2012-10-16
2012 ARNOLD CLASSIC EUROPE
by Andrew Michalak
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It was a real marathon lasting from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm. But it was a very exciting marathon. Great venue with tremendous space, great stage with impressive back wall banner, great IFBB President Dr. Rafael Santonja, being a host and keeping an eye of every aspect of this sport festival, great master of ceremony, Mr. Armando Marquez, near the end exchanged by Mrs. Rosella Pruneti (who can stand and speak more than few hours?). And great chief judge, Mr. Pawel Filleborn, who couldnt leave his place even to eat something and was responsible for smooth and fast proceedings. And great athletes, giving us so many exciting feelings and emotions. Now short comments on each class run today.
Junior womens bodyfitness
One big star, 2012 European junior overall champion Doina Gorun of Italy, who showed the perfect physique and received the perfect scores from the judges.
Junior mens bodybuilding
One clear leader Raul Maghir of Romania. Very complete, harmonized bodybuilder, with no weak points and in the best shape in the line-up. Top quality muscles with separation and definition. Two guys: Wesley Gasparotto (Italy) and Yury Burnaev (Russia) showed big, full muscles but lacking top quality and definition.
Master mens bodybuilding, age 50-59
Once again a clear leader: 2009 European masters overall winner Rafael Arana of Spain, who definitely won all three rounds due to the perfect body condition and quality. Much bigger competitor, former European champion Jose Camacho Rebolo of Portugal couldnt challenge Arana due to lack of muscle definition. Competitor with biggest legs in the line-up, Eduardo Zoega of Brazil, placed 5th due to the same shortcomings.
Master mens bodybuilding, age over 60
Nobody could challenge the world and European champion Bernie Cooper of the United Kingdom who combine muscle size and quality. The other world champion Rafael Vera of Spain displayed very good body proportions but needed a bit lower bodyfat level.
Womens bikini fitness up to 163 cm
In each of three categories more than 20 athletes. Amazing review of female beauty, styles of presentation and bodylines. In each category a small return match after the Womens Worlds in Bialystok a week earlier. Some of them improved their body condition, the other have lost it. Amy Wright proved once again her domination in the short class up to 160 cm. Cynthia Benoit of Canada jumped from 5th place in Bialystok to the 2nd position but the more impressive moving up was done by Heather Schofield of the United Kingdom, who placed 15th in Bialystok but took the 3rd position in Madrid. She was looking great and returned to the 3rd position won at the latest European Championships in Zagreb.:
Womens bikini fitness up to 168 cm
Second great duel of Tanja Canc (Slovenia) and Karina Antovska (Slovakia). In Bialystok Antovska dethroned Canc but in Madrid Canc successfully returned to the top position and, moreover, won the overall title as well. Great success of this bikini fitness diva from Slovenia. Antovska didnt give up easily: she even won the first round and lost the leadership in the second round. Brazilian newcomer at this level Marcia Goncalves, jumped to the 3rd position while Ukrainian blond beauty Liudmila Diachuk once again in the 4th position, after Zagreb and Bialystok, despite the fact that she was in her life condition in Madrid. Nina Silic of Australia once again in the 6th place.
Womens bikini fitness up to 168 cm
The biggest sensation of this day: world champion Anna Virmayoki of Finland out of the semifinals! This unexpected occasion was successfully used by Vladimira Krasova (Czech Republic) and Rhiannon Harris (Australia). They exchanged their positions compared to Bialystok: Krasova moved up to the top while Harris stayed in the 2nd place.
I was personally impressed by the perfect style and condition of Egle Eller-Nabi of Estonia who moved up one place, to the 3rd position, but only one point behind Harris. Jana Majernikova of Slovakia still in the 5th place but improved her style a lot. The biggest advancement: Adalheidur lafsdttir of Island who finished in the elimination round in Bialystok and now moved up the 6th place.
Womens bodybuilding
What a different view than in Bialystok! Seventeen impressive athletes on the stage created very interesting and exciting competition. First place went to someone new in the IFBB line-up, former world Thai Boxing champion Jacqueline Fuchs of Switzerland. Being in the perfect shape she managed to push down famous Czech star Katerina Kyptowa to the 2nd position the same like a year ago. Kyptova displayed big and full muscles but needed a bit higher quality and more details. Salla Kauranen of Finland finished in the 3rd place, same like at the 2011 Arnold America.
Womens physique
New category in the IFBB and the successful inauguration. Category for women between bodybuilding and bodyfitness, something similar to mens classic bodybuilding but with no weight/height limits. Most girls looked very attractive, some of them needed a bit harder and dried bodies. First titles went to:
- Zsuzsanna Tirpak b(Hungary) in the short class, up to 163 cm class
- Eva Pogacnik (Slovenia) in the tall class, over 163 cm
We could see in the line-up many former bodybuilding and bodyfitness stars like: Liudmila Tuboltseva (Russia), Alina Cepurniene (Lithuania), Noemia de Abreu (Brazil) , Kristina Dybdahl (Denmark), Lorena Inarra (Spain), carola Nostas (Bolivia), Ester Parisi (Italy), Branislava Jovanovic (Serbia).
Bodybuilding up to 70 kg
Unquestionable leader: 6-time world champion and 2011 Arnold America and Arnold Europe winner Jose Carlos Santos (Brazil), who dropped into 3rd place at 2012 Arnold America but now returned to the top position. Full, hard and well separated muscles earned him the perfect scores. In the 2nd place someone new, German bodybuilder Ismaile Boruco, few points ahead of experienced champions: Fabio Branciamore (Italy) and Johnatan Reverte (Spian).
Bodybuilding up to 75 kg
Excited duel of two-time world champion Corrado Maggiore (Italy) who tried in the other organizations in 2009 and now came back to the IFBB in 2011, wining the 2nd place at Arnold Europe. Karol Malecki of Poland won the 2nd place at the 2011 Arnold America and won the first Amateur Olympia in London. In this tough combat over Maggiore he won two rounds and they were tied in the 3rd round what brought the victory to Malecki. This can be considered as his life achievement.
Bodybuilding up to 80 kg
The next very close battle of the 2012 world champion from Mumbai, Ahmad Paydar (Iran) and 2010 World Championships bronze medal winner Andriy Sharapov (Ukraine), who unfortunately was not placed at the 2012 Arnold America. But in Madrid Sharapov was in his best conditions, forcing Paydar to the maximum efforts. This was a duel of the two top world bodybuilders and very attractive to the viewers.
Paydar won two rounds and lost in the third round but it was enough to win the gold medal. Sharapov displayed tremendous upper body but need to harmonized legs to his trunk.
Bodybuilding up to 85 kg
Czech bodybuilder Vojtek Koritensky has just moved to the IFBB being successful in the other organization. And he confirmed his quality, winning all three rounds and showing muscularity with no weak points and tremendous thigh and calf development. Behind him, three others were fighting for the silver medal: Saied Karjalian from Iran against two Rusians: Alexander Kolyashnikov and Artem Masalov. It was a very close battle in the semifinals but Karjalian earned better scores in the finals, placing ahead of Kolyashnikov and Masalov.
Bodybuilding up to 90 kg
The longest line-up with 28 competitors and packed with big names. Jose Bustamante of Venezuela came in a glory of 2012 Arnold America winner to defend his 2011 Arnold Europe title. He was short, very muscular , with professional quality legs but, unfortunately, a bit too smooth and dropped to the 5th position. The other bodybuilding star Alexander Kodzoev of Russia displayed super quality conditions and gave no chance to his opponents winning all three rounds with perfect scores. Behind him we can see new Iranian star Reza Kakavand athlete with nicely balanced muscular development and good quality. Then Ricardo Correia of the United Kingdom, who could be titled the king of legs and Emiliano Delluomo of Italy.
Bodybuilding up to 100 kg
A long line-up of 27 bodybuilders with many well-known names, medal winner at the continental or world championships. Even the European champions couldnt be sure to advance to the finals (Martin Drab). Other two top European bodybuilder: Antonio Furic (Croatia) and Miha Zupan (Slovenia) took the 3rd and the 4th places respectively. Young and gifted Swiss athlete Francisco Corral moved up to the 2nd place and looked amazing, with big, full and hard muscles. Maybe future world champion? But the winner came from Brazil: Cristovao Santiago won the 2008 South American Championships then trained hard few years more and now was unbeatable, winning all three rounds. His sharp definition and deep muscle separation was a decisive factor, I think.
Bodybuilding over 100 kg
Incredible, the longest line-up in the IFBB history in this class: 34 giants, many of them with bodyweight around 120 kg. But the winner wasnt the heaviest bodybuilder among them; however if we analyze the coefficient bodyweight to body height, he was absolutely unbeatable (105 kg, 169 cm), looking like a pro bodybuilder. Aleksey Lesukov, 24, won the 2007 European Junior Championships, then 2011 Arnold Classic America. Now came even heavier and won all three rounds. Vitalaijs Aleksandrovs of Latvia used to participate in the other organizations except the 2005 World Games when he represented IFBB. Then once again in the other federations and recently decided to move to the IFBB and his comeback was quite impressive.
Then, in the 3rd place, fantastic bodybuilder from Denmark, Patrick Johnson, who displayed big muscles and have great potentials. Then, in the 4th place, two-time European champion Mikhail Sidorychev of Russia bodybuilder with the most impressive Back double biceps pose in the line-up. Then, in the 5th place, a newcomer at the international level Markus Hoppe of Germany. Great result as for his first international competition. Then,, in the 6th place, two-time European Championships bronze medal winner, who moved up one position compared to the 2011 Arnold Europe.
And who failed to enter the finals? Not less impressive list of names: 2009 Arnold America winner Pavel Kirilenko, 2011 Arnold Europe finalist Paata Petriashvili (both of Russia), Igor Gostiunin former classic bodybuilder with unbelievable number of 11 victories (no other places) at the national contests, including Russian Nationals and Easter European Cup, Petr Brezna of the Czech Republic 3rd place winner at the 2011 Arnold Europe, 2011 Mens Worlds runner-up Andrzej Kolodziejczyk of Poland, African Bulldozer Vusumsi Njisane. Uff, what a crowd of famous athletes!
Bodybuilding overall
Interesting, two top places for Russia and the next two places for Brazil. The first pair: Alexander Kodzoev vs. Aleksey Lesukov, the second: Jose Carlos Santos vs. Cristovao Santiago. Usual, the super heavyweight champion takes the title but this time the result was different. Kodzoev displayed beautiful symmetry, proportions and quality and impressed the judges more than mass monster Lesukov. I asked few judges for their opinion on this verdict and they said that Lesukov, having so big muscles size at his not so big body height, has lost good proportions and balance. Moreover, he was not so ripped as Kodzoev, who finally won 7:9.
The Brazilian duel went to Santiago. In my opinion, Santos lost a bit of his muscles quality since his finals on Friday and looked a bit smoother on Sunday.
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JUNIOR WOMENS BODYFITNESS:
Junior womens bodyfitness open category top three (from L to R): Barbora Cernkov (2nd place); Doina Gorun(1st place); Hafds sbergsdttir (3rd place).
Perfect physique of the 2012 Arnold Classic Europe winner: Doina Gorun (Italy).
JUNIOR MENS BODYBUILDING:
Junior mens bodybuilding top three (from L to R): Daniel Miranda (2nd place); Raul Maghir (1st place); Ruben Lopez (3rd place).
Junior mens bodybuilding 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Raul Maghir (Romania).
WOMENS BIKINI FITNESS UP TO 163 CM
Womens bikini fitness up to 163 cm category top three (from L to R): Cynthia Benoit (2nd place); Amy Wright (1st place); Heather Schofield (3rd place).
Womens bikini fitness up to 163 cm category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Amy Wright (Australia).
WOMENS BIKINI FITNESS UP TO 168 CM
Womens bikini fitness up to 163 cm category top three (from L to R): Karina Antovska (2nd place); Tanja Canc (1st place); Mrcia Gonalves (3rd place).
Womens bikini fitness up to 168 cm category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Tanja Canc (Slovenia).
WOMENS BIKINI FITNESS OVER 168 CM
Womens bikini fitness up to 163 cm category top three (from L to R): Rhiannon Harris (2nd place); Vladimira Krasova (1st place); Mrc Egle Eller-Nabi (3rd place).
Womens bikini fitness over 168 cm category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Vladimira Krasova (Czech Republic).
WOMENS BIKINI FITNESS OVERALL
Womens bikini fitness overall category (from L to R): Vladimira Krasova (2nd place); Tanja Canc (1st place); Amy Wright (3rd place).
Womens bikini fitness 2012 Arnold Classic Europe overall winner: Tanja Canc (Slovenia).
WOMENS BODYBUILDING
Womens bodybuilding open category top three (from L to R): Katerina Kyptova (2nd place); Jacqueline Fuchs (1st place); Salla Kauranen (3rd place).
Womens bodybuilding 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Jacqueline Fuchs (Switzerland).
WOMENS PHYSIQUE UP TO 163 CM
Womens physique up to 163 cm category top three (from L to R): Nora Girones (2nd place); Zsuzsanna Tirpak (1st place); Liudmila Tuboltseva (3rd place).
Womens physique up to 163 cm 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Zsuzsanna Tirpak (Hungary).
WOMENS PHYSIQUE OVER 163 CM
Womens physique over 163 cm category top three (from L to R): Lorena Inarra (2nd place); Eva Pogacnik (1st place); Bianca Antunes (3rd place).
Womens physique over 163 cm 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Eva Pogacnik (Slovenia).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 70 KG:
Mens bodybuilding up to 70 kg category top three (from L to R): Ismaiel Boruco (2nd place); Jose Carlos Santos (1st place); Fabio Branciamore (3rd place).
Mens bodybuilding up to 70 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Jose Carlos Santos (Brazil).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 75 KG:
Mens bodybuilding up to 75 kg category top three (from L to R): Corrado Maggiore (2nd place); Karol Malecki (1st place); Morteza Norouzi (3rd place).
Mens bodybuilding up to 75 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Karol Malecki (Poland).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 80 KG:
Mens bodybuilding up to 80 kg category top three (from L to R): Andriy Sharapov (2nd place); Ahmad Paydar (1st place); Grigorios Karagiannis (3rd place).
Mens bodybuilding up to 80 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Ahmad Paydar (Iran).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 85 KG:
Mens bodybuilding up to 85 kg category top three (from L to R): Saeid Karjalian (2nd place); Vojtech Koritensky (1st place); Alexander Kolyasnikov (3rd place).
Mens bodybuilding up to 85 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Vojtech Koritensky (Czech Republic).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 90 KG:
Mens bodybuilding up to 90 kg category top three (from L to R): Reza Kakavand (2nd place); Alexander Kodzoev (1st place); Ricardo Correia (3rd place).
Mens bodybuilding up to 90 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Alexander Kodzoev ( (Russia).
MENS BODYBUILDING UP TO 100 KG:
83: Mens bodybuilding up to 100 kg category top three (from L to R): Francisco Corral (2nd place); Cristovao Santiago (1st place); Antonio Furic (3rd place).
88: Mens bodybuilding up to 100 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Cristovao Santiago ( (Brazil).
1: Mens bodybuilding up to 100 kg category comparisons (from L to R): Miha Zupan (4th place); Francisco Corral (2nd place); Andrey Leonov (5th place).
MENS BODYBUILDING OVER 100 KG:
117: Mens bodybuilding over 100 kg category top three (from L to R): Vitalijs Aleksandrovs (2nd place); Alexey Lesukov (1st place); Patrick Johnson (3rd place).
119: Mens bodybuilding over 100 kg category 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion: Alexey Lesukov (Russia).
120: Mens bodybuilding over 100 kg category comparisons (from L to R): Vitalijs Aleksandrovs (2nd place); Alexey Lesukov (1st place); Mikhail Sidorychev (4th place).
MENS BODYBUILDING OVERALL:
OV 1: Mens bodybuilding overall winner Alexander Kodzoev (Russia) congratulated by the IFBB President Dr. Rafael Santonja (right) and Arnold Classic promoter Mr. Jim Lorimer (left).
OV 2: 2012 Arnold Classic Europe champion of the champions: Alexander Kodzoev (Russia).
OV 3: Mens bodybuilding overall category presentation (from L to R): Alexander Kodzoev (1st place); Alexey Lesukov (2nd place); Cristovao Santiago (3rd place).
OV 4: Mens bodybuilding overall category presentation (from L to R): Vojtech Koritensky (6th place); Ahmed Paydar (7th place); Karol Malecki (5th place).
OV 5: Mens bodybuilding overall category presentation (from L to R): Ahmed Paydar (7th place); Karol Malecki (5th place); Jose Carlos Santos (4th place).
OV 6: Mens bodybuilding overall category comparisons (from L to R): Alexander Kodzoev (1st place); Alexey Lesukov (2nd place); Cristovao Santiago (3rd place).
OV 7: Alexander Kodzoev vs. Alexey Lesukov (right). Kodzoev shows lower bodyfat level, harder muscles and more details.
OV 8: Alexander Kodzoev vs. Alexey Lesukov (right). Look at the rear thighs.
OV 9: Alexander Kodzoev vs. Alexey Lesukov (right). This pose shows the biggest difference in muscle definition and separation in advantage for Kodzoev.
OV 9: And the others (from left): Ahmed Paydar (7th place); Karol Malecki (5th place) and Jose Carlos Santos (4th place).
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