Julia Whitesel, Marianna Von Gierke, and Emily Azzarello have certified for the Olympia.
Final up to date on April twenty second, 2024
Sixteen IFBB Professional League athletes representing 5 international locations throughout three divisions descended on Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for the 2024 Vancouver Island Showdown Professional present on Saturday, April 20, 2024. All of them battled for the win, which earned qualification to compete on the sixtieth Olympia Weekend on Oct. 10-13, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV.
Three athletes reached their purpose. Julia Whitesel took residence the Ladies’s Bodybuilding title, the Ladies’s Physique championship went to Marianne Von Gierke, and Emily Azzarello gained the Wellness title.
2024 Vancouver Island Showdown Professional Outcomes
The complete remaining outcomes for all three contests are under, as proven on the IFBB Professional League web site scorecards:
Ladies’s Bodybuilding
- Julia Whitesel (United States)
- Lena Betka (United States)
- Melanie Horton (Canada)
- Marianna Gasparyan (United States)
- Michelle Bogden (United States)
*Rebeca Roa was on the unique roster to compete however was not within the lineup.
Ladies’s Physique
- Marianne Von Gierke (Chile)
- Julie Schultz (United States)
- Arbe Myhre (Canada)
Wellness
- Emily Azzarello (Canada)
- Jasmine Payne (United States)
- Giovanna Favero Taques Loyola (Brazil)
- Debora Paula De Oliveira (Brazil)
- Joanna Jean (Canada)
- Nicollette Burns (United States)
- Kaedi Doi (Japan)
- Pierrette Ebami (Canada)
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Ladies’s Bodybuilding Winner — Julia Whitesel
This was Whitesel’s second procontest of the 2024 season; she was coming off a third-place end on the 2024 Triple O Dynasty contest. Whitesel was the runner-up within the 2023 Vancouver Island Showdown Professional and ranked as much as take the title in 2024.
This was Whitesel’s second profession professional win. Her sights at the moment are set on the 2024 Olympia with hopes of enhancing on her tenth place end from the 2023 Ms. Olympia.
Ladies’s Physique Winner — Marianne Von Gierke
Solely three athletes competed in Ladies’s Physique nevertheless it didn’t change Marianne Von Gierke’s mission to win. She scored all first-place votes on the scorecards over second-place finisher Julie Schultz and bronze medalist Arbe Myhre.
Von Gierke is in her third professional season; this was her first professional win and Olympia qualification. Ought to she compete and win one other professional present this season, she would block the corresponding Olympia invitation. Nevertheless, she will take the prolonged low season to prep for her Ladies’s Physique Olympia debut.
Wellness Winner — Emily Azzarello
Azzarello was the lone athlete from Canada to win a contest. Like Von Gierke, Azzarello is in her third professional season, and this was her first professional win. Jasmine Payne additionally seemed spectacular on this present however settled for second. Giovanna Favero Taques Loyola of Brazil rounded out the highest three.
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