However, her overall mass and size wasn't enough to crack the top two. During the finals, the two rounds are both scored from scratch so the routine is suddenly more important and it played an important role in the heavyweightīack in the middleweights, the tightest competitor, Poland's Halina Kunicka took third, and her structure and conditioning was impeccable. This year the IFBB adjusted the rules so that during the first round, the scores are only used to qualify for the finals (top five). The middleweights also saw a defending champion return to claim her crown again as Slovakia's Jana Purdjakoba edged Poland's Daria Piznal by a single point.
The kiwi was conditioned perfectly and sparkled on stage completing the top five in the class.Ĭanada's Frances Manias took sixth with her great aesthetics while the lone American, Dallas Johnson took seventh.
Natalia Dichkovskaya from the Ukraine showed impressive shape, but her conditioning was not quite on unlike Eleanor Cockburn. Romania's Flrina Visan was probably the most excited third place finisher of all the competitions as she jumped around and beamed with delight at her placing.
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Falk's conditioning was spot on with crisp cuts and a great routine, but the defending champ won not only her class, but the overall as well, qualifying her for Pro status if she chooses to accept it. She was the class of the lightweights, but German Nathalie Falk looked tremendous as well and would push the Russian. The women's bodybuilding was up next and when the lightweights came out, 2004 class winner Svetlana Lomachevksaya looked totally on. Standouts in the tall class include Uruguay's Marta Aquiar who was technically impressive and very strong, as well as third place Russian, Svetlana Silakova. In the tall class there were two super hero themed routines - Italian 5th place finisher Antonella Ferretti's Spiderman routine, and Canadian Chantal DiCaire's catwoman routine.
Rahel Ruch from Switzerland was extremely lean and had great stage presence, but finished in 14th place and Spain's Daria Akinshina performed very smooth floor moves that indicated a dance background.īelgium's Natalia Tonglet had the best abs in the class but her ground moves weren't quiate as strong as her impressive tumbling and she finished in 8th place. Muller actually was performing with an injury and has one of the tightest physiques in the class.įourth went to another Russian, Lyudmila Somkina and Spain's Vanesa Vallet completed the top five. Oksana Grishina took 2nd in the short ahead of Germany's Rosanna Muller. The caliber of athletes hasn't changed as much though at the Worlds, with the class winners being quite impressive and a bit more artistic in their performances than at American shows.Īs mentioned before, Svetlana Kochkina won the short fitness and the tall class was won by Germany's Regiana Da Silva. Russia ended up 2nd in the team rankings behind Slovakia and just ahead of Germany.Īs in the states, body fitness (figure) has grown andthe classes were huge while fitness has declined a bit. In Russia's case it may have helped the most as their "B" team in the fitness short class took two top five placings including the class title to Svletlana Kochkina. There were a lot of returning athletes as well as a bevvy of new faces and this year countries aside from the host country were allowed to bring a "B" team and Russia and the Czech Republic both took advantage of the new ruling. With about 200 athletes from over 40 countries competing, there was a bounty of talent on display from countries as diverse as Serbia-Montenegro, Japan, New Zealand, Guam and Greece. Santa Susanna, Spain, Europe - A warmer than usual September meant an even busier time in Santa SusannaĪs the city was filled with vacationers and fans for the 2005 IFBB Women's World Championships. 2005 IFBB Women's World Bodybuilding, Fitness and Bodyfitness Championships