The 2023 Wellness Worldwide is one among three IFBB Professional League ladies’s contests to be held on the 2023 Arnold Sports activities Competition on Mar. 2-5 in Columbus, OH. This contest is in its second yr, and eight Wellness rivals are scheduled to compete. Right here is the roster for this competitors, with names in alphabetical order:
2023 Arnold Basic Roster — Wellness
Try extra particulars to look ahead to on this contest under.
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2022 Champion Out Attributable to Damage
The 2022 winner of this contest was Isabelle Nunes, and he or she was on the unique roster to compete within the 2023 present. Nonetheless, she reported in an Instagram publish on Feb. 22, 2023, that she is not going to compete on account of a knee harm.
“Since final yr, I’ve been treating a knee harm (meniscus). I had performed the remedy once I was in Brazil and was coaching with out ache…However just a few weeks in the past, the ache turned insufferable. Coaching and cardio had been impaired. I’m not an athlete who delivers 70-80 %, I all the time need to present my finest, and sadly, on this situation I wouldn’t be capable to.”
On the time of this text’s publication, there isn’t any phrase on when Nunes will likely be cleared to compete subsequent. She is certified for the 2023 Wellness Olympia due to her runner-up end within the 2022 contest.
As for the Wellness Worldwide present, this leaves the 2023 championship open for the remainder of the rivals. So, who will present up in the most effective form to earn the trophy and interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
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High Contenders
With Nunes out, under are the athletes who might rating spots on the rostrum and doubtlessly the Arnold Basic crown.
Angela Borges
Brazil’s Angela Borges is coming off a third-place end on the 2022 Wellness Olympia in Las Vegas, NV. She was the runner-up to Nunes on this contest in 2022. Based mostly on these finishes, Borges needs to be thought-about the favourite to win the competition.
Since turning professional in 2020, Borges has by no means completed outdoors of the highest three in any of her 9 professional exhibits. She received the Pittsburgh Professional in 2021, which is her solely victory to this point. Her tenth present may very well be her second professional win and her first main title. If profitable, she could be in a primary place because the primary contender to two-time Wellness Olympia champion Francielle Mattos on the 2023 Olympia in Orlando, FL.
Kassandra Gillis
Kassandra Gillis is a Canadian competitor who scored a fourth-place end within the 2022 Wellness Olympia. She was fifth within the Arnold competitors in 2022. Gillis has two Toronto Professional wins to her credit score (2021, 2022) and the 2021 Chicago Professional title.
Gillis competed as a Determine athlete in her newbie profession. She has nice form in her higher physique, and her decrease physique has improved considerably in her years competing in Wellness. It might not be a shock to see her within the remaining two ready to listen to who the champion for 2023 is.
Sunny Andrews
Sunny Andrews needs to be thought-about a contender primarily based on her total résumé. She received the 2022 Pittsburgh Professional and New York Professional titles, and was third within the 2022 Arnold. Nonetheless, she positioned out of the highest 15 on the 2022 Wellness Olympia. It’s unclear what occurred throughout her prep or time onstage that resulted in that end, however she’s going to search redemption in Columbus.
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Others to Watch
Whereas the highest contenders have momentum getting into the competition, the roster for this contest is deep, and any of the next athletes might additionally make a run for the rostrum.
Marissa Andrews
American competitor Marissa Andrews received the 2022 St. Louis Professional to qualify for the Wellness Olympia, the place she completed seventh. She was not within the 2022 Wellness Worldwide competitors, so this will likely be her first time competing as a professional on the Arnold Basic stage.
Andrews turned professional by successful the 2021 NPC Junior Nationals, and began competing instantly after. This would be the begin of her third professional season. The St. Louis professional victory is her solely win thus far.
Alexis Adams
Adams was the 2022 NPC Junior Nationals champion. She positioned third in her professional debut on the 2022 Tampa Professional Wellness Contest — her solely professional contest. Some specialists see her putting excessive in huge contests sooner or later, and the Wellness Worldwide may very well be the place these predictions come to fruition.
Amanda Burnett
Burnett received her professional card on the 2022 NPC USA Championships. Like Marissa Andrews, Burnett wasted no time incomes her professional stripes. She was the winner of the 2022 Legion Sports activities Fest Professional, which earned her an Olympia qualification.
Burnett completed out of the highest 15 in Las Vegas, NV, in mid-December 2022. Going from an newbie to Olympia competitor in the identical calendar yr is not any small feat. That is additionally her first time competing within the Wellness Worldwide.
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Darkish Horses
If the longer term is fated with an underdog victory in Columbus, these athletes might manifest it. Everybody on this roster is a harmful on a professional stage.
Rayane Fogal
Fogal has solely competed twice since turning professional on the 2021 Newbie Olympia Brazil contest. Her professional debut was at that yr’s Musclecontest Brazil Professional present, the place she positioned third. She returned to that contest one yr later and received it.
Despite the fact that Fogal certified for the 2022 Wellness Olympia, she didn’t compete within the contest. This will likely be her first time competing in the USA.
Andrea Hrenko
Hrenko was the 2022 Arnold Newbie Wellness winner, which garnered her an invitation to the Wellness Worldwide in 2023. Hrenko competed twice as a professional in 2022. She completed tenth within the Puerto Rico Professional and twelfth within the Tampa Professional.
Followers who need to watch the 2023 Wellness Worldwide dwell in Columbus should buy tickets on the Arnold Sports activities Competition web site. Individuals that may’t be in attendance can watch the present by way of its pay-per-view stream, courtesy of Fanmio.
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