2021 KO Pro Egypt Preview
The 2021 KO Pro Egypt will feature some of the top names in bodybuilding.
The 2021 KO Pro Egypt is the next big event set to take place in the bodybuilding world. This event will take place on Sunday in Egypt and will showcase some of the top names in bodybuilding looking to qualify for the 2022 Olympia.
This event in Egypt will take place after the country’s biggest name in bodybuilding successfully defenses his Olympia title. Big Ramy has won back-to-back Olympia titles and has helped grow the sport of bodybuilding to a great height in Egypt. Big Ramy will not be part of this event but he continues to be the biggest name in the country heading into the event.
The 2021 KO Pro Egypt will feature four divisions — Men’s Open, Classic Physique, 212, and Men’s Physique. The full lineups have been announced in all divisions. Below, you can checkout the full list of competitors, along with some of the top athletes in Men’s Open.
Top Athletes To Watch
Regan Grimes
Regan Grimes brought on a new coach after the Olympia and has already shown some impressive progress. Grimes has been active on social media showing physique updates and he took the stage during the 2021 Legion Sports Fest Pro last week. Grimes finished second in Men’s Open to Shaun Clarida. Now, Grimes will enter the KO Pro Egypt as one of the favorites to win the competition. He will only continue to improve over the next year during training.
Cedric McMilan
Cedric McMillan was last seen at the 2021 Legion Sports Fest Pro. He did not make the first callout and did not appear on stage during the finals. There was an apparent illness that hit but nothing was confirmed. McMillan will be back on stage quickly in Egypt hoping to make an impact following his return. McMillan missed some time with injuries and will now have a chance to get back on stage against some other top competitors.
Mohamed Shaaban
Mohamed Shaaban appeared on stage twice in 2020 and finished 10th in the Olympia three weeks ago. Shaaban competed at the 2020 California Pro and Chicago Pro leading up to the Olympia. Shaaban has not picked up a victory since the 2019 Portugal Pro. He remains a force in the sport and has a chance to gain early qualification here. Shaaban will have to get his conditioning to the level of the other athletes and show that he can stack up.
Samson Dauda
Samson Dauda was a top-five finisher at the 2020 European Pro and followed that up with a sixth-place finish at the British Grand Prix Pro. Dauda is a dark-horse heading into the competition and this is because of his ceiling. When looking at other competitors, Dauda might not come in first but he has a chance to use this as a measuring stick.
Men’s Open Competitors
- Behrooz Tabani Abarghani
- Victor Joel Rea Cano
- Samson Dauda
- Mohamed Elemam
- Ralph Farah
- Kevin Gebhardt
- Regan Grimes
- Stan de Longeux
- Cedric McMillan
- Pouria Payoun
- Mohamed Shaaban
- Bikramjit Singh
- Ahmed Mostafa El Said Mostafa El Marhomi
- Hamada Ahmed Mohamed Abd El Latif
- Hassan Mostafa Abdalla Taha Mahmoud
- Khaled Awany Mohamed Mohamed
- Mohamed Taha Mohamed Abe El Fatah Hassan
212 Competitors
- Babak Akbarniya
- Steve Benthin
- Ahmed Elwardany Elsadany
- Vladimir Iacovlev
- Hamza Jawad
- Mevsam Keshvari
- Samir Troudi
- Abdullah alsaif
- Chris Pistolas
- Hamada Ahmed Mohamed Abdellatif
- Hamza Awad Gawad
- Mahmoud Adel Abd El Halim
- Mohamed Khaled Embaby Abd El Azim
- Mohamed Salah Fouad El Said
- Pasquale đAngelo
Classic Physique Competitors
- Abdullah Al-Sairafi
- Jose Maria Mete Bueriberi
- Mohamed ElQadi
- Lugas Fogelberg
- Shicheng Jin
- Roberto Martinez Pizana
- Artem Puchkov
- Ruben Lopez Reyes
- Mikhail Timoshin
- Alexandros Arion Staboulis
Men’s Physique Competitors
- Daniele D’Onofrio
- Denis Gusev
- Xiaolong Hong
- Daniel Leone
- Clarence McSpadden Jr.
- Denis Romanov
- Omar Suleiman
- Emile Walker
- Ahmed Abd el Mawgwd
- Ahmed Mohamed Abd El Galill Ahmed
- Karim Esmat Sadek
- Mahmoud Abd El Aziz Abd El Aziz El Sabagh
- Mohamed Abd El Halim Shibl Abd El Halim Barki
- Mohamed Magdy Mohamed Ahmed lbrahim
- Sanad Alsanad
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