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The medal ceremony in the Junior team competition, led by the representatives of the   President Santonja and the Director of the IFBB Judges Committee Pawel
                   three best national federations: Croatia (2nd place; Goran Juratovic), Ukraine (winner;   Filleborn together with one of the stars of the championships: the imposing
                   Irina Delieva) and Czech Republic (3rd place; Ludmila Cizova).  Polish athlete Wiktoria Nnaka, Bikini Fitness overall champion, at 19 years of age.


                   CLASSIC BODYBUILDING                                     MEN’S PHYSIQUE


                 In a very even Division, the details were decisive. From   The traditional dominance of the southern European
                 the very beginning, the face-off between Maksym   countries in this discipline was confirmed thanks to the
                 Hovberth and Damir Hajric became clear to the judges.   Portuguese Tiago Tabuaço, who took advantage of his
                 In the mandatory poses, both finished tied at 9 points   international experience to take on a complicated
                 and only the free routine could decide the battle; and   category, in which Romanians Iordan Alexandru and
                 here, the opinion of a single judge gave the title to the   Nicolae Trocea had an outstanding participation, along
                 23-year-old Ukrainian athlete.                    with the Croatian Marcel Kovacevic.

                    JUNIOR MEN’S CLASSIC                                                    JUNIOR MEN’S PHYSIQUE
                     BODYBUILDING (Open)                                                      16-23 YEARS OPEN
                   Maksym Hovberth (Ukraine)                                                 Tiago Tabuaço (Portugal)
                   European Junior Classic Bodybuilding                                     European Junior Men´s Physique
                          champion                                                           champion, at 23 years of age






                                             Classic Bodybuilding Top 3 with Damir Hajric (Slovenia, silver),
                                             Maksym Hovberth (Ukraine; gold) and Vojtech Nadenicek (Czech
                                             Rep.; bronze).










                                   GOLD:                                                                    GOLD:
                                   Maksym                                                                 Tiago Tabuaço
                                  Hovberth                                                                 (Portugal)
                                   (Ukraine)                                                               SILVER:
                                   SILVER:                                                                 Alexandru
                                  Damir Hajric                                                             Iordan
                                  (Slovenia)                                                               (Romania)
                                   BRONZE:                                                                 BRONZE:
                                   Vojtech   Men´s Physique Top 3 with Alexandru Iordan (Romania, silver),   Marcel
                                  Nadenicek    Tiago Tabuaço (Portugal; gold) and Marcel Kovacevic (Croatia;   Kovacevic
                                  (Czech Rep.))  bronze).                                                  (Croatia)




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