ali your saying the crowd was unprofessional? or they simply wanted their champion to win?? and your telling us that the prejudging doesn't count?? in bodybuilding the prejudging is the most important. if the judges were influenced by the crowd tabrizi would have lost by a long run. you were there, you saw who the crowd was cheering for. here are a couple of pics check out the back shot and tell me who the winner is.
That is how it is done in the IFBB amateurs (don’t compare it to NPC judging – it’s different) … the Semi Final (prejudging as some would like to call it) is to distinguish the top 6 in no particular order … however the score does not count for the final result (even if there was a tie in the final score)
The crowd wanted their champion to win!!! Of course … what did you expect … the show was in Bahrain … however when judging … all of that should be kept a side … anyone from Bahrain would have loved Bahrain to be the Team winner and get as much as meddle as possible … but when it comes to judging it is a different ball game
as you want to compare the back shot … a show is not judged by one muscle group … but lets take that muscle group as you brought it up … a back muscle should be full with no space, gap of thin muscle line or skin fold that indicated that a back is grainy or detailed … and while comparing a shot make sure you do the comparison while both are flexing at their peak … and you have to take into consideration the overall size and condition, symmetry … which means v taper, upper and lower to be the same size and length, side should be equal and identical and so on … I will be back in Bahrain by next weekend … give me a holler and we can discuss more on this subject …
again the problem occurs where most of the bodybuilders don’t know how the judging system is carried out or what judges are looking for … as I said before preparing for a show if not only diet training and posing … you have to know how is judging at each show (weight category) and what are they looking for
And as I said a lot of my friend thought that Tariq should have won in the semi finals (pre-judging) but they changed their minds when they saw ali on the 2nd day
Tariq looked very good … improved a lot and could have won easily if Ali was not in the lineup … and if Tariq, Ali or shahat did the 100KG category they would have won easily … cause I still think that was the weakest line up of the entire show …
Again I am sure you will not agree with what I just said and have your own opinion … and that is bodybuilding … that is why you have different judges with different opinions … everyone is entitled for his opinion as long as it is aligned with the criteria
It was nice meeting you at the show … even though you acted a bit cold ... but hey … maybe it was the diet … I was impressed with your condition and size this year as I didn’t think you would improve that much in 1 year … but all the hard work paid off … keep it up
P.S. I text Tariq in Eid … but seems that his phone was disconnected … send him my regards
