WORLD STARS BRITS EXCEL IN BIG INTERNATIONAL EVENTS. BY JOHN PLUMMER Zack McGuirk has arguably the most aesthetic physique in Britain today.
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FLEX | MARCH 2016
CHRISTOPHER BAILEY
Q British athletes rocking the classic look featured prominently at the 70th IFBB World Bodybuilding Championships in Benidorm. Seasoned international competitor Zack McGuirk finished second in the new Games Classic category, which, like classic bodybuilding, restricts weight according to height, but the maximum permitted weight is lighter to encourage clean athletes. McGuirk, who has opened his own healthy eating restaurant in Blackpool, plans to compete at the IFBB Elite World Cup in May, but his longterm dream is to compete at the Olympics. He hopes that the introduction of Games Classic is another step in that direction. London dentist Reno Banks also dazzled in Spain by finishing fourth in Games Classic. There was more success the following week at the IFBB World Fitness Championships where men’s physique star Meite Niamba won silver in his height class and Emma Paveley rounded off her amateur career with bronze in the up to 163-cm fitness division. Andrea Corbett finished fifth in women’s physique on her international debut and Alla Meijer was sixth in an outstanding bikini fitness lineup.