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2010 NPC Jr. USA Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini competition held in Stafford, Texas on August 28th, 2010

2010 NPC Jr. USA Men’s BB Results

Overall Winner

Lorenzo Jones
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Men’s Open

1. Essa Obaid
2. Mark Alvisi
3. Bill Wilmore
4. Cedric McMillan
5. Michael Kefalianos
6. Grigori Atoyan
7. Markus Ruhl
8. Brandon Curry
9. Leo Ingram
10. Joel Stubbs
11. Marc Lavoie
12. JoJo Ntiforo
13. Alfonso DelRio
14. Manuel Lomeli
15. Emmanouil Karamanlakis
16. Shawn Rhoden
Phil Kaenel
Lee Apperson
Alexandre Nataf
Jeff Long
Miguel Filho
Tamer El Shahat
Oscar Dexter
Costantinos Demetriou
Omar Deckard
Gus Carter
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NPC USA Bodybuilding, Figure & Bikini Championships
(IFBB Pro Qualifier)

July 30 & 31, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada

Pro Cards a Plenty!
Men (7 wt groups) 4 men will turn professional.
Women (4 wt groups) 2 women bodybuilders will turn professional.
Figure (6 height groups) Class winners will turn professional.
Bikini (6 height groups) Class winners will turn professional.

General Information
Event Location: Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the Campus of UNLV
4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
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IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Tampa Bay Championships

July 17th, 2010
presented by
DY Nutrition

In 2008 we witnessed an epic battle between Open Men’s Pro Champion, Toney Freeman and Dennis “The Menace” James in Tampa Bay, Florida. The close fought battle continued a week later in Dallas, Texas where Toney again defeated the hard charging challenger DJ at the Europa Pro for the win! A year later, we would see the return of King James at the 2009 version of the PBW Tampa Pro where he would claim victory and the $10,000 First Place Prize over Canadian IFBB Pro, Fouad Abiad! As history would have it, these two would both proceed to Texas for the Europa Pro and DJ would be victorious again just as his predecessor, Toney Freeman had been the year previous.
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2010 NY Pro Figure & Team Universe

A total of 32 women are slated to compete this Saturday at the 2010 NY PRO Figure Event. This will be the largest field of figure competitors in quite some time. 3 out of the 4 who turned pro at the 2010 JR Nationals are wasting no time and will be competing at this event. The 4th will compete next month. Juliana Malacarne is making a return to the stage, it’s been a few months since we last saw the Brazilian take the figure stage. Meriza DeGuzman has thrown her heels into the mix as well. Quite a few rookies will make their debut at this event. Who will place the highest? We’ll find out on Saturday.

The 2010 IFBB New York Pro Figure Championships will be taking place this weekend, with more than 30 pro figure competitors in the lineup. Here is a list of the competitors.
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The 2010 NPC Bill Grant Bodybuilding & Figure Classic July 17th
by Bill Grant

Over 10,000 Athletes Competing in SportsFest – Promoter and Master of Ceremonies will be Legendary Bodybuilder Bill Grant, Mr. America and Mr. World. Bill Grant appeared in the new release of “Pumping Iron” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and has also been featured in numerous movies, television shows and commercials.

The 5th Annual NPC Bill Grant Bodybuilding and Figure Classic will be held at Cedar Beach Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 1:00 PM. It is part of the Lehigh Valley Sports Fest, a sporting event drawing thousands of athletes and spectators from around the globe. Admission is FREE for all spectators.
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2010 NPC USA – 4 IFBB Pro Card’s for Men’s Bodybuilding

The 2010 NPC USA’s on July 30-31st in Las Vegas is going to be the biggest ever. And this year, they will be awarding FOUR IFBB Pro cards for the Men’s division, for the top 4 overall out of 7 divisions (last year, it was only 3). Add to that 6 IFBB Pro cards for the bikini division, 6 IFBB Pro cards for the figure division, and 2 IFBB Pro cards for the Women’s bodybuilding division.

Click here for event flyer: 2010 NPC USA Flyer

For more info go to: www.lindsayproductions.com

2009 Team Universe Results

Overall
1. Wendell Floyd

Heavyweight
1. Shiloe Steinmetz
2. Donovan Strong
3. David Coleman
4. Amechia Chinweze
5. Jeff Beckham
Chadwick Austin
James Bivens
Robert Brown
Chris Cosich
Domine DAgustino
Erick Seng
Marlon Hospedales
Glenn Ubelhor
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2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini Results

he 2009 NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships will be held on July 24-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall.

2009 USA Men’s Bodybuilding Results

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NY Metropolitan Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships
Written in Stone
By Joe Pietaro

NY Metropolitan Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships Took on New Meaning in ‘09 – The chatter began in the area of the judge’s table and photographer’s pit as soon as he walked on the stage.

“Where is this guy from again?”

“He looks real good.”

There was definitely a buzz in the air when the overall winner of the men’s bodybuilding class made his appearance, fittingly the last one to hit the spotlight. Audrius Jegelevicius was clearly the star of the show at the 2009 Steve Stone New York Metropolitan Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure Championships and deservingly took home the top trophy of the night, which he proudly held as he made his way home via the Number 1 train headed uptown from the Chambers Street stop.
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Europa Super Show – Add Denver in 2010
by Isaac Hinds

NPC Colorado Chairman, Jeff Taylor announced over the weekend that an IFBB Pro event would return to Denver, Colorado. The exact date is being worked out this month but look for the Europa Super show to be on the schedule for July of next year. The venue will return to the downtown convention center, where the Colorado Pro/Am was held in 2006 & 2007. The same model for Dallas and Orlando will make it’s way to Denver. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

Note: IronMagazine and IronMagLabs are both based in Colorado!

Source

CONFIRMED: NPC to add Bikini Division in 2009
Isaac Hinds | HARDBODY News

There’s been talk for months about a possible bikini division being added to the NPC and IFBB. I have confirmed that there will be a bikini division in the NPC next year. There will not be a bikini division in the IFBB, at least not yet. When the word ‘bikini contest’ is mentioned many people think Hooters or your local bar holding a contest. This is not what this division will be like. This is not a division for women to think they don’t have to diet or train. The women will still need to show muscularity but not at the level of a fitness or figure competitor.

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Bodybuilding Guru Passes Suddenly in Montreal

Although he was 85 years old, the passing of Ben Weider comes as a shock to the bodybuilding world. He died at a Montreal hospital of an undisclosed illness. Just a few short weeks ago, Weider was standing on the Mr. Olympia stage crowning Dexter Jackson in Las Vegas.

A legend for helping to turn bodybuilding into a worldwide fitness phenomenon, Ben Weider died overnight in a Montreal hospital, it was announced Saturday.

He was 85.

Weider and his older brother Joe founded the International Federation of Body Building in 1940, and spent six decades promoting the sport once “reviled” as a “fringe activity,” according to a statement by Weider Health and Fitness.

“Beginning in 1947, Ben traveled the world, promoting his sport, organizing exhibitions and competitive events,” it said.

“At the height of Cold War tensions, he courted sports officials of militantly anti-Western regimes in the then-Soviet Union and Communist China,” it added.

The brothers set up fitness centers, sold weight-lifting equipment and promoted nutritional supplements for body builders.

Ben Weider also pushed to have body-building included in the Olympics, but it achieved only provisional status in 1998.

For his efforts, Weider was awarded in 1975 the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honor, and later became an officer of the order.

He also co-authored one of the best selling history books about Napolean, earning him the French Legion of Honor for his investigative work into the French leader’s death.

Next week, a collection of his Napoleonic artifacts are to be unveiled in a permanent gallery at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

A funeral is being for Monday in Montreal. Weider is survived by his wife Huguette Derouin and their three sons, Louis, Eric and Mark.

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Bodybuilding.com Airs First-Ever Webcast of the NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships

Boise, ID – July 11, 2008 – Bodybuilding.com, the Internet’s most- visited bodybuilding and fitness site and largest retailer of nutritional supplements, is airing the first-ever webcast of the NPC (National Physique Committee) USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships, an IFBB Pro Qualifier. The exclusive rights to this highly-demanded webcast are part of a three year (2008-2010) title-sponsorship of the NPC USAs.

Fans not lucky enough to see the NPC USA Championships live in Las Vegas July 25th-26th will be able to watch them for free at Bodybuilding.com starting at 3PM (MST) on Monday July 28th. Viewers will have one full week to watch as much of the action as they want; all emceed by award-winning journalist Lonnie Teper (Iron Man). A DVD will then be available for purchase at www.Repetrope.com.

“We are so proud to be able to bring the USAs to our visitors around the world. For the first time ever, fans that can’t make it to Las Vegas will be able to see this world-class event,” says CEO Ryan DeLuca.

The NPC USA Championships are scheduled to have another record year with over 300 men and women from across the country competing on stage at this premier pro-qualifying event. This highly-anticipated show has had the Bodybuilding.com Forum buzzing with discussion over the heated competition for months now.

For more information visit Bodybuilding.com

MuscleTech and GNC Present the 2008 Bodybuilding.com
NPC USA Bodybuilding & Figure Championships (IFBB Pro Qualifier)
July 25-26, 2008 Las Vegas, Nevada

The 2008 2008 NPC USA Bodybuilding and Figure Championships will be held on July 25-26, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will be held at the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the Campus of UNLV, at 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154. This is the tentative list, as there is always more competitors by contest date, as well as some weight changes perhaps.

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