IFBB Fitness European Championships 2012: tulemused, pildid, kommentaarid

IFBB report after the registration..

2012 EUROPEAN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS:

AFTER THE REGISTRATION

by Andrew Michalak

The next IFBB record has been broken: first time in history the barrier of 30 countries participating in the European Women’s Championships has been broken: exactly 30 countries sent their national teams to this year’s Championships. The next interesting news: the new sport – athletic fitness will debut in the IFBB at these Championships. There are two men’s categories and one women’s category. Altogether, 167 athletes have been registered, what is also a new record of participation. The most overcrowded categories are: women’s bikini fitness (21 athletes) and women’s bodyfitness over 168 cm (17 athletes). IFBB policy to promote women’s fitness has also been visible: the number of athletes have been raised over 20 this time, compared to 13 in 2011 and 16 in 2010.

The biggest stars?

Women’s fitness up to 163 cm: world champion Melinda Szabo, medal winners: Dominika Multanova, Olga Volokh and world junior champion Laura Cupsa.

Women’s fitness over 163 cm: world champion Natalia Chukaeva, European champion Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas, former world junior champion Oksana Orobets.

Men’s fitness: world champion Oleg Anissimov.

Women’s bodybuilding up to 55 kg: world championships runner-up Ludmila Tuboltseva. .

Women’s bodybuilding over 55 kg: world championships runner-up Olga Puzanova.

Women’s bodyfitness up to 163 cm: world champion Zrinka Fiser.

Women’s bodyfitness up to 168 cm: world champion Eakterina Gamagina, worlds runner-up Daniela Pfeiffer, worlds finalists Adela Ondrejovicova.

Women’s bodyfitness over 168 cm: world overall champion Yulia Ushakova.

Women’s athletic fitness: winner from Tallinn Esta Pilt, incredibly strong Helena Forsen (59 dips), former world bodybuilding champion Alina Cepurnienie.

Men’s athletic fitness: winner from Tallinn, Loaded Cup and many other Nordic contests: Ako Rahim.

In photos..

Photo 1: IFBB Office registration: Alexandr Timoshenko and Olga Puzanova

Photo 2: Ukrainian Team manager Iryna Delieva

Photo 3: Former world bodybuilding champion and Tyumen’s “Antey Gym” manager Natalia Proskuryakova

Photo 4: Former world fitness champion Iveta Statsenko with Alexandr Timoshenko

Photo 5: Hungarian Team with its President Istvan Huber

Photo 6: Federation President Dr. Wolfgang Schober with his athlete

Photo 7: Latvian Federation President and IFBB international judge Christina Vedernikova (right) checking the competitor’s attire

Interesting to see if the live streaming works – http://streaming.hr/modules/iframes/bodybuilding/bb.asp prejudging should start at 10 00 am (apparently 11am in Estonian time then).