2013 MEN’S WORLDS – PREJUDGING by Andrew Michalak OFFICIAL LIST of COMPETITORS in pdf Wednesday was the day of Prejudging at the 2013 IFBB World Men’s Bodybuilding Championships. After breakfast at the Kasbah Hotel officials, judges and competitors went by buses to the very modern Congress Palace, where the contest started at 10:00 AM. The weather conditions are very good: sunny, with mild temperatures between 25-30 C. The Championships are run according the traditional schedule: first day – Prejudging in all categories, second day – Finals. Altogether, 173 competitors presented their physiques and their muscularity on stage. In the front row IFBB President Dr. Rafael Santonja with his wife Nieves and Vice-Presidents: representing the host continent Dr. Eng. Adel Fahim, Sheikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Albert Busek and Paul Graham, South American Federation President Juan Paredes and Arnold Classic promoter Bob Lorimer took places. I also noticed 2011 Worlds overall winner Mohammed Touri (Morocco), whose success has had a great influence on bodybuilding development in this Northern African country. The stage covered with black carpet plus black back wall with big Championships’ banner created good conditions for presentation of the body muscularity. Big portrait of the Championships’ Patron, H.H. Mohammed VI King of Morocco, placed at the side. Over 20 photographers ready for shooting with their cameras mounted on racks. Eleven judges from the first panel were asked to take their seats. The Chief Judge Pawel Filleborn called the first category, up to 60 kg, to enter the stage. The noise coming from the audience was slowly coming down and bodybuilders formed the first line-up, directed by the Stage Director Guido Falk. UP TO 60 KG CATEGORY: Nine athletes on the stage, with the top three from the previous championships: Seung-Hoon Lee and Kyeong-Mo Park (both of Korea) and Daniel Luna of Ecuador. All of them called out to the first comparison plus Ahmed Atef of Egypt and Karanjit Singh of India. Only two comparisons were required: Athletes: 1 Omar El Hassani Morocco 2 Seung-Hoon Lee Korea 3 Amila Yakadehi Sri Lanka 4 Boubakr Bakhira Morocco 5 Ahmed Atef Egypt 6 Daniel Luna Ecuador 7 Kyeong-Mo Park Korea 8 Brando Quejado Guam 9 Karanjit Singh India Comparisons: 1st comparison: 2 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 9 2nd comparison: 1 – 3 – 4 – 8 Pictures: From left: Seung-Hoon Lee; Ahmed Atef; Daniel Luna. From left: Daniel Luna; Kyeong-Mo Park; Karanjit Singh. From left: Omar El Hassani; Amila Yakadehi; Boubakr Bakhira. Finalists: 2 Seunmg-Hoon Lee Korea 4 Boubakr Bakhira Morocco 5 Ahmed Atef Egypt 6 Daniel Luna Ecuador 7 Kyeong-Mo Park Korea 9 Karanjit Singh India UP TO 65 KG CATEGORY: Nobody from the last year’s top three but a couple of perfectly built new bodybuilders from Morocco, Egypt, Iran and Libya. Athletes: 11 Youssef Lamkirta Morocco 12 Ashley Sajth Kumar Ireland 13 Mauro Ranieri Italy 14 Kim Jin Sik Korea 15 Amr Mohamed Bossily Egypt 16 Evaristo Cortes Costa Rica 17 Mahmood Malik USA 18 Carlos Arcentales Ecuador 19 Mostafa Goudarznaseri Iran 20 Manivenhan Kothandaraman India 21 Kin Suk Korea 22 Balamuragan Kandan India 23 Sanjeeva Kumara Sri Lanka 24 Kamel El Moqaimi Oman 25 Salah Edali Libya 26 Ali Abbas Helal Bahrain Comparisons: 1st comparison: 11 – 12 – 15 – 19 – 25 2nd comparison: 14 – 20 – 23 – 24 – 26 3rd comparison: 13 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 21 - 22 Pictures: From left: Youssef Lamkirta; Ashley Sajth Kumar; Amr Mohamed Bossily. From left: Amr Mohamed Bossily; Mostafa Goudarznaseri; Salah Edali. From left: Sanjeeva Kumara; Kamel El Moqaimi; Ali Abbas Helal. Finalists: 11 Youssef Lamkirta Morocco 12 Ashley Sajth Kumar Ireland 14 Kim Jin Sik Korea 15 Amr Mohamed Bossily Egypt 19 Mostafa Goudarznaseri Iran 25 Salah Edali Libya UP TO 70 KG CATEGORY: The longest line-up at these Championships: 29 athletes, with two multi world champions: Igor Kocis and Corrado Maggiore plus 2013 runner-up from 65 kg class Jorge Matute, 2013 finalist Makoto Tashiro, 2010 European champion Marcin Kosel plus other well-known champions from all continents: Koji Godo, Miroslav Skadra, Yalchin Mammadov, Miquel Luna. Athletes: 30 Victor Poveda Ecuador 31 Jalal Ali Germany 32 Bouchaib Arab Morocco 33 Lahniche Radhouane Algeria 34 Nhon Ly USA 35 Marcin Kosel Poland 36 Igor Kocis Slovakia 37 Pablo Ramiro Ecuador 39 Makoto Tashiro Japan 40 Loghman Arastehfar Iran 41 Kyoung-Yun Nam Korea 42 Ahmed Elheety Egypt 43 Koji Godo Japan 44 Dinesh Narayan India 45 Soufiane Bouchab Morocco 46 Mohammed Al-Harharah Yemen 47 Mohamed Al Shahumi Libya 48 Vijay More India 49 Mohamed Imbaby Egypt 50 Miroslav Skadra Slovakia 51 Yalchin Mammadov Azerbaijan 52 Alberto Abad Spain 53 Corrado Maggiore Italy 54 AlainPages France 55 Roman Iushchenko Ukraine 56 Bhavik Balkissoon Mauritius 57 Kenneth Crowson Guam 58 Jorge Matute Ecuador 59 Miquel Luna Argentina Comparisons: 1st comparison: 36 – 41 – 49 – 52 – 53 2nd comparison: 37 – 39 – 40 – 42 – 52 - 55 3rd comparison: 35 – 43 – 50 – 54 – 58 Pictures: From left: Igor Kocis; Kyoung-Yun Nam; Mohamed Imbaby. From left: Mohamed Imbaby; Alberto Abad; Corrado Maggiore. From left: Pablo Ramiro; Makoto Tashiro; Loghman Arastehfar. Finalists: 36 Igor Kocis Slovakia 39 Makoto Tashiro Japan 41 Kyoung-Yun Nam Korea 49 Mohamed Imbaby Egypt 52 Alberto Abad Spain 53 Corrado Maggiore Italy UP TO 75 KG CATEGORY: Twenty one bodybuilders, with 2011 world champion Mohammed Osman, who lost the title last year in Ecuador and is hungry to confirm his top quality and return to the throne. Plus his team-mate and 2013 bronze medal winner in 70 kg class, Gamal Elkomy, Arnold Europe winner Karol Malecki, Anwar Al Balushi – brother of the famous world champion Hadji Al-Balushi from Oman, Asian Championships bronze medal winner Arafat Yaqoob. But no easy life for the champions as a couple of challengers are no joking! Athletes: 61 Mohamed Ghodhbane Tunisia 62 Florian Zankl Germany 63 Arafat Yaqoob Bahrain 64 Ricardo Segovia Venezuela 65 Ismail Khaled Egypt 66 Alberto Galan Spain 67 Karol Malecki Poland 68 Anwar Al Balushi Oman 69 Song-Hwan Kim Korea 70 Shaaban Gouda Egypt 71 Christian Wallace United States of America 72 Amro Elsawaf Egypt 73 Abdulrazaq Kazeem Nigeria 74 Peymon Saadati Australia 75 Gamal Elkomy Egypt 76 Frank Sucre Venezuela 77 Lwazi Buso South Africa 78 Sajad Niknampour Iran 79 Mohamed Osman Egypt 80 Abdel El Hamwi Lebanon 81 Igor Losev Russia Comparisons: 1st comparison: 65 – 68 – 69 – 78 – 79 2nd comparison: 62 – 64 – 67 – 76 – 81 3rd comparison: 63 – 66 – 70 – 72 – 74 Pictures: From left: Ismail Khaled; Anwar Al Balushi; Song-Hwan Kim. From left: Song-Hwan Kim; Sajad Niknampour; Mohamed Osman. From left: Florian Zankl; Ricardo Segovia; Karol Malecki. Finalists: 64 Ricardo Segovia Venezuela 65 Ismail Khaled Egypt 68 Anwar Al Balushi Oman 69 Song-Hwan Kim Korea 78 Sajad Niknampour Iran 79 Mohamed Osman Egypt UP TO 80 KG CATEGORY: Will a double victory of the Egyptians: Mohamed Medany and Sherif El-Shiwy be repeated this year? No, both are out of the finals! The same happened to the last year’s finalist Masashi Suzuki. From the previous finals we can see only Randolf Naranjo and 2011 finalist Omar Khaldi. Plus two new athletes from Algeria in the finals! Athletes: 84 Peter Kokoska Slovakia 85 Alberto Alonso Spain 86 Marios Trikkis Cyprus 87 Omar Khaldi Morocco 88 Mohamed Slimani Algeria 89 Wael Abdelrahaman Egypt 90 Sherif El-Shiwy Egypt 91 Saziso Sibiya South Africa 92 Ashraf Alhofy Egypt 93 Pablo Heinan Argentina 94 Tarek Shaban Egypt 95 Hakim Elgaouzi Morocco 96 Mihoubi Zoheir Algeria 97 Randolf Naranjo Venezuela 98 Kingsley Deslorieux USA 99 Masashi Suzuki Japan 100 Babak Akbarniya Iran 101 Sayed Hashem Bahrain 102 Mohamed Medany Egypt 103 Benabdellah Abdelkader Algeria Comparisons: 1st comparison: 87 – 96 – 100 – 101 – 103 2nd comparison: 88 – 90 – 97 – 99 – 102 3rd comparison: 84 – 85 – 88 – 91 – 92 - 94 Pictures: From left: Omar Khaldi; Mihoubi Zoheir; Babak Akbarniya From left: Babak Akbarniya; Sayed Hashem; Benabdellah Abdelkader. From left: Randolf Naranjo; Masashi Suzuki; Mohamed Medany. Finalists: 87 Omar Khaldi Morocco 96 Mihoubi Zoheir Algeria 97 Randolf Naranjo Venezuela 100 Babak Akbarniya Iran 101 Sayed Hashem Bahrain 103 Benabdellah Abdelkader Algeria Babak Akbarniya UP TO 85 KG CATEGORY: Last year’s world champion Ahmed El-Sadany moved to the next category but we can see 2007 world champion(80 kg class) Mohamed Sabah, two-time runner up Mahmoud El Fadaly; 2013 the runner-up Raul Martinez, 2011 finalist Simone Meiattini, 2013 Asian Championships sensational overall winner Hadi Choopan; 2009 European champion Aartem Bradov, two former classic bodybuilding European champions: TomasTabaciar and Vladimir Kurdov. Athletes: 106 Vladimir Kurdov Bulgaria 107 Mirko Ercolani San Marino 108 TomasTabaciar Slovakia 109 Pawan Kumar India 110 Jorge Zamorano Spain 111 Simone Meiattini Italy 112 Giorgio Santini Italy 113 Aartem Bradov Ukraine 114 David Egbony Nigeria 115 Wahid Ramanos Australia 116 Mohamed Sabah Bahrain 117 Mahmoud El Fadaly Egypt 118 Mohamed Safani Morocco 119 Djamed Mohammed Algeria 120 Elsayed Tantawy Egypt 121 Raul Martinez Venezuela 122 Fausto Caicedo Ecuador 123 Juan de la Cruz Mexico 124 Hadi Choopan Iran 125 Abel Martin Spain 126 Senthil Kumaran India 127 Abdelrahman Elsayed Egypt 128 Hakim Kerfi Algeria Comparisons: 1st comparison: 116 – 117 – 121 – 124 2nd comparison: 108 – 110 –119 – 122 – 125 – 126 – 127 3rd comparison: 111 – 112 – 120 - 123 Pictures: From left: Mohamed Sabah; Mahmoud El Fadaly; Raul Martinez. From left: Mahmoud El Fadaly; Raul Martinez; Hadi Choopan. From left: Fausto Caicedo; Abel Martin; Senthil Kumaran. Finalists: 116 Mohamed Sabah Bahrain 117 Mahmoud El Fadaly Egypt 119 Djamed Mohammed Algeria 121 Raul Martinez Venezuela 124 Hadi Choopan Iran 125 Abel Martin Spain UP TO 90 KG CATEGORY: Two great multi world champions: Kamal Abdul Salam and Ahmed El Sadany plus two-time Worlds runner-up Hamidreza Keshani plus European champions: Andriy Kukharchuk and Vugar Verdiyev. Kamal has a big group of a fans applauding him very loudly. Almost all favourites enter the finals. The battle will be exciting! Athletes: 131 Walid Sultan Libya 132 Hamidreza Keshani Iran 133 Stephen Moriarty USA 134 Sandel Mandruta Romania 135 Mostafa Zein Egypt 136 Vugar Verdiyev Azerbaijan 137 Daniel Guedes Filho Brazil 138 Ahmed Al Harty Oman 139 Jakub Potocki Poland 140 Ott Kiivikas Estonia 141 Carlos Granda Ecuador 142 Mounir Hezami Austria 143 Ahmed El Sadany Egypt 144 Moulay Ouazzani Morocco 145 Oswaldo Gonzales Venezuela 146 Soufiane Al Ouarpaq Morocco 147 Ahmed Al Ubeidi Switzerland 148 Omar Garcia Venezuela 149 Marc Hector United Kingdom 150 Issa Krinbe Lebanon 151 Andriy Kukharchuk Ukraine 152 Kamal Abdul Salam El Gargni Libya 153 Juan Martin Spain Comparisons: 1st comparison: 138 – 143 – 145 – 151 - 152 2nd comparison: 131 – 136 –140 – 148 3rd comparison: 133 – 139 – 143 – 146 – 147 - 153 Pictures: From left: Ahmed Al Harty; Ahmed El Sadany; Oswaldo Gonzales. From left: Ahmed El Sadany; Oswaldo Gonzales; Andriy Kukharchuk. From left: Vugar Verdiyev; Ott Kiivikas; Omar Garcia. Finalists: 138 Ahmed Al Harty Oman 140 Ott Kiivikas Estonia 143 Ahmed El Sadany Egypt 145 Oswaldo Gonzales Venezuela 151 Andriy Kukharchuk Ukraine 152 Kamal Abdul Salam El Gargni Libya UP TO 100 KG CATEGORY: Last year’s finalists moved to the higher (Mohamed Zakaria) or lower (Andriy Kukharchuk) classes. In the line-up we can Arnold America top bodybuilder Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk, Masters Worlds overall winner from last week (in Mongolia) Mahdi Ayari, 2012 European Championships overall winner Peter Tatarka and Europeans runner-up Tomasz Lech. But the names entering the finals may be surprised – almost all of them are new, gifted champions. Athletes: 156 Jellali Abdelaziz Morocco 157 Mohamed Netwaly Egypt 158 Peter Tatarka Slovakia 159 Mohammed Bellahcene France 160 Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk Ukraine 161 Hassan Khosravi Iran 162 Christopher Fitzpatrick South Africa 163 Saiid Tejan-Kamara USA 164 Tomasz Lech Poland 165 Ahmed Alsayed Egypt 166 Mohamed Al Sharif Libya 167 Mohamed Fayez Egypt 168 MduduziI Green South Africa 169 Mahdi Ayari Iran 170 Benazala Karim Algeria 171 Andrey Popov Russia 172 Ahmed Ismaeil Egypt 173 Mohamed Ragab Libya Comparisons: 1st comparison: 158 – 160 – 161 - 163 2nd comparison: 164 – 165 –168 – 169 3rd comparison: 162 – 166 – 167 – 170 – 171 – 172 – 173 Pictures: From left: Peter Tatarka; Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk; Hassan Khosravi. From left: Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk; Hassan Khosravi; Saiid Tejan-Kamara. From left: Ahmed Alsayed; MduduziI Green; Mahdi Ayari. Finalists: 158 Peter Tatarka Slovakia 160 Oleksandr Slobodyanyuk Ukraine 161 Hassan Khosravi Iran 163 Saiid Tejan-Kamara USA 165 Ahmed Alsayed Egypt 168 MduduziI Green South Africa OVER 100 KG CATEGORY: Nobody from the top three of the previous Championships but two medal winners from Mumbai (2011): Andrzej Kolodziejczyk and Hasan Rahnamaeian. But the biggest sensation is former world champion in 90 kg and 100 kg classes Mohamed Zakaria. At the bodyweight 108 kg he looks very muscular and very big. Plus very impressive blind bodybuilder Luis Gigena and current European champion Sergii Iatsiuk. Athletes: 176 Mohamed Al Fatouh Morocco 177 Luis Gigena Argentina 178 Stefan Jakjovski Macedonia 179 Tomas Kudelis Lithuania 180 Enrico Frisinghelli Italy 181 Moustafa El Bakkouchi France 182 Sergii Iatsiuk Ukraine 183 Jacobus Van Der Merve South Africa 184 Andrzej Kolodziejczyk Poland 185 Jorgen Corneliussen Norway 186 Anadif Said Morocco 187 Mohamed Zakaria Egypt 188 Hasan Rahnamaeian Iran 189 Milos Milosevic Serbia Comparisons: 1st comparison: 182 – 183 – 184 – 187 – 188 2nd comparison: 179 – 180 –185 – 189 3rd comparison: 176 – 177 – 178 – 181 – 186 Pictures: From left: Sergii Iatsiuk; Jacobus Van Der Merve; Andrzej Kolodziejczyk. From left: Andrzej Kolodziejczyk; Mohamed Zakaria; Hasan Rahnamaeian From left: Tomas Kudelis; Enrico Frisinghelli; Jorgen Corneliussen. Finalists: 182 Sergii Iatsiuk Ukraine 183 Jacobus Van Der Merve South Africa 184 Andrzej Kolodziejczyk Poland 185 Jorgen Corneliussen Norway 187 Mohamed Zakaria Egypt 188 Hasan Rahnamaeian Iran Countries participating in the 2013 IFBB Men’s Worlds: 1 Algeria 2 Argentina 3 Australia 4 Austria 5 Azerbaijan 6 Bahrain 7 Brazil 8 Bulgaria 9 Costa Rica 10 Cyprus 11 Ecuador 12 Egypt 13 Estonia 14 France 15 Germany 16 Guam 17 India 18 Iran 19 Ireland 20 Italy 21 Japan 22 Korea 23 Lebanon 24 Libya 25 Lithuania 26 Macedonia 27 Mauritius 28 Mexico 29 Morocco 30 Nigeria 31 Norway 32 Oman 33 Poland 34 Romania 35 Russia 36 San Marino 37 Serbia 38 Slovakia 39 South Africa 40 Spain 41 Sri Lanka 42 Switzerland 43 Tunisia 44 Ukraine 45 United Kingdom 46 USA 47 Venezuela 48 Yemen About IFBB International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness, IFBB, the governing body of the sport of bodybuilding and fitness, was founded by brothers Joe and Ben Weider in 1946 in Montreal, Canada. 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