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SEPTEMBER 2018 Meeting with Salvador Jiménez Cáceres (President) and Oscar René
SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN ASUNCION, PARAGUAY: Berganza Deras (General Secretary) from the Honduras Olympic
The South American Championships were a masterpiece organization, Committee, that are supporting IFBB in its goal to obtain the Central
held at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee facilities (the South American and Caribbean Olympic Recognition.
American Congress took place as well at the Olympic hall), graciously The last day of the Panamsports General Assembly, I had the honor
provided by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, as a symbol of the to hold a private meeting with the President of the Pan American
close links between our sport and Olympic family in the area. Olympic organization, Ing. Never Ilic Alvarez, following a close and
Over 600 athletes, a new record, integrating the national teams of the excellent relationship that is coming from years.
11 countries of South America, participated at an Auditorium full pack of IFBB BELT AND ROAD EVENT IN XI’AN, CHINA: With one of the most
spectators. Life retransmission provided the images worldwide, which spectacular open ceremonies performed in the history of Bodybuilding
statistics showed that the event was followed up from the five Continents. and the IFBB, the 2018 Belt & Road Championship took place in China,
We wish to congratulate Juan Paredes, the South American offering to the world the beauties of Fitness and Healthy Lifestyle, in the
Confederation, and Victor Niella, the dynamic President of the millenary city of Xi´an.
Paraguayan Federation for this outstanding event. Perfectly organized by the Chinese Bodybuilding Association With Mr. Pavel Kolobkov, Russian Minister of Sports; and
During my stay in Paraguay, I took the opportunity to meet with Mr. (CBBA), and their young and energetic leader, Mr. Zhang Haifeng, with Dr. Julio Maglione (FINA President & IOC Member).
Camilo Pérez López Moreira, President of the Paraguayan Olympic the support of Xi´an Municipality and an important group of sponsors
Committee, as well President of the South American Olympic that are already thinking in the next editions; near a hundred athletes
Organization (ODESUR), and his General Secretary, Juan Carlos from all the IFBB official disciplines performed in front of the Ancient
Orihuela. Both leaders attended the opening ceremony and finals Wall and the delegates from the 64 countries represented in this
showing their appreciation towards our sport. inaugural edition.
The Governor of Xi´an, CBBA president Mr. Zhang Haifeng and
PASO GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN LIMA, PERU: I officially attended the myself made the opening speeches, in front of National TV cameras,
Panamerican Sport Organization General Assembly wishing all the success to the participants.
Following the landmark of the recognition by the Panamerican ARNOLD CLASSIC EUROPE IN BARCELONA, SPAIN: Arnold Classic
Sport Organization and IFBB inclusion in the 2019 Panamerican Games Europe, Barcelona, Spain: The eight edition of ACE, held in Barcelona,
official sport program, I attended, joined by Eduardo and Gral. Estrada, Spain, broke records and the most optimist predictions with an
the PanamSports General Assembly and the Association of Panamerican overwhelming increase of the EXPO (45.000 square meters), a large
Sports Confederations (ACODEPA) Meeting. IFBB event with one thousand three hundred athletes and a wide multi-
IFBB was officially present there as recognized sport, included for sport program with a total number of 61 different disciplines, with an
the next Pan American Games 2019. attendance of over 70.000 visitors from 82 countries. We were honored
The days in Lima gave me the opportunity to hold several meetings and delighted to be joined by many Olympic friends and Dignitaries, as
and talks with Olympic friends and officials, amongst other, I met with: they were our dear friends Jose Quiñones, Vice President of the South Mr. Eduardo Abdalah, IFBB Vice President; Mr. Cristopher
Neven Ilic Alvarez (President of Panamsports-formerly PASO), Dr. Julio American Olympic Sport Organization (ODESUR) and Lucien Alvarez, Samuda President of the Jamaica Olympic Committee;
Maglione (IOC Member and President of FINA), Nicole Hoevertsz (IOC from ANOC President Office (Association of National Olympic Mr. Garth Gayle, Jamaica Olympic Committee 2nd Vice
Member), Luis Mejia (IOC Member), Eduardo Alvarez (President of the Committees), both of them very good IFBB friends and great supporters President; General Estrada, IFBB Especial Advisor, at the
Venezuela Olympic Committee and Chairman of the next coming of our sport. PANAMSPORTS General Assembly.
Bolivarian Games), Baltazar Medina (President of the Colombian
Olympic Committee and the Bolivarian Olympic Organization (ODEBO)). OCTOBER 2018
From all these meetings, we achieved to be officially included, as PERSIAN GULF DIAMOND CUP IN TEHERAN, IRAN: After the huge
medalist sports, at the 2021 Bolivarian Games, to take place in Valles success from previous years, the IFBB Diamond Cup in Teheran was
del Tuy, and 2019 Bolivarian Beach Games, to take place in Vargas, both organized again in its fourth edition by the Iranian Federation and its
in Venezuela. The Bolivarian Games are very prestigious games which President, Nasser Pour Ali Fard, with the invaluable assistance from
are organized every four years, and to be part of their official sport Omid Jebeli. The sport of Bodybuilding is very popular in Iran, having
program is a great success, and another significant step on our way to the Iranian Federation over one million of members, that perform our
the overall Olympic recognition. sport and healthy lifestyle along the country. The event was held in
So far, at this moment IFBB is officially recognized and taking part conjunction with a Judges Seminar, with Pawel Filleborn, Chairman of
in the following Regional Games from the Olympic Program: the IFBB Judges Committee, as lecturer.
• Panamerican Games (participated by the 41national Olympic IFBB DIAMOND CUP IN MUMBAI, INDIA: The event was organized
Committees) by the Indian Body Building & Fitness Federation, under the great
Central American Games management of Sanjay More, General Secretary of IBBFF as well as
• South American Games General Secretary of the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation.
• Bolivarian Games This IFBB International Event in India, in its first edition, obtained
In my meeting with Dr. Julio Maglione, IOC member and a close outstanding results.
personal and IFBB life friend, we reviewed the IFBB progression and
future projects, being his advice and guidance always so precious for us. IFBB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX AND RUSSIAN ELITE PRO IN H.R.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Sharqi, was
We followed up our request for participation at the XXIV Central EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA: I attended the Russian Gran Prix event, appointed by IFBB as new Vice president for Asia.
greatly organized by Anton Girenko-Kotsuba (Vice-President of the
American and Caribbean Games that will take place in Panama, in Russian Federation of Bodybuilding and organizer of the event) with Dynamic and energetic leader, with great diplomatic skills,
2022, currently in study and in good progression. the great support of the Russian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Sheikh Abdullah has an excellent experience as a public
In a meeting held with Christopher Samuda (President) and Alan and its President, Alexander Vishnevsky. The event, that took place and sport administrator working very close with IFBB, in
Beckford (General Secretary) of the Jamaica Olympic Committee, I together with an Elite Russian Elite Pro Show, was organized in a the development of our sport, in Asia.
thanked them for the great support that they extended to our sport at magnificent Fitness International Expo, Expo Fit Ural, another new
the recent Exco Meeting of the Central American and Caribbean successful International Expo at the IFBB international calendar.
Olympic Sports Organization.
I met as well Sandra Osborne (President of the Barbados Olympic IFBB WORLD FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIPS, BIALISTOK, POLAND: The
Committee), following the recognition of our sport in the country and city of Bialystok is well known in our sport as the hosting place for
memorable events.
other topics of mutual interest, and, afterwards, I met Gerardo Aguirre
(President of the Guatemala Olympic Committee), in which country we This year, once again, under the leadership of the IFBB experienced
are holding our next Pan-American Championships (November 22-25) official, Arkadiusz Leszczynski, Bialystok hold a brilliant IFBB World
as the qualifier event for entering in the 2019 Panamerican Games. We Fitness Championships that settled a new record of athletes
coordinated to travel together to Tokyo, Japan, after these participating.
championships in Guatemala, to attend the General Assembly of the The Opera Theater of Bialystok held in the same weekend the first
Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly, World Men’s Physique Elite Pro Championships, won by Dmytro
that will take place in Tokyo, next November 28-29. Horobets, from Ukraine, that was the overall winner amongst the best
I spoke with Marco Arze (President) and Mario Aramayo (General physiques from this category that displayed a brilliant event, bringing
Secretary) from the Bolivian Olympic Committee talking about topics of back the principles of symmetry harmony and muscularity With President of the Colombian Olympic Committee
(COC), Mr. Baltazar Medina, attended the inaugural
interest and National recognition. Both supported our sport very much The event included the presentation of the 2017/2018 IFBB Elite session of the Mr. & Miss America IFBB Cup, held in
to be included at the Bolivarian Games that recently took place in their World Ranking Awards and a closing banquet, where athletes and Bogotá, where he was awarded in recognition to his
country in Cochabamba. officials enjoyed the traditional IFBB spirit of friendship and goodwill support to Bodybuilding and IFBB.