Veteranen Lee Priest vann Ironman före det nya proffset David Henry. Årets första proffstävling Ironman sändes inatt live via internet. Finalen började 04:00 natten mot söndag. Bland de tävlande i final fanns Martin Kjellström (12) och Oliver Adzievski (13)!
Länkar till information, bilder och onlinevideo från finalen finns om du läser vidare.
Joe Roark, IFBB Men’s Historian, skriver: ”Lee Priest började sitt Ironman-tävlande 1994 vid 21 års ålder. Han har deltagit i tävlingen varje år sedan dess (förutom 1998, 2000 och 2003). Vid sitt tionde försök vann han i år tävlingen!”
Resultat Ironman Pro Invitational 2006
18 februari, Los Angeles, California, USA
1. Lee Priest, USA – 17 *
2. David Henry, USA – 36 *
3. Troy Alves, USA – 43 *
4. Kris Dim, USA – 55
5. Mark Dugdale, USA – 76
6. Mustafa Mohammad, Österrike – 68
7. Toney Freeman, USA – 72
8. Eryk Bui, USA – 76
9. Ahmad Haidar, Libanon – 89
10. Chris Cook, USA – 103
11. Armin Scholz, Tyskland – 114
12. Martin Kjellstrom, Sverige – 121
13. Oliver Adzievski, Sverige – 129
14. Moe El Moussawi, Libanon – 142
15. Nathan Wonsley, USA – 147
16. Heiko Kallbach, Tyskland – 77
16. Hidetada Yamagishi, Japan – 71
16. Rodney St. Cloud, USA – 77
19. Evgeny Mishin, Ryssland – 78
20. Arnaud Plaisant, Frankrike – 80
20. Derik Farnsworth, USA – 80
20. Dragan Paunovic, Serbien – 80
20. Emmanuel Tzinidis, Grekland – 80
20. Heinz Senior, Venezuela – 80
20. Kai Greene, USA – 80
20. Mohamad Anouti, Libanon – 80
20. Ntuk Ntuk, Nigeria – 80
20. Paul Baker, Jamaica – 80
20. Tamer El Shahat, Egypten – 80
* Kvalificerade för Mr Olympia 2006.
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Websändningen av final Ironman 2006
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Hela pressreleasen från prweb.com:
Iron Man Pro Bodybuilding Championships — Live Webcast at Bodybuilding.com
Iron Man magazine announces agreement with Bodybuilding.com to webcast live for the first time the 17th Annual IFBB Iron Man Pro Bodybuilding Championship and NPC Figure Competition.
Pasadena, CA (PRWEB) February 1, 2006 — Iron Man magazine publisher John Balik announced an agreement with Bodybuilding.com to webcast live for the first time the prejudging and evening-show finals of the 2006 IFBB Iron Man Pro Bodybuilding Championships on February 18, 2006.
The Iron Man Pro is the biggest and longest running pro bodybuilding contest on the west coast, the mecca of bodybuilding. The event will be streamed live at Bodybuilding.com on February 18th. This year’s event features over 25 of the IFBB’s best competitors vying for more than $30,000 in prize money.
Scheduled to compete in this first pro show of 2006 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California (USA) are Lee Priest, Troy Alves, Darrem Charles, David Henry, Ahmad Haidar, Mustafa Mohammad, Japan’s Hidetada Yamagishi as well as many other bodybuilders who will be making their pro debut at the Iron Man Pro.
The top-three finalists qualify to compete in the prestigious Mr. Olympia contest, to be held in October in Las Vegas. ”We want our athletes to compete in front of the largest audience possible, so it made sense to team up with Bodybuilding.com, which has the biggest bodybuilding audience on the Internet,” Balik stated. The prejudging will air at Bodybuilding.com beginning at 10 a.m. PST on Saturday, Feb 18th, and the finals will start at 7 p.m. PST that evening. The event will be hosted by Iron Man writer, Lonnie Teper, who has also been the master of ceremonies of the Mr. Olympia.
The Iron Man Pro, which also includes an NPC amateur figure contest for women competitors, is part of the three-day FitExpo Fitness Weekend at the Pasadena Convention Center, February 17, 18 and 19. The FitExpo gives bodybuilding and fitness fans the unique opportunity to participate in over 30 seminars by highly respected experts in subjects from nutrition, personal training and fitness marketing in addition to hosting several strongman and powerlifting events with cash prizes totaling over $24,000.
For more information visit www.ironmanmagazine.com or www.bodybuilding.com.
To purchase the DVD visit www.home-gym.com or www.gmv.com.au
