Legion Sports Fest Pro 2019 - Vojta Koritenský 14th, David Henry the winner!

Author: František Randáček

Bodybuilding / Fitness Competitions

13.11.2019

5 minut čtení

The second edition of the Legion Sports Fest Pro, a competition under the banner of Jim Manion's IFBB Professional League, took place in Long Beach, California, America, this past weekend, November 9-10.

The stage was given to fighters competing in the division up to 212 pounds, among which, as you know from us, was our fighter Vojta Koritensky, who is a long-time member of the Extrifit team.

The competition, promoted by the highly experienced Chris Minnes, offered two special features. The first one is the fact that the champion not only got a direct qualification for Olympia Weekend 2020, but also the opportunity to participate in the second most prestigious event, which is the Arnold Sports Festival in March, when its organizers committed to send the champion a subpoena with an invitation to participate.

The second special event was the start of a fighter named Arthur Peacock, who is an incredible 84 years old!
Arthur made his first and last professional start at the competition. It is very likely that he will go down in bodybuilding history as the oldest participant in a professional competition.

Or will he one day be surpassed by Dexter Jackson?

A total of 19 fighters took the stage. The favourites to win were David Henry and Guy Cisternino, who are multiple participants of the Olympia 212 Showdown. David is its first ever champion, having dominated the event in 2008, then still with a weight limit of 202 pounds.
Many domestic bodybuilding fans were expecting how Vojta Koritenský would do at the competition.

The first semifinal comparison

David Henry won the 12th triumph of his professional career. The 44-year-old offered his strengths, which are not only muscle maturity, but also their quantity, fullness and density. Although his form was not the best, we have seen him already much better prepared, but it was still enough to win.

Michael Toscano managed to take second place in his professional debut. The winner of last year's NPC Nationals in men's bodybuilding up to 102 kg offered plenty of muscle, which also looked incredibly hard. In addition, his final fitness was at a very respectable level. His weakness is a less elegant physique.

Felipe Fierro finished third. He looked too asymmetrical in some poses, which is due to the fact that he managed to pack a lot of muscle on his skeleton, which is only 162 cm.

Fourth place went to Bola Ojex, whose asset this time was his full, round and hard muscles.

Esteban Fuquene was also placed in the Top 5 by the judges. He made his debut a week ago at the Wings of Strength Romania Muscle Fest Pro. This time he presented himself in much better form, which made his back muscles and hamstrings stand out in particular.

Guy Cisternino, who took a rather controversial 4th place at the aforementioned Wings of Strength Romania Muscle Fest Pro, came "all the way" to 7th place here, and deservedly so. His form simply did not work out this year.

Vojta Koritenský, unfortunately, reached only the fourteenth place. Although he took the podium with perfectly shaped, separated and hard muscles, he looked subtle compared to many of his rivals.

The 84-year-old Arthur Peacock mentioned in the introduction of this article , although he only finished in a split sixteenth place, still deserves endless admiration!
On the podium he presented not only admirable volumes of muscles, but also their excellent sculpting and separation! Moreover, he fought with all his strength, so it is no wonder that he got the opportunity to show his free routine not only to the judges but also to the spectators present. The one that otherwise is presented on stage only by fighters from the top 10.
In addition, Arthur received a special medal from the organizers of the competition as a reminder of his professional start.

Results:

1. David Henry
2. Michael Toscano
3. Felipe Fierro
4. Bola Ojex
5. Esteban Fuquene
6. Hameed Juma
7. Guy Cisternino
8. Rixio Tapia
9. Charles Curtis
10. Shavis Higa

11. Chris Tuttle
12. Jean Carlos Alfaro Zapata
13. Samir Troudi
14. Vojtěch Koritenský
15. Luis Santa
16. Mark Bacon
16. Arthur Peacock
16. Haitham Al Zadjali
16. Nicholas Austin