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Results and photos available from yday’s IFBB Greater Gulf States at http://contests.npcnewsonline.com/contests/2014/ifbb_greater_gulf_states/.

The TOP 5 results //

Women’s bikini

1. Amanda Latona
2. Sarah LeBlanc
3. Jenee Leger
4. Brittany Taylor
5. Desiree Niemann

Latona (1.) vs. LeBlanc (2.)

Men’s physique

1. Arya Saffaie
2. Jeff Seid
3. Stephen Mass
4. Xavius Gayden
5. Travales Blount

Jeff Seid (2.) – Burton Hughes (6.) – Xavious Gayden (4.) -Arya Saffaie (1.)

WPD

1. Tamee Marie
2. Leila Thompson
3. Karina Nascimento
4. Gloria Faulls
5. Shelly Yakimchuk

Nascimento (3.) – Marie (1.) – Thompson (2.)

Some smaller pro shows were held during this weekend also…

…at the IFBB Tournament of Champions Pro Figure Karin Grau – 13th placer last year at this show – took top honors and qualified to the Figure Olympia. Sasha Brown placed 2nd and Julie Mayer 3rd.

TOP 5

1. Karina Grau
2. Sasha Brown
3. Julie Mayer
4. Latorya Watts
5. Jessica Canty

Complete results and galleries available at NPConline.com.

Grau (1.) – Brown (2.) – Mayer (3.)

Watts (4.) – Grau (1.) – Brown (2.) – Mayer (3.) – Canty (5.)

Watts (4.) – Brown (2.) – Grau (1.) – Mayer (3.) – Canty (5.)

RXmuscle.com review //

Harbody.com review //

Oh what a difference a year makes. Last year, Karin Grau was 13th at the Tournament of Champions Pro Figure, her IFBB pro debut. Since then, Karina has tried to move her way up in the Pro figure ranks. She kicked the 2014 season with a 14th place finish at the Figure International in Columbus, Ohio. She went on to crack the top ten with a ninth place finish at the Pittsburgh Pro. Karina has shown improvements to her physique since last year’s debut and they proved to be enough one year later. The 2014 Tournament of Champions victory marks her first IFBB pro win and earns her a ticket to the Figure Olympia. Karina is originally from Prague and achieved IFBB pro status by winning the 2013 Arnold Amateur Brazil.

Coming in second and moving her way up in the Olympia point series was Sasha Brown. Sasha had 8 points heading into this show and in fourth. Tonight’s second place finish ###### her in second place with 12 points. There are just two pro shows remaining and while not a guarantee she does looked poised for an Olympia qualification via the point series. Julie Mayer’s third place finish gave her three points towards the Olympia point series. This ###### here in a three-way tie for third place in the Olympia Point Series. There are still two more pro Figure shows to go so anything could happen. Latorya Watts finished in fourth and picks up 2 points towards the Olympia Series. She moves up in the standings but still have an uphill battle to get in. Currently 10 is the magic number to get in via the point series and she has five. Jessica Canty rounds out the top five and snags one point towards her Series total. She currently has four points and will have a tough time getting in via the points unless she finishes in the top spots in the final two Pro Figure shows before the Olympia.

Read more: http://www.hardbodynews.com/2014/07/2014-ifbb-pro-figure-tournament-champions-results/#ixzz37N9WXh5U

Tampa pro show caught lot of attention during the last weekend but besides that show, bikini pros competed also at the IFBB Orange County Muscle contest. Tawna Eubanks took the top honors and also earned the olympia qualification.

TOP 5 results //

1. Tawna Eubanks
2. Candice Conroy
3. Crystal Matthews
4. Jamie Del Angel
5. Iveth Carreon

Complete results with photogalleries are online at http://contests.npcnewsonline.com/contests/2014/ifbb_orange_county_muscle/

Even though the Olympia weekend is just around the corner, still some shows left in bikini and figure divisions. Results from yday’s pro shows //

St Louis pro bikini

1. Brittany Taylor

2. Justine Munro

3. Candice Conroy

4. Bianca Berry

5. Noemi Olah

Photos available at MD.com.

Munro (2.) – Taylor (1.)

Berry (4.) – Taylor (1.) – Munro (2.) – Olah (5.)

Tahoe pro figure

1. Julie Mayer

2. Wendy Fortino

3. Andrea Calhoun

4. Allison Frahn

5. Krista Dunn

Dexter Jackson wins at Dubai Pro, here the TOP 6. For the scorecard, please click HERE.

Pro contest season continued during the weekend with a few bikini shows, here the TOP results:

Iron Games Pro Bikini

1. Janelle Saitone-McGuire

2. Christie Marquez

3. Tatiana Koshman

4. Iveth Garreon

5. Harriet Davis

The complete results with scores are available HERE, and for more photos, please visit NPCnewsonline.com.

Iowa Pro Bikini

1. Narmin Assria
2. Katherine Ampolini
3. Kenea Yancey
4. Breena Martinez
5. Sheena Jayne Anderton

For the scorecards, click HERE.

Results from the Champions Cup 2014 held in Russia during the weekend:

TOP 5

1. Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk

2. Alexander Kolyasnikov

3. Alexey Tronov

4. Sergey Zebald

5. Andrey Sorokin

For the complete photogalleries and report, please visit Eastlabs.ru.

Also Ironworld.ru has news online.

Slobodyanyuk (1.), Kolyasnikov (2.) and Zebald (4.) in comparison…

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