2013 Arnold Classic Europe!

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Fred Smalls- Looks good for Fred, softer from the back, wide back, thickness in the back will help. Chest traps & arms came up!

Robert Piotrkowicz- Looks the same as Olympia, better color, holding some water. Legs are down. Back drier. Arms need work, battling a triceps tear injury. He's been better but what a comeback!

Shawn Rhoden- Last years winner. Softer than last year and Olympia. Great side shots, back is soft, glutes too watery. Abs are perfect! Shape & balance beautiful.

Martin Kjellstrom- Big guy, but not lean enough. Awkward structure hurts him. From the back - glutes are ripped to shreds but upper body doesn't match.

 

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DARREN BALL (UK): huge calves. Pecs are flat. Upper body needs more size. Ripped glutes/hams…

DENNIS WOLF : crowd favorite. Crazy quad separation. Ripped midsection. Great front lat spread. Left calve is non existent. Freaky back double…. Ripped glutes……… looks a little flat …….I liked his fullness at the OLYMPIA prejudging. Great side triceps. ……leg from side is feathered and freaky. Ab-thigh is very powerful…………….but lacking the fullness. ACETO said he’s 3 pizzas away from perfection

CARLOS ASENCIO (Spain): hometown boy…. Super thick muscle…….. a little wide at waist.. ripped hams……glutes need more muscle. Fans love him

ROELLY WINKLAAR (Curacao): Super full…. Looks enormous. Crazy calves. Ripped glutes/hams. 4-dimensional back double. I think ROELLY can move into the top 4 tonight. Quads are flaring to the moon. Very impressive

PHIL HEATH: 3x MR O…… shredded.. as polished as we’ve ever seen him………. So well balanced. No real weaknesses ….. Glutes/hams are striated.. beautiful back double……. Slam dunk back lat spread…… he has no holes in his physique……… muscle shots are strong. He should easily win here tonight (despite Kai looking way improved)

BRANDON CURRY: Much better conditioning than Olympia. Heath is a tough act to follow. Fantastic chest, shoulders, arms……tiny waist. Glutes are striated…….. ripped hams. Great back double. Curry is way improved over the O…..

 

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From Dave Palumbo on RXM:


MENS BODYBUILDING 1st CALLOUT:

KAI GREENE
PHIL HEATH
SHAWN RHODEN
DENNIS WOLF
VICTOR MARTINEZ
ROELLY WINKLAAR


****great callout...... better than OLYMPIA top 6? PHIL in middle next to DENNIS WOLF....... KAI flanking them and ROELLY on other side. Looks like PHIL 1st, WOLF 2nd? KAI 3rd? WINKLAAR 4th (ROELLY looks bigger than HEATH tonight)....... RHODEN 5th (I'd have RHODEN over WINKLAAR)..... VICTOR 6th (best we've seen him this year)

 

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2nd CALLOUT: same comments from Dave Palumbo

VICTOR MARTINEZ
ROELLY WINKLAAR
SHAWN RHODEN
TONEY FREEMAN
LIONEL BEYEKE
FRED SMALLS
BRANDON CURRY:

**** I'd have RHODEN 4th, VICTOR MARTINEZ 5th (He's improving)........ WINKLAAR 6th (fading a little).. ......FREEMAN 7th...... BEYEKE 8th.......... CURRY 9th.....SMALLS 10th

 

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3RD CALLOUT:

CLARENCE DEVIS
MARTIN KJELLSTROM
MIKE KEFALIANOS
ROBERT PIOTRKOWICZ

**** ..... PIOTRKOWICZ 11th.... DEVIS 12th.....KJELLSTROM 13th.. KEFALIANOS 14th

 

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From left to right, the 1st callout in Madrid: Victor Martinez, Kai Greene, Phil Heath, Dennis Wolf, Roelly Winklaar, Shawn Rhoden

 

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LAST CALLOUT:

PHIL HEATH
KAI GREENE
DENNIS WOLF


**** HEATH wins this and defends his MR O title here in MADRID.. too polished and full for GREEN (whos hurting up there) and WOLF (who's flat). Arguably however KAI wins the back shots..........he's freaky hard back there. Kai however is having problems with controlling his midsection...........the crowd is going nuts.... WOLF should go eat McDs

 

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More pics:

 

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^^ Great quality from team andro! Everyone looks great and improved from the Olympia 2 weeks ago.

 

[joligr]

Kai is ON and I'll give Rolley 3rd

 

[dilatedmuscle]

No way Roelly beats Wolf. Kai looks much much better than the Olympia. Im being impressed more by Wolf and Kai than Phil .... BUT neither will ever be as complete as Phil. Phil is always "perfect" sans his clavicle width and density.

 

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2013 Arnold Classic Europe Fitness Results

6th - Natalie Planes
5th- Miriam Capes
4th- Whitney Jones
3rd- Regiane Da Silva
2nd- Oksana Grishna
1st- Tanji Johnson​

 

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2013 Arnold Classic Europe Men's results:




1. Phil Heath $40,000
2. Kai Greene $25,000
3. Dennis Wolf $15,000
4. Shawn Rhoden $12,500
5. Victor Martinez $5000
6. Roelly Winklaar $2500

 

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Congrats to Phil he was the clear winner. And Kai was clear 2nd because Wolf was down from his Olympia showing! I am very happy for Victor because he won over Roelly... nothing against Roelly but I like Victor more and am happy for his placing! I just don't see what others see in Shawn I just cannot get past the weak Vastus Medialis and a bulge in the lower abs... and then the whole of him doesn't look impressive at all to me in the back-poses!

Lights sucked AGAIN! Two years in a row_ should not be happening under Arnold's watch!

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Alexey did a very decent Off-season-Branch-Warren Impersination... good on him!

 

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Congrats to Phil for his win here. He deserved it!

 

[pakiman]

Congrats to Phil for his win here. He deserved it!

Two things...
They had lights backwards from the looks of it... and there aren't many people watching!

 

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Thank God for Kai's lunatic ego that makes him believe he can crush others with size and that forces him to keep coming back with a gigantic gut!

 

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^^ Gut looks really bad in that shot..

 

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Some videos from the event:


Dennis Wolf posing routine