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2019 IFBB WORLD CUP

A SELECT GROUP OF AMATEUR ATHLETES STAND OUT IN TARRAGONA (SPAIN),

AS A FORETASTE TO THE 2019 IFBB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

"Anna Sorokina, Sidy Pouye and Rocío Araújo asserted their positions on the World Ranking"

"Fit Model debuted successfully at the World Cup"

“Valentina Volina (Russia) was the big surprise, claiming the overall Bikini crown”

í THE YEAR 2019’S
first rendezvous
with the historic city
of Tarragona was the
2019 IFBB World Cup,
held between the 1st
and 4th of November
2019. This event acts as
the perfect supplement
to the Elite Pro World
Championships, and is a
relevant foretaste to the
IFBB Amateur World
Championships, to be
held in late November
and December.
Athletes from 4
continents attended an
event that picked up
the torch after the 2018
edition of Cluj-Napoca
(Romania), and that
was broadcast live on
streaming. The IFBB
World Cup is already
a firmly established
competition, that helped
2019 IFBB World
Ranking stars the likes
of Sidy Pouye (Men’s
Physique) or Rocío Araújo
(Bodyfitness), champions
of their disciplines, to
assert their positions, but
also helped give rising
COMPLETE PHOTO stars a push, stars such as
GALLERY
Valentina Volina (Russia),
the only athlete who can
boast of having defeated
the great 2019 Bikini star,
Galina Maslovskaya, this
season.

ADAM KOZYRA (UKRAINE) VALENTINA VOLINA (RUSSIA) IGOR BORZOV (RUSSIA)
Overall Bodybuilding champion. Overall Bikini champion. Master Bodybuilding champion.

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