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FITNESS

The athletes of the Millennial-generation are steadily taking over this discipline,
which is experiencing enormous growth, thanks to all the good work accomplished
with teenager athletes in countries such as Slovakia, Hungary and Russia. An extra
class had to be added to fit the nearly 40 athletes in this discipline, which was again
dominated by Slovakia: 3 gold medals and the overall to Michaela Pavleová.

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Fitness’ newest Jurikova
gem, Tatiana (Slovakia) was
Ondruskoiva, awarded the
swept the gold Fitness World
medal in the Champion title
Short Class in the Tall Class,
(-158 cm). underlining her
progress.
Impressive both
physically and
athletically,
Michaela
Pavleova won the
gold in Fitness
Middle Class
(-163 cm).u TALL CLASS (+163 cm)
SHORT CLASS (-160 cm) Silver: Natalya Neustroeva (Russia)
Gold: Kristina Juricova (Slovakia)
Bronze: Panna Frauenberger (Hungary)
Gold: Tatiana Ondruskova (Slovakia)
Silver: Anna Dudushkina (Russia)
Bronze: Dobroslava Lehotska (Slovakia)
MIDDLE CLASS (-163 cm)
MEN’S Gold: Michaela Pavleova (Slovakia)
FITNESS: Plata: Dorottya Agoston (Hungary)
Michal Barbier Bronze: Oleksandra Tarasova (Ukraine)
(Slovakia)

Possibly history’s
most complete athlete,
Slovakia’s Michal Barbier
renewed his gold
medal from 2018 with a
spectacular routine filled
with rhythm, elasticity,
strength, resistance and
the odd breathtaking
acrobatics. With his
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(Slovakia), aesthetic physique, at
renewed his only 22 he can write
2018 Men’s history in this discipline
Fitness gold
medal. and continue to claim
titles in the next decade,
if he sets out to do so.

MEN’S FITNESS OVERALL FITNESS:

Gold: Michal Barbier (Slovakia) Michaela Pavleova (Slovakia)
Silver: Evgeny Shobik (Russia) Alongside President Santonja and Dr. Boris Mlsna, young Michaela
Bronze: Fedir Khashalov (Ukraine)
Pavleova claimed yet another Fitness world title for Slovakia. The
country’s growth seems unstoppable.

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