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MIDDLE-TALL CLASS
(-179 cm)
Gold: Liu Mao Yi (China)
Silver: Morteza Ghasamivafaei (Iran)
Bronze: Khaled Jamal Alblooshi (UAE)
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4 : Houssam Abdalkhalki
TALL CLASS (-182 cm) (Morocco)
5 : Piyush Raj (India)
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6 : Seyedmostafa Seyedjajini (Iran)
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Gold: Oleg Danysh (Ukraine)
Silver: Lin Zhen Qu (China) pTop 6 of Men’s Physique Middle- Tall Class: Liu Mao Yi (China)
Bronze: Vladislav Alekseev (Russia) Seyedmostafa Seyedjajini (Iran; 6 place), renewed, by 1 single
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4 : Kim Yonguk (Korea) Houssam Abdalkhalki (Morocco; 4 place), Morteza point, his Men’s
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5 : Yoshimasa Naono (Japan) Ghasamivafaei (Iran; Silver), Liu Mao Yi (China; Physique Middle-
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6 : Pierre Martin Murcia (France) Gold), Khaled Jamal Alblooshi (EAU; Bronze) and Tall Class World
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Piyush Raj (India; 5 place). Champion title.u
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(Ukraine),
Men’s
Physique SUPER TALL CLASS
Tall Class pMen’s Physique Tall Class Top 6, with Pierre Martin Murcia (+182 cm)
World (France; 6 ), Kim Yonguk (Korea; 4 ), Lin Zhen Qu (China;
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Champion. silver), Oleg Danysh (Ukraine; gold), Vladislav Alekseev (Russia;
bronze) and Yoshimasa Naono (Japan; 5 ). Gold: Abdullah Humaid Rabiaq (UAE)
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Silver: Al Muhannad Al Mawali (Oman)
Bronze: Wu Chen Long (China)
4 : Sidy Pouye (Spain)
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5 : Ali Tamini (Iran)
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6 : Chul Hyung Bae (Korea)
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Top 6, with Chul Hyung Bae (Korea;
6 ), Sidy Pouye (Spain; 4 ), Al
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Muhannad Al Mawali (Oman; silver),
Abdullah Humaid Rabiaq (UAE; gold),
Wu Chen Long (China; bronze) and Ali
Tamini (Iran; 5 ).
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pAbdullah Humaid
Rabiaq (UAE), Men’s
Physique Super Tall
MUSCULAR MEN’S Class World Champion.
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Karimi (Iran), pMuscular Men’s Physique Top 6, with Jamal Halabi (Saudi Arabia; 6 ),
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Muscular Gold: Hossein Karimi (Iran) Abuila Hassan Salem A. (UAE; 4 ), Sergii Tkachenko (Ukraine; silver),
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Men’s Silver: Sergii Tkachenko (Ukraine) Hossein Karimi (Iran; gold), Osamah Abdulateef (Iraq; bronze) and
Physique Bronze: Osamah Abdulateef (Iraq) Mohamed Gaber (Egypt; 5 ).
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World 4 : Abuila Hassan Salem A. (UAE)
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Champion. 5 : Mohamed Gaber (Egypt)
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6 : Jamal Halabi (Saudi Arabia) BEST TEAM AWARD
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Out of the 94 participating countries, only
50 managed to get their athletes into the
OVERALL CHAMPION: final rounds and score points. There were
LIU MAO YI (China) some welcome surprises, such as Sri
Lanka’s gold, which allowed them to
Liu Mao Yi follows in the Liu Mao Yi (China) overtake Spain on the ranking, and the
footsteps of Zheng Shao Zhong, conquered, for the second United Arab Emirates’ great effort, which
who ruled the discipline at the time in a row, the overall placed their fantastic team second on the
middle of the decade, before Men’s Physique World Best Team podium.
becoming Classic Bodybuilding Champion title by the judges’ Victory was again for Iran, for the fifth
majority decision. In this
champion. The aesthetic image: with Executive Vice- year in a row, ahead of the hosts and
performer, 177 cm tall, renewed President of the Chinese Russia, who are showing the full potential The United Arab Emirates
his title with authority, beating his Federation, CBBA; Mr. Gu of their athletes again this 2019 season, and reached a milestone in
Arab rivals. Quiao.q managed to make third Best Team ahead of their Bodybuilding history.
Their runner-up as Best
a very strong South Korea, who ended up Team is undoubtedly a
OVERALL (TOP 3): fourth. consequence of their
Spain couldn’t help but feel the impact of President’s good work.
1 Liu Mao Yi (7 points) a reduced team, and looses its 7th position In this image: H.E. Sheikh
2 Farid Shirmohammadzadehlahroudi from last year, ending up on a discreet 17th Abdullah Bin Hamad Al
Sharqi with President
(11 points) position, a far cry from their 2016 and 2017 Santonja at the awards
bronze medals, just ahead of Iraq, who
3 Abdullah Humaid Rabiaq (17 points) weren’t able to repeat their 2018 bronze. ceremony.
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