Natalia Gonzalez. next successful competition after her her first contest in March this year.
victory at the Mr. Universe Prague. Lyselle Toom was just a hair away
Women’s Bikini up to 164 cm Iina Pehkonen of Finland had a chance from winning the Overall title but
2023 European Champion, Wiktoria for the Silver Medal, being tied with finally she placed behind Tuulia Aula of
Bryniczka from Poland, was running a Otzelberger in the first round but lost Finland (11:14).

Women’s Bikini up to Women’s Bikini up to 169 Women’s Bikini up to Women’s Bikini over
166 cm cm & Overall 172 cm 172 cm
ELIZAVETA BATURINA TUULIA AULA ELLI ISO-TUISKU LYSELLE TOOM

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