On June 7, the ELITE 15 for the men’s and women’s divisions competed for the title of HYROX World Champion. The ELITE 15 athletes in each division have scored the 15 fastest-ever times in HYROX.

After eight functional fitness stations intertwined with one-kilometer runs, Megan Jacoby and Alexander Roncevic stood atop the podium as the 2024 HYROX World Champions.

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2024 HYROX World Championships Results

Below are the final standings for both ELITE 15 divisions:

ELITE 15 Women

1. Megan Jacoby — 59:59
2. Lauren Weeks — 1:03:37
3. Vivian Tafuto — 1:03:44
4. Viola Oberländer — 1:03:45
5. Linda Meier — 1:03:57
6. Kate Davey — 1:04:42
7. Amy Bevilacqua — 1:07:11
8. Zara Piergianni — 1:08:25
9. Maria Fecik — 1:09:11
10. Mikaela Norman — 1:10:50
11. Alina Willnow — 1:11:06
12. Lauren Griffith — 1:13:33
13. Lana Lebenstedt — 1:13:50
14. Camilla Massa — 1:15:27

Jacoby was the lone female athlete to score a sub-60-minute time. She did so by one second. The defending HYROX World Champion Lauren Weeks finished as the runner-up nearly four minutes later.

Editor’s note: only 14 athletes were listed in the official results provided by HYROX.

ELITE 15 Men

1. Alexander Roncevic — 56:21
2. Michael Sandbach — 56:32
3. James Kelly — 56:53
4. Pelayo Menendez Fernandez — 58:30
5. Hunter McIntyre — 58:37
6. Tobias Lautwein — 58:59
7. Graham Halliday — 59:27
8. Beau Wills — 1:00:04
9. Jonathon Wynn — 1:01:01
10. Dylan Scott — 1:01:03
11. Tomas Tvrdik — 1:01:06
12. Colin Stiefer — 1:01:54
13. Ryan Rich — 1:03:36
14. David Magida — 1:03:59

Half of the men’s field completed the race in under an hour. The three athletes who ascended the podium finished with sub-57 minutes. The defending HYROX World Champion Hunter McIntyre finished in fifth overall.

Editor’s note: only 14 athletes were listed in the official results provided by HYROX.

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2024 HYROX PRO Results

Below are the results for the two HYROX Pro singles divisions:

HYROX Pro Women

1. Seka Arning — 1:01:53
2. Jade Skillen — 1:04:19
3. Lucy Procter — 1:04:46
4. Magdalena Schubert — 1:05:15
5. Simone Feld — 1:05:37
6. Jess Towl — 1:06:21
7. Lauren Armstrong — 1:06:27
8. Alice Schürer — 1:06:35
9. Georgina Adams — 1:07:22
10. Lena Putters — 1:07:25
11. Lisa Richter — 1:07:27
12. Caroline Lieb — 1:07:32
13. Eva Rodrigues — 1:07:35
14. Mareesa Robertson — 1:07:36
15. Kayti Simonson — 1:07:55

HYROX Pro Men

1. Hidde Weersma — 59:12
2. Sean Noble — 59:55
3. Alan Cao — 1:00:00
4. Krystian Poremba — 1:00:12
5. Alfons Deu Ruiz — 1:00:22
6. Igor Arruti — 1:00:24
7. Samir Schön — 1:00:25
8. Roberto Viciedo — 1:00:29
9. Ryan Hogan — 1:00:40
10. Alen Ploj — 1:00:42
11. Dawson Miller — 1:00:42
12. Luis García Rubio — 1:00:49
13. Julian Kreutzer — 1:00:54
14. Maarten Enthoven — 1:01:06
15. Oli Fricker — 1:01:11

The next HYROX race is HYROX Melbourne, scheduled for June 7-9, 2024. HYROX Singapore will also be held on June 29, 2024.

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Those qualifications were won by 212 winner Jafar Ghaffarnezhad, Classic Physique champion Abdullah Al-Sairafi, Men’s Physique winner Amit Agre, and Bikini champion Lisa Reith.

2024 Sheru Classic Pro Results

The final standings for all four contests are below:

212 Bodybuilding

1. Jafar Ghaffarnezhad (Iran)
2. Marco Ruz (France)
3. Bhekumuzi Maluleke (South Africa)
4. Mojtaba Zare (Iran)
5. Ismail Radwan (Egypt)
6. Burga Keskin (Turkey)

Classic Physique

1. Abdullah Al-Sairafi (Kuwait)
2. Chaitanya Prabhu Puralachetty (India)
3. Sunmeet Singh Gill (India)
4. Mohammed Murshed (Iraq)
5. Chand Mondal (India)
6. Mohsen Ghahreman (Iran)
7. Igor Fedorov (Russia)
8. Abdul-Aziz Al-Murshedi (Kuwait)
9. Keivan Alichi (Iran)
10. Piyush Rajput (India)

Men’s Physique

1. Amit Agre (India)
2. Alexander Toplyn (United States)
3. Anik Ghosh (India)
4. Gijo John (India)
5. Lovepreet Singh (India)
6. Abdullah Al Sabea (Kuwait)
7. Ravi Chaudhary (India)
8. Vardhan Malhotra (India)
9. Ajith Raja (India)
10. Lovish Wahi (India)
11. Emaduldeen Alnaseri (Iraq)
12. Mahmood Alazzawi (Iraq)
13. Mahmoud Ibrahim (Egypt)
14. Nur Irfan Bin Ahmad (Singapore)

Bikini

1. Lisa Reith (Germany)
2. Allison Testu (France)
3. Sarah Neuheisel (Germany)
4. Alessia Facchin (Italy)
5. Emma Bowman (Australia)
6. Lucy Edwards (United Kingdom)
7. Petra Voldanova (Czech Republic)
8. Bridget Bailey (Australia)
9. Ekaterina Mikiriukova (India)
10. Verushqa Andrade (United States)
11. Prerana Anchan (India)
12. Sandra Iakimova (United Arab Emirates)
13. Navneet Kaur (India)

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212 Bodybuilding Winner — Jafar Ghaffarnezhad

This was Ghaffarnezhad’s first contest appearance since 2021, and he won with a perfect score, resulting in his first victory and Olympia 212 qualification. The prejudging round was the only score for the contest, and he won it with a perfect score.

Classic Physique Winner — Abdullah Al-Sairafi

Al-Sairafi took a multi-year break from the stage. His most recent pro show was a win at this contest in 2022. He came back and reclaimed the title. Even though he had qualified for the Olympia that year, he did not compete. If he chooses to go to Las Vegas for the 2024 Olympia, it will be his first time on that stage.

Men’s Physique Winner — Amit Agre

This was Agre’s pro debut following his win in the amateur contest the previous day, and he wasted no time establishing himself as a champion in the IFBB Pro League. He will be a rookie if he competes at the Olympia, a noteworthy accomplishment. 

Alexander Toplyn had already qualified for the Olympia by winning the 2024 Optimum Classic Pro, and he will keep that qualification despite finishing second.

Bikini Division Winner — Lisa Reith

Lisa Reith had been traveling the world to win a pro show and qualify for the Olympia. Her best finish before this was second at the 2024 Hungary Kokeny Pro.

Thanks to holding off the charges of runner-up Allison Testu and third-place finisher Sarah Neuheisel, she now has her Olympia roster spot secured. Reith can now make her second Olympia appearance and try to break into the top 15 for the first time.

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Steven Cao and Tara Grier won in the Men’s Physique and Bikini divisions, respectively.

2024 DC Pro Results

The final standings for all 28 competitors from this contest are below:

Men’s Physique

1. Steven Cao (United States)
2. Ismael Dominguez (Mexico)
3. John Sarmiento (United States)
4. Moses Opoku-Yeboah (United States)
5. Jordan Clark (United States)
6. Dennis Dogbatse (United States)\
7. Gage Moran (United States)
8. Steven Pascal (United States)
9. Furkan Er (Turkey)
10. Roy Williams (United States)
11. Evan Kanu (United States)
12. Mark A. Lancaster (United States)
13. Dennis Kloster (United States)

Bikini Division

1. Tara Grier (United States)
2. Mahsa Akbarimehr (United States)
3. Iulia Baba (Romania)
4. Marie-Eve Duchesneau (Canada)
5. Huyen Person (United States)
6. Valeria Fedorenko (Ukraine)
7. Gavi Soni (United States)
8. Lesley Billups (United States)
9. Jessica Machado (Brazil)
10. Cherrylyn Ibanez (United States)
11. Candice Yang (Canada)
12. Nikia Hovey (United States)
13. Hope Andrews (United States)
14. Shaneeka Harmonson (United States)
15. Stella Roberts (United States)

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Men’s Physique Winner — Steven Cao

Cao made his 2024 debut at this contest. One show was all he needed to score his 2024 Olympia qualification. He finished second in the 2023 edition of this contest to winner Vitor Chaves. Cao never won a show to qualify for the 2023 Olympia.

Cao’s win over runner-up Ismael Dominguez was by a single point. This is Cao’s third pro year, and he will return to the Olympia stage for the first time since 2022, when he finished outside the top 15.

Bikini Division Winner — Tara Grier

The closest Grier had come to winning this season was a second-place finish to Vania Auguste at the 2024 Bikini International UK contest in Birmingham, England. The DC Pro was the fourth show of her 2024 season, and she scored the victory with straight first-place votes. 

Grier is qualified to compete in the Bikini Olympia for the second straight season. She finished outside the top 15 in 2023.

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Twenty-six athletes competed in Denver across both divisions. Rhyan Clark (Men’s Physique) and Ashley Kaltwasser (Bikini) were crowned as champions.

2024 Mile High Pro Final Placings

The final standings for those contests are below:

Men’s Physique

1. Rhyan Clark (United States)
2. Darnell Dean (United States)
3. Dallas Botchway (Ghana)
4. Wilfred Harris (United States)
5. Franky Yan (United States)
6. Ricardo Cenat (West Roxbury)
7. Abrahan Sanchez (United States)
8. Raphael Souza (Brazil)
9. Tony Chinakwe (United States)
10. Damar Turner (United States)
11. Francisco Rodriguez (United States)
12. Matt Moore (United States)
13. Tj Terry (United States)
14. Alex Vazquez (United States)
15. Andrew David (United States)
16. Raymond Holguin (United States)

Bikini

1. Ashley Kaltwasser (United States)
2. Kate Carroll (New Zealand)
3. Su Aramayo (Argentina)
4. Elisangela Angell (Brazil)
5. Amanda Rivas (United States)
6. Ashley Humiston (United States)
7. Madison Thomas (United States)
8. Alexandra Leeper (United States)
9. Julia Wohlschlegel (United States)
10. Chrissy Rodriguez (United States)

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Men’s Physique Winner — Rhyan Clark

This was Clark’s second contest of the 2024 season. The fifth-year pro scored his first pro victory and Olympia qualification at this contest.  He previously finished fourth at the 2024 Optimum Classic Pro in Shreveport, LA, on June 1, 2024.

Bikini Division Winner — Ashley Kaltwasser

At the rate Ashley Kaltwasser is going, it appears to be a matter of “when” she scores 50 IFBB Pro League wins. The 2023 contest winner returned to Colorado and successfully defended the title.

The three-time Bikini Olympia champion was already locked into the 2024 Bikini Olympia thanks to her past championship titles, her top-three finish at the 2023 Bikini Olympia, and her three previous wins this season. So, runner-up Kate Carroll and the rest of the field must enter and win a different pro show before the Sept. 15, 2024 — the 2024 Olympia qualifying cutoff date.

Su Aramayo of Argentina placed third in this contest and won the Masters Over 40 contest.

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Kramer won her third career pro show to become the seventh woman to qualify for the 2024 Fitness Olympia, a part of the Olympia Weekend, set for Oct. 10-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV.

Michaela Pavleova and Amber Steffen placed second and third, respectively. The final placings for all nine competitors are below:

2024 Adela Garcia Pro Results

1. Allison Kramer (United States)
2. Michaela Pavleova (Slovakia)
3. Amber Steffen (United States)
4. Amanda Leal (United States)
5. Missy Khasawneh (United States)
6. Savahannah Byczek (United States)
7. Jen Richards (United States)
8. Kristen Morby (United States)
9. Ellie Ambs (United States)

Ivan Ribce was the head judge for this contest.

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Winner — Allison Kramer

The Fitness division is scored differently than the other IFBB Pro League divisions. One-third of the overall score is acquired via the Physique round, and two-thirds are determined by the Routine round.

Kramer won the Physique round and tied for first in the Routine round with Pavleova to clinch the overall victory. Kramer will now try to improve her 12th-place finish at the 2023 Fitness Olympia.

Second Place — Michaela Pavleova

As impressive as Pavleova’s routine round was, her fourth-place finish in the opening round kept her from victory. The good news is that she has until Sept. 15, 2024, to enter and win another event to join Kramer on the Olympia stage. This was her 2024 season debut.

Third Place — Amber Steffen

Steffen was second best in the Physique round and scored third in the Routine round, scoring her the bronze spot on the podium. This was also her first pro show of the year. She was coming off a 10th-place finish at the 2023 Fitness Olympia. 

Other Notes

The next Fitness division show will occur at the 2024 Body Be 1 Classic Pro in Montgomery, AL, on Saturday, June 22, 2024. That will also be a 2024 Olympia qualifying event. The roster for that event has not been published at the time of this article’s publication.

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Natalia Bystrova finished second, and Winsome White took third. The final standings for this contest are below:

2024 Omaha Pro Women’s Physique Results

1. Susan Graham (United States)
2. Natalia Bystrova (Russia)
3. Winsome White (United States)
4. Hayley Perry (United States)
5. Calli Prell Cihal (United States)
6. Katie Nyland (United States)
7. Nadia Henriquez (Honduras)
8. Justina Threadgill (United States)
9. Carrie Hughes (United States)
10. Stacey Lewis (United States)
11. Maudienne Profas (Sint Maarten)
12. Ayla Nova (United States)
13. Silvia Tran (United States)

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Winner — Susan Graham

Graham was coming off a runner-up finish at the 2024 Optimum Classic Pro, which was won by Bystrova. This rematch lived up to the hype, and Graham showed more definition. Graham advances to the 2024 Women’s Physique Olympia due to her victory.

Graham has been a pro since 2012. This will be her first time on the Olympia stage. She confirmed to NPC News Online that she would enter the Olympia.

Second Place — Natalia Bystrova

The judges unanimously ranked Bystrova second at this event, but her 2024 Olympia qualification from the 2024 Optimum Classic Pro victory is still secured. Ranking in the top two of her first two pro shows as a Masters competitor is no small feat. She can continue gaining more stage experience or focus on her Olympia prep.

Third Place — Winsome White

This was White’s 2024 season debut. The two front runners had competed earlier in the season, which may have given them an advantage. White has until Sept. 15, 2024, to win a pro show and earn a 2024 Olympia qualification.

Other Notes

This was one of two Women’s Physique pro shows this weekend. The other was at the 2024 Toronto Pro Supershow, won by Tracey Guile, who qualified for the 2024 Olympia.

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One hundred forty-seven pros competed across all 10 divisions. The main event was the Men’s Open division, won by Akim Williams.

2024 Toronto Pro Supershow Results

The final standings for every show are below, courtesy of the IFBB Pro League:

Men’s Open

1. Akim Williams (United States)
2. Quinton Eriya (Canada)
3. John Jewett (United States)
4. Robin Strand(Canada)
5. Tim Budesheim (Germany)
6. Hassan Mostafa (Egypt)
7. Jonarthur Duncan (United States)
8. Volodymyr Byruk (Ukraine)
9. Gianluca Di Lorenzo (Italy)
10. Nathan Spear (United States)
11. Jang Min Lee (South Korea)
12. Prince Boabang (Canada) 
13. Ethan Grossman (United States)
14. Brent Swansen (United States)
15. Dan Afan (France)

212 Bodybuilding

1. Giuseppe Christian Zagarella (Italy)
2. Esteban Fuquene (Colombia)
3. Hossein Kalateh (Canada)
4. Marco Sarcone (Italy)
5. Ricardo Correia (Brazil)
6. Cody Drobot (Canada)
7. Francis Allard (Canada)
8. Lucas Garcia (Brazil)
9. Pasquale D’angelo (Italy)
10. Stephen Didoshak (Canada)
11. Jeon Sugeun (South Korea)
12. Yumon Eaton (United States)
13. Adejoh Franklyn Audu (Canada)
14. Zach Keefer (United States)
15. Rachid Souki (Brazil)

Tied for 16th

• Athanasios Attilakos (United States)
• Peter Boncardo (Canada)
• Steve Thayer (United States)

Classic Physique

1. Niall Darwen (United Kingdom)
2. Blake Course (Canada)
3. German Pastor (Spain)
4. Andrea Mammoli (Italy)
5. Jimmy Sirard (Canada)
6. Jorge Luis Guerrero Gallegos (Mexico)
7. Bobby Mazzara (United States)
8. Gregory Dawson (Canada)
9. Kenyon Leno (United States)
10. Tony Coke (Canada)
11. Jose Alfredo Anaya Blanco (Mexico)
12. Evan Alexiou (Canada)
13. Luca Corrado (Italy)
14. Terrance Teo Kok Hua (Malaysia)
15. Michael Reilly (United States)

Tied for 16th

• Alan Mariano Garcia (United States)
• Edgard John-Augustin (United Arab Emirates)
• Sich Sak (Canada)

Men’s Physique

1. Drew Cullen (United States)
2. Chevy Phillips (Canada)
3. Kimani Victor (Canada)
4. Tyler Smith (United Kingdom)
5. Mattia Ballarini (Italy)
6. Nicola Maccarini (Italy)
7. Sharif Reid (United States)
8. Eric Neal (United States)
9. Karim Hawash (United States)
10. Kadeem Hillman (United States)
11. Chris Mantovani (Canada)
12. Austin Belanger (Canada)
13. Mohammed Al Kindy (Oman)
14. Dominique Warren (United States)
15. Yi Yang (China)

Tied for 16th

• David Cai (Canada)
• Lemar Martin (Canada)
• Taylor Wilson (Canada)

Men’s Wheelchair

1. Kristof Hornos (Hungary)
2. Anand Arnold (India)

Women’s Bodybuilding

1. Ava Melillo (United States)
2. Sheena Ohlig (United States)
3. Nadia Capotosto (Italy)
4. Gabriela Pena De La Vega (United States)
5. Kyna Squarey (Canada)
6. Gina Cavaliero (United States)
7. Teresa Rego (Canada)
8. Melanie Horton (Canada)

Figure

1. Lena Ramsteiner (Germany)
2. Maggie Watson (Canada)
3. Manon Dutilly (Canada)
4. Ashley Lakomowski (United States)
5. Amanda Winston (United Kingdom)
6. Emily Hammond (Canada)
7. Giselie Heathcote (Canada)
8. Gabriela Linhartova (Czech Republic)
9. Jeanne Kassel (Germany)
10. Jennifer Johnson (United States)
11. Daniella Means (United States)
12. Lauren Calderoni (United States)
13. Mandy Urner (Canada)
14. Ornella Turturro (Argentina)
15. Natashia Dallin (United States)

Tied for 16th

• Marlen Gonzalez (United States)
• Jessica Gubenschek (Austria)
• Alysha Mills (Canada)
• Lee Shineun (South Korea)
• Lia Taylor (United States)
• Karen Wright (Canada)

Bikini

1. Maxine Alexandra Somov (Canada)
2. Cassandra De La Rosa (Mexico)
3. Anna Setlak (Italy)
4. Alice Marchisio (Italy)
5. Czarina Gisela Gastelum Valenzuela (Mexico)
6. Racquel Hutchinson (Canada)
7. Angel Sun (Canada)
8. Lindsay Martens (Canada)
9. Lilian Lopez Alonso (Mexico)
10. Erika Devera (United States)
11. Oleksandra Khovrych (Ukraine)
12. Marylou Charette (Canada)
13. Gina Switzeny (Canada)
14. Mizel Cataquiz (Canada)
15. Lorena Garcia Araya (Chile)

Tied for 16th

• Jasmi Aprile (Italy)
• Kimberly Bonilla (United States)
• Karen Orlena (Canada)

Women’s Physique

1. Tracey Guile (Australia)
2. Olivia Bian (China)
3. Robyn Mays (United States)
4. Lorraine Lafleur (Bahamas)
5. Autumn Swansen (United States)
6. Wei Peng Chen (Taiwan)
7. Georgina D’abreo (Canada)
8. Candice Carr (Trinidad and Tobago)
9. Ji Hye Lee (South Korea)
10. Jessica Falborn (United States)
11. Angela Noury (United States)
12. Joleen Keith (United States)
13. Nadia Vandal (Canada)
14. Sarah Bow (Canada)
15. Lisa Jacobs (Canada)
16. Shannon Ayle (Canada)

Wellness

1. Alexis Nicole (United States)
2. Carlotta Tonelli (Italy)
3. Celeste Chandler (Canada)
4. Simara Walter (Brazil)
5. Esmeralda Ochoa Diaz (Mexico)
6. Victoria Puentes (United States)
7. Rosie Stodalka (Canada)
8. Brittany Miller (United States)
9. Chiara Moroni (Italy)
10. Kristin Broadwell (Canada)
11. Sabrina Diaz Urdaneta (Spain)
12. Cindy Hodgkinson (Canada)
13. Stephanie Jones (United States)
14. Minju Yoon (South Korea)

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Men’s Open Winner — Akim Williams

This was Williams’ 2024 season debut. It was all he needed to win a 2024 Olympia qualification.

Williams received a perfect score from the judges for his fifth career win. He is set to make his sixth Olympia appearance. He has ranked as high as sixth at the 2020 Olympia but finished outside the top 15 in 2022. Williams did not compete in the 2023 Mr. Olympia contest.

212 Bodybuilding WInner — Giuseppe Christian Zagarella

This was Giuseppe Christian Zagarella’s second show of the year, resulting in his first pro win as a 212 competitor. He previously competed in Classic Physique.

Thanks to this win, Zagarella is Olympia-qualified for the first time. Esteban Fuquene settled for the runner-up spot, and Canada’s Hossein Kalateh accepted bronze.

Classic Physique Winner — Niall Darwen

Niall Darwen made his 2024 season debut and scored his first pro career win and Olympia qualification. The second-year pro was the clear winner, as shown by his perfect score.

Men’s Physique Winner — Drew Cullen

Drew Cullen can return to the Olympia stage thanks to his Men’s Physique division victory. This is his second pro win. Canadians Chevy Phillips and Kimani Victor took second and third places, respectively.

Men’s Wheelchair Winner — Kristof Hornos

Kristof Hornos entered the weekend as an amateur. He earned his pro card in the amateur contest on June 8, 2024. The next day, he made his pro debut and defeated Anand Arnold to take the pro win and qualify for the Olympia.

This is the second year in a row that this has occurred. Mohammadreza Tabriza Nouri accomplished the same feat in the 2023 Toronto Pro Supershow.

Women’s Bodybuilding Winner — Ava Melillo

Rookie Ava Melillo made her pro debut and left with the title and 2024 Ms. Olympia qualification. She was the clear winner over runner-up Sheena Ohlig and third-place finisher Nadia Capotosto. Mililo will make her Olympia debut if she competes in Las Vegas.

Figure Winner — Lena Ramsteiner

Lena Ramsteiner was the last woman to stand on the stage for the Figure division as its champion. It was the largest female division contest with 21 competitors. Maggie Watson represented the host country as the runner-up. Fellow Canadian Manon Dutilly rounded out the top three.

Bikini Winner — Maxine Alexandra Somov

The only Canadian pro champion at this event was in the Bikini division. Maxine Alexandra Somov, in her second professional season, scored her first pro win over second and third-place finishers Cassandra De La Rosa and Anna Setlak.

Somov can step on the Olympia stage for the first time in 2024. The rest of the field has until Sept. 15, 2024, to win a pro show to join Somov in Las Vegas.

Women’s Physique Winner — Tracey Guile

This was Tracey Guile’s pro debut after earning her pro card in Australia earlier in the year. This was also the closest contest of the weekend. Guile defeated second-place finisher Olivia Bian by a single point to clinch her first Women’s Physique Olympia appearance.

Wellness Winner — Alexis Nicole

Alexis Nicole faced 13 rivals in the Wellness division and left as champion. Carlotta Tonelli of Italy settled for second, and Celeste Chandler took third place. Nicole was coming off a second-place finish at the 2024 Miami Muscle Beach Pro, her pro debut.

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Due to this victory, Timms qualified for the 2024 Classic Physique Olympia, which will be held on Oct. 10-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV. That contest is part of the 60th Olympia Weekend.

Lamar Shaw and Matt Orchard took second and third place, respectively. The final standings for all 15 athletes are below.

2024 Oklahoma Pro Results

1. Robert Timms (United States)
2. Lamar Shaw (United States)
3. Matt Orchard (Australia)
4. Adam Thomas (United States)
5. Sonny O’Brien (United States)
6. Barry Irving (United States)
7. Travis Hester (United States)
8. Antonio Cummings (United States)
9. Jorge Tabet (Spain)
10. Harold Bright (United States)
11. Rodrigo Coelho (Brazil)
12. Michael Mckenzie Sr. (United States)
13. Vikas Vaid (United States)
14. Tony Davis (United States)
15. Olushomo Oni (United States)

Rich Palmer was the head judge.

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Winner — Robert Timms

The prejudging round was the only one scored in this competition. Timms received a perfect score from the judges. This is his fifth pro victory and the first since the 2021 Texas Pro. Timms can now make his fifth Olympia appearance since turning pro in 2016.

Second Place — Lamar Shaw

Shaw was already qualified for the Olympia thanks to his victory at the 2024 Mid-USA Pro in Albuquerque, NM, on June 1, 2024. Despite his runner-up finish at this competition, his Olympia qualification remains secured. 

Third Place — Matt Orchard

The closest battle of the top contenders was between Orchard and fourth-place finisher Adam Thomas. The judges separated them by a single point. It was Orchard’s fourth contest of the 2024 season, resulting in his highest ranking thus far in his rookie campaign in the pro ranks.

Other Notes

This was one of three Classic Physique shows this weekend. Niall Darwin placed first at the 2024 Toronto Pro Supershow, and Abdullah Al-Safari was the 2024 Sheru Classic Pro champion. They both qualified for the 2024 Olympia.

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Eight hundred eighteen athletes from 41 countries put on an incredible bench press display in the heat of the southern USA. One hundred twenty athletes competed in classic (more commonly described as “raw”) and equipped contests, the latter occurring only a few days later. A few athletes triumphed in both.

Japan won the team award in the Men’s Equipped, Men’s Classic and Women’s Equipped categories. They were pushed to third place behind Sweden and the USA in the Women’s Classic category.

2024 IPF World Classic Bench Press Championships — Open Results

Below are the podium standings for each contested raw weight category:

Women’s 47KG

1. Emelie Aslund (SWE) — 87.5 kilograms
2. Yuka Miyazaki (JPN) — 80 kilograms
3. Sakar Hamawandi (NOR) — 80 kilograms

Women’s 52KG

1. Sachiko Iwamoto (JPN) — 105 kilograms — IPF Masters 2 World Record
2. Jamie Fisher (USA) — 102.5 kilograms
3. Kyoka Takahashi (JPN) — 90 kilograms

Women’s 57KG

1. Megan Hurlburt (USA) — 107.5 kilograms
2. Anna Rykun (UKR) — 107.5 kilograms
3. Alison Huet (FRA) — 105 kilograms

Women’s 63KG

1. Elise Rosenborg (NOR) — 115 kilograms
2. Katie Roberts (GBR) — 115 kilograms
3. Hanna Kadatska (UKR) — 110 kilograms

Women’s 69KG

1. Andrea Petrek (CRO) — 117.5 kilograms
2. Elsa Marin Karlsson (SWE) — 117.5 kilograms
3. Kathrine Forsberg (DEN) — 115 kilograms

Women’s 76KG

1. Chelsea Savit (USA) — 137.5 kilograms
2. Xeniya Khan (KAZ) — 135 kilograms
3. Laura Mautalen (FRA) — 135 kilograms

Women’s 84KG

1. Annika Zelander (SWE) — 135 kilograms
2. Ielja Strik (NED) — 135 kilograms — IPF Masters 2 World Record
3. Ankie Timmers (LUX) — 127.5 kilograms

Women’s 84+KG

1. Matilda Hjälle (SWE) — 150 kilograms
2. Johanna Laitinen (FIN) — 145 kilograms
3. Ágnes Szabó (HUN) — 145 kilograms

Men’s 59KG

1. Reo Tanaka (JPN) — 176 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
2. Shu Hamaguchi (JPN) — 165 kilograms
3. Frederik Eskil Myrvang (NOR) — 160 kilograms

Men’s 66KG

1. Abdulkarim Karaman (KAZ) — 175 kilograms
2. Jason Nativel (FRA) — 167.5 kilograms
3. Jalen Nelson (CAN) — 160 kilograms

Men’s 74KG

1. Kosei Yokoyama (JPN) — 225.5 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
2. Ivan Chuprynko (UKR) — 210 kilograms
3. Azat Salmen (KAZ) — 190 kilograms

Men’s 83KG

1. Daiki Kodama (JPN) — 231 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
2. Volodymyr Tsaturian (UKR) — 215 kilograms
3. Alexander Yemchenko (KAZ) — 212.5 kilograms

Men’s 93KG

1. Orgibold Galdan (MGL) — 227.5 kilograms
2. Josef Eriksson (SWE) — 225 kilograms
3. Bohdan Bon (UKR) — 217.5 kilograms

Men’s 105KG

1. Michael Dudley (USA) — 242.5 kilograms
2. Vyacheslav Tsoy (KAZ) — 232.5 kilograms
3. Nathan Young (AUS) — 232.5 kilograms

Men’s 120KG

1. Kaden Hush (USA) — 255 kilograms
2. Leunard Gervalla (CAN) — 252.5 kilograms
3. Dimitriy Li (KAZ) — 247.5 kilograms

Men’s 120+KG

1. Farod-James Kee (USA) — 285 kilograms
2. Ilyas Boughalem (ALG) — 282.5 kilograms
3. Markus Patschke (GER) — 255 kilograms

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2024 IPF World Equipped Bench Press Championships — Open Results

Below are the podium standings for each contested equipped weight category:

Women’s 47KG

1. Oksana Motrunchyk (UKR) — 120 kilograms
2. Yuka Miyazaki (JPN) — 87.5 kilograms
3. Assiya Oraxbekova (KAZ) — 80 kilograms

Women’s 52KG

1. Miyabi Kikuchi (JPN) — 132.5 kilograms
2. Amila Dissanayake (GBR) — 110 kilograms
3. Marcela Sandvik (FIN) — 110 kilograms

Women’s 57KG

1. Zuzanna Kula (POL) — 168 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
2. Tomoko Akagawa (JPN) — 150 kilograms
3. Hanna Buturlym (UKR) — 140 kilograms

Women’s 63KG

1. Larysa Soloviova (UKR) — 165 kilograms
2. Maj Rames (DEN) — 162.5 kilograms
3. Misaki Ikeda (JPN) — 142.5 kilograms

Women’s 69KG

1. Kelsey McCarthy (USA) — 177.5 kilograms
2. Kumi Mizoguchi (JPN) — 165 kilograms
3. Ingvild Hansen (NOR) — 152.5 kilograms

Women’s 76KG

1. Xeniya Khan (KAZ) — 187.5 kilograms
2. Agnes Rudin (SWE) — 177.5 kilograms
3. Airi Sakaguchi (JPN) — 175 kilograms

Women’s 84KG

1. Rhaea Stinn (CAN) — 210 kilograms
2. Ankie Timmers (LUX) — 207.5 kilograms
3. Zhadyra Bermukhambetova (KAZ) — 185 kilograms

Women’s 84+KG

1. Hildeborg Hugdal (NOR) — 237.5 kilograms
2. Kate Sweatman (GBR) — 220 kilograms
3. Matilda Hjälle (SWE) — 210 kilograms

Men’s 59KG

1. Yuki Hirakawa (JPN) — 210 kilograms — IPF Junior World Record
2. Ivan Kuvaldin (KAZ) — 200 kilograms
3. Frederik Eskil Myrvang (NOR) — 195 kilograms

Men’s 66KG

1. Masashi Fukuda (JPN) — 247.5 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
2. Abdulkarim Karaman (KAZ) — 245 kilograms
3. Andreas Frasl (AUT) — 217.5 kilograms

Men’s 74KG

1. Ivan Chuprynko (UKR) — 282.5 kilograms
2. Yeldos Yermakhanov (KAZ) — 265 kilograms
3. Yuki Abe (JPN) — 265 kilograms

Men’s 83KG

1. Daiki Kodama (JPN) — 305 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
2. Daniyar Shaukatov (KAZ) — 290 kilograms
3. Yosuke Kikuchi (JPN) — 280 kilograms

Men’s 93KG

1. Easton Schuster (USA) — 340 kilograms
2. Askar Shokhanov (KAZ) — 337.5 kilograms — IPF Masters 1 World Record
3. Rafał Zalewski (POL) — 305 kilograms

Men’s 105KG

1. Kostiantyn Musiienko (UKR) — 346.5 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
2. Takahiro Ono (JPN) — 327.5 kilograms
3. Ilya Maslov (KAZ) — 325 kilograms

Men’s 120KG

1. Arslan Suyunshaliyev (KAZ) — 355 kilograms
2. Per Marius Hole (NOR) — 340 kilograms
3. Viktor Leskovets (UKR) — 335 kilograms

Men’s 120+KG

1. Garrett Bentley (CAN) — 372.5 kilograms
2. Shane Martin (CAN) — 330 kilograms
3. Rasmus Mirblom (SWE) — 330 kilograms

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2024 WBC Highlights

• Daiki Kodama (JPN) added his 23rd and 24th World Titles, breaking world records in both disciplines.
• Kostiantyn Musiienko (UKR) moonlighted in the 105KG class to break the world record.
• Stanisław Mentel (POL) took the gold medal in both classic and equipped and broke a Masters 4 world record with every lift in both disciplines.
• Noriko Iida (JPN) won classic and equipped gold medals at 88 years old
• World record battle in the classic Junior 93KG class
• Photo finish in the classic open 57KG class, with only five kilograms separating the top five lifters.
• Six world record attempts in succession in the equipped Masters 3 69KG class.
• Kosei Yokoyama (JPN) emerged as a giant slayer in the classic 74KG class, beating Ivan Chuprynko to the gold medal and breaking Daiki Kodama’s world record in his first international competition.

The mammoth event can be watched back on the IPF YouTube channel. The next IPF event is only two weeks later. The IPF’s flagship event, the 2024 World Classic Powerlifting Championships, begins on June 15, 2024, and promises to be an incredible showcase of powerlifting. Watch live on The Olympic Channel and the Olympics YouTube channel.

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The 27-year-old Japanese powerlifter’s new record eclipsed fellow countryman Daiki Kodama‘s previous world record by three kilograms. Kodama’s record stood for nearly five years. Kodama also competed in Austin but in the 83KG class, where he set a new IPF bench press world record of 231 kilograms.

2024 IPF World Bench Press Championships Results — Kosei Yokoyama (JPN), 74KG Raw

• Bench Press
  • 210 kilograms (463 pounds)
  • 217.5 kilograms (479.5 pounds)
  • 225.5 kilograms (497.1 pounds) — IPF World Record

Check out Yokoyama’s world record lift in the video below, courtesy of the IPF’s Instagram page:

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Yokoyama wore wrist wraps and a lifting belt during the attempt. He employed the widest grip allowable in the competition. The barbell’s initial descent appeared smooth. The ascent appeared to involve a slight grind to reach lockout, but Yokoyama maintained his composure until receiving the rack command from the judge.

The comments on the IPF’s Instagram post featured many people remarking on the amount of elbow depth Yokoyama achieved during the lift. The notion was that Yokoyama’s elbow depth might not have been sufficient for a clean lift.

Per the IPF’s bench press rule change in 2023, “the lifter must lower the bar to the chest or abdominal area whereby the underside of the elbow joint is level with (or below) the top of the shoulder joint.”

While the angle of the IPF’s video might not have a clear sight of where Yokoyama’s elbows were in relation to his shoulders — made more challenging to see given the black shirt not allowing many shadows — the judges who viewed the lift live believe Yokoyama’s technique adhered to the rules and rewarded him with a clean lift as a result.

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