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                  On their side,
                 the Slovakian
                   Federation
                      handed
                    President
                     Santonja
                   a beautiful
                     souvenir
                     from the
                  17th century,
                related to Juraj
                  Jánosik, one
                  of Slovakian
                 history’s great
                    heroes.u
                                                                            pGabriela Mlsnova, two times Fitness World Champion
                                                                            and one of today’s biggest promoters of youth Fitness,
                                                                            was awarded the IFBB Gold Medal.

                           n the past 30  of November and 1  of      President Santonja was present at the event, which was
                                      th
                                                       st
                           December, all IFBB eyes were set on    perfectly organized by the national federation, chaired by
                           Bratislava to watch the Mixed Pairs    Ing. Boris Mlsna, and backed by the Olympic Committee and
                           Bodybuilding and Fitness World         the Slovakian Ministry for Sports. The Minister for Sports,
                  OChampionships. After a long season of          Martina Lubyova PhD, was present at the closing ceremony
                competitions, the best athletes in the world gathered in   and saw the national team win the bronze medal, behind
                Slovakia to resolve the most important title of all, as well   Fitness strongholds Ukraine (silver) and Russia (gold). The
                as to settle the 2019 World Ranking.              latter, as in previous years, ruled the competition.





















                pSlovakia’s Boris Palovic, No. 1 on the 2019 IFBB   pThe foremost officials of the Slovakian Federation were acknowledged by the IFBB and
                World Ranking in the Classic Bodybuilding discipline,   President Santonja during the opening ceremony.
                was celebrated during the competition.




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