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Daniel
Poniedzialek
(Poland) was
crowned
Heavyweight
HEAVYWEIGHT (-100 kg) World
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Gold: Daniel Poniedzialek (Poland) pThe -100 kg class Top 6 with Iván Zevyakin (Russia;
Silver: David Ndokuro (Nigeria) 6 ), Mohammed Aljahoori (UAE; 4 ), David Ndokuro
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Bronze: Hamada Ahmed Mohamut (Egypt) (Nigeria; silver), Daniel Poniedzialek (Poland; gold),
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4 : Mohammed Aljahoori (UAE) Hamada Ahmed Mohamut (Egypt; bronze) and
5 : Mahmoud Sharifpour (Iran) Mahmoud Sharifpour (Iran; 5 ).
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6 : Iván Zevyakin (Russia)
The +100 kg class Top 6 with
SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT Adam Kozyra (Ukraine; 6 ),
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(+100 kg) Mikhail Sazonov (Russia;
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4 ), Aleksei Kuznetsov
t Mazaher (Russia; silver), Mazaher
Tabaniabarghani Gold: Mazaher Tabaniabarghani (Iran) Tabaniabarghani (Iran; gold),
(Iran) was Silver: Aleksei Kuznetsov (Russia) Khaled Mohamed (Egypt;
crowned Super- Bronze: Khaled Mohamed (Egypt) bronze) and Taysir Alkhalfan
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Heavyweight 4 : Mikhail Sazonov (Russia) (Saudi Arabia; 5 ).q
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World 5 : Taysir Alkhalfan (Saudi Arabia)
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Champion. 6 : Adam Kozyra (Ukraine)

OVERALL CHAMPION:
Mehdi Arzeshmand (Iran) GAMES CLASSIC BODYBUILDING
As already happened in 2018, and with 5 World
Champions classified for the Overall, Iran had
high probabilities of claiming the Overall title, and The Bodybuilding discipline that is closest to Olympism, saw local performer Khalifah
they didn’t disappoint: 4 of the contenders Ali Barman, who also took silver in the Classic Division, win the overall title. More and
ended on the top positions of the 2019 World more athletes are looking to make their way into this discipline, where performers from
Championships. Yet again, the title was solved Asia, America and Europe made it to the final.
by statistic criteria between Mehdi Arzeshmand
and Mohammadebrahim Arzeshmand, after a 13
point draw, only 1 point ahead of fellow
countryman Mazaher Tabaniabarghani.

Tomas Smrek Khalifah Ali
(Slovakia), Barman (UAE),
Games Classic Games Classic
Bodybuilding Bodybuilding
Short Class Tall Class World
World Champion. u
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pMehdi Arzeshmand (Iran) claimed the
2019 Overall World Champion, by statistic
criteria, after a draw with fellow countryman
Mohammadebrahim Arzeshmand; a very
good reason for Iranian President, Mr. Nasser
Pouralifard, to be proud.
OVERALL (TOP 3): SHORT CLASS (-175 cm) TALL CLASS (+175 cm)
Gold: Tomas Smrek (Slovakia)
Gold: Khalifah Ali Barman (UAE)
1 Mehdi Arzeshmand (13 points) Silver: Erick Sánchez (Guatemala) Silver: Yuri Rodríguez (El Salvador)
2 Mohammadebrahim Arzeshmand (13 points) Bronze: Hwang Soonchul (Korea) Bronze: Park Jonming (Korea)
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3 Mazaher Tabaniabarghani (14 points) 4 : Dragos Enuta (Romania) 4 : Igor Sikora (Serbia)
5 : C. Cosmin Iancu (Romania) 5 : Martin Sangan (Slovakia)
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6 : Abdulrahman O. Alkhateri (UAE) 6 : Ziyaf Salih Almabrouk (Libya)
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