Breon Ansley improved two ranks from Arnold Basic US into the silver place.
Final up to date on March sixteenth, 2024
Wesley Vissers is the 2024 Arnold Basic Physique UK champion. Vissers was the final man standing out of seven contestants on the NEC in Birmingham, England, in the course of the opening evening of the 2024 Arnold Basic UK on Friday, March 15, 2024.
Former two-time Basic Physique Olympia winner Breon Ansley completed runner-up, and Urs Kalecinski received bronze. The outcomes are under:
2024 Arnold Basic UK Outcomes
- Wesley Vissers (Netherlands)
- Breon Ansley (USA)
- Urs Kalecinski (Germany)
- Michael Daboul (UK)
- Emanuel Ricotti (Italy)
- Denis Romanov (Russia)
- Josh Eastham (UK)
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Prejudging Highlights
The contestants had been launched to the viewers and judges on the morning of March 15, 2024. The prejudging spherical, when athletes must be at their greatest, adopted shortly thereafter.
Vissers lived as much as that problem, showing even leaner than he was in Columbus on the 2024 Arnold Basic Physique US contest, which he received. Ansley, Kalecinski, and Daboul joined Vissers within the callouts.
These 4 had been among the many entrance runners within the contest two weeks earlier, and the identical occurred in Birmingham. Whereas the judges switched the order often, these athletes had been the probably high 4 heading into the finals.
Finals Recap
All seven athletes carried out particular person routines on the night finals. Head choose Steve Weinberger referred to as the bodybuilders to centerstage for the affirmation spherical.
Kalecinski, Ansley, Vissers, and Daboul stood in that order for his or her callout. All 4 appeared calm and funky. The athletes had been referred to as to posedown by announcer Bob Cicherillo earlier than the award ceremony that featured Kalecinski profitable bronze, Ansley scoring silver, and Vissers incomes gold for his second consecutive Arnold contest.
Promoter Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced him with the champion’s trophy, simply as he did in Columbus, OH, two weeks prior. With this win secured, Vissers is taken into account a high contender for the 2024 Basic Physique Olympia throne, at present occupied by five-time champion Chris Bumstead. That showdown will happen in Las Vegas, NV, on the weekend of Oct. 10-13, 2024.
The 2024 Arnold Basic UK weekend continues on Saturday, March 16, 2024, with the Males’s Open remaining and Bikini, Males’s Physique, and Wheelchair competitions. A free livestream with replays is on the market for followers to observe on the Arnold Sports activities UK web site.
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