Estonian bodybuilding and fitness champions crowned in 2012
On October 21, the VII Innar Mardo Memorial took place at the Salme Cultural Center in Tallinn, hosting the following competitions: the Estonian Athletic Fitness Championships, Record Breakers, the Armlifting Cup and the Estonian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.
Galleries and official results from the Innar Mardo Memorial
Athletic Fitness
8 athletes took part, two of them women – Esta Pilt and Eli Viielo, who both won their categories, the women’s and the junior women’s respectively. Esta put up an excellent 20 pull-ups and 23 dips and rowed 1000 meters in 03:54.1. Eli Viielo also managed a remarkable 17 pull-ups and 19 dips, with a rowing time of 03:50.0.
The junior men’s category also had a single competitor – Marius Lemming of the TÜASK sports club. Marius did 24 pull-ups and 29 dips and rowed in 03:31.6.
In the men’s category, Ants Varblane took third place, Allar Vaet second, and Kristjan Oras, who has also represented Estonia at the Arnold Classic, won. In front of the home crowd, Kristjan delivered an excellent 30 pull-ups and 37 dips, and his rowing time was 03:02.4.
Record Breakers
The athletes’ opening weights started at 200 kilos. The competition was a success for many, but the best result came from the president of the Estonian Powerlifting Federation, Kaido Leesmann, who finally achieved his big goal – he pressed 300 kilos! This round number is a new absolute Estonian record, both in kilograms and in Wilks points. Raigo Kuusnõmm came second and Siim Rast third.
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Armlifting Cup
Armlifting Cup – lifting a weight with one hand. This new sport in Estonia, which demonstrates wrist and forearm strength, has found plenty of fans, and as many as 19 athletes turned up to compete, 4 of them women. Kaisa Metsla won with a lift of 45 kilograms, Rete Jallai took second place, also lifting 45kg, and third went to Eli Viielo, who also competed in Athletic Fitness and lifted 42.5kg with one hand.
In the men’s -70kg weight class, everyone lifted an equal 65kg, so the decider was the competitors’ body weight, and the lightest competitor won – Erik Lorens. Villu Martverk took the silver medal and bronze went to Allan Nikopensius.
In the -90kg weight class, the winner was classic bodybuilding world champion Taavi Koovit, lifting 85kg. Aldo Virula came second with 80kg and Taavi Merisalu third, pulling 75kg off the floor.
In the +90kg weight class, the winner, Aleksei Tukalov, pulled up as much as 112.5kg. Argo Erit, representing Sparta, also pulled a remarkable 110kg, and the man in third place, Ruslan Kholin, lifted 105kg.
Bikini fitness
The most popular discipline at the VII Innar Mardo Memorial. Across the two categories there were 19 beautiful women in total, 5 of them from neighboring Latvia. In the -168cm height category, Latvian Anita Pužule took a clear win within the Innar Mardo Memorial. Kristine Pai (TÜASK), who was second overall, became Estonian bikini fitness champion in the -168cm category. Third at the Innar Mardo and second at the Estonian Championships was Aleksandra Bogdanova of Reval-Sport, and third at the Estonian Championships was Tatjana Kreit (Reval-Sport).
Egle Eller-Nabi, this lovely young woman from the Sparta sports club, won the taller bikini fitness category, +168cm, and also rose to become the absolute Estonian champion in bikini fitness. Egle, who won an honorable fourth place at the World Championships a few weeks ago and took bronze at the Arnold Classic, showed that she currently has no rival in Estonia and won first place with maximum points. Reet Reimets of the University of Tartu Academic Sports Club came second and Olga Jakovleva of the Reval-Sport sports club third.
Bodyfitness
The junior women’s flag is also flown high by Liis Kristiin Vaher, who competed prominently in the women’s category too and became Estonian bodyfitness champion in the junior category.
In women’s bodyfitness, first place went convincingly to Esta Pilt, who also became Estonian champion in Athletic Fitness, ahead of her club-mate Merike Sula of the TÜASK sports club. Newcomer Viktoria Khokhlova came third. Esta Pilt also took the special award for best veteran.
Youth and junior bodybuilding
A total of 6 male athletes competed in youth and junior bodybuilding. Marko Mölder of Sparta was crowned the best of the youth, finishing second in the overall standings. Ergo Tüür (FitLife) took second place in the youth category and Lauri Ööpik (FitLife) third.
The junior category had only two athletes, but category winner Siim Kelner can still be proud – he proved that the Tallinn champion’s form is good and also won the overall youth and junior category. Among the juniors, the silver medal went to Siim’s club-mate Sten Richard Oskar of Reval-Sport.
Classic bodybuilding
In the overall category of classic bodybuilding, first place went, with the votes of all the judges, to Janar Rückenberg (TÜASK), who showed stunning condition and also took second place in the overall. The silver medal in classic bodybuilding went to Sten-Eerik Villup and the bronze to Taavi Talahi of Sparta Sports Club.
Bodybuilding
In the overall bodybuilding category, Rain Kuusnõmm and Ott Kiivikas competed straight off the plane, having picked up titles at the Nordic Championships the day before. This was Ott Kiivikas’s 99th bodybuilding competition, and it ended with the Estonian championship title and the title of Estonia’s overall best bodybuilder. Ott Kiivikas also won the special award for the best free routine. In bodybuilding, Rain Kuusnõmm of Sparta placed second and Nikolai Kornõšev of Arctic Sport Club third.
Club standings
The University of Tartu Academic Sports Club became Estonian champion in the club standings. Reval-Sport had to step down from the throne, finishing second this year, and Sparta Sports Club came third.
The event is organized by the Estonian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation in cooperation with the Estonian Powerlifting Federation. The bodybuilding competitions are held under the official IFBB rules.
Author: EKFL
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