The 2024 edition of the International Health, Sports, and Fitness Festival (IHFF) is underway in Delhi, India. The highlight of the festival is the Sheru Classic. The prestigious bodybuilding contest earned the distinction of becoming Asia’s first IFBB Pro Qualifier. Every year, bodybuilders from across the globe compete at the Sheru Classic to earn their pro card and a shot at the Mr. Olympia.
This year is no different, as over 40 athletes from around the world will gather at Pragati Maidan in India’s capital city. The 2024 Sheru Classic consists of four pro bodybuilding divisions. Among them, four are men’s divisions, with Women’s Bikini being the only pre-women’s division for the show. Sheru Angrish, the show’s promoter and former competitive bodybuilder, announced that the three-day Pro Show (7th to 9th Jun) will have a total prize money of nearly $85000. Here’s the international roster of bodybuilders who’ll compete for that prize money.
The 2024 Sheru Classic lineup
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Men’s 212:
- Jafar Ghaffarnezhad (Iran)
- Burga Keskin (Turkey)
- Bhekumuzi Maluleke (South Africa)
- Ismail Radwan (Egypt)
- Marco Ruz (France)
- Mojtaba Zare (Iran)
Classic Physique
- Keivan Alichi (Iran)
- Abdul-Aziz Al-Murshedi (Kuwait)
- Abdullah Al-Sairafi (Kuwait)
- Igor Fedorov (Russia)
- Mohsen Ghahreman (Iran)
- Sunmeet Singh Gill (India)
- Chand Mondal (India)
- Mohammed Murshed (Iraq)
- Chaitanya Prabhu Puralachetty (India)
- Piyush Rajput (India)
Men’s Physique
- Abdullah Al Sabea (Kuwait)
- Mahmood Alazzawi (Iraq)
- Emaduldeen Alnaseri (Iraq)
- Nur Irfan Bin Ahmad (Singapore)
- Anik Ghosh (India)
- Mahmoud Ibrahim (Egypt)
- Gijo John (India)
- Vardhan Malhotra (India)
- Ajith Raja (India)
- Yaser Rezaei (Iran)
- Lovepreet Singh (India)
- Alexander Toplyn (USA)
- Lovish Wahi (India)
Women’s Bikini
- Prerana Anchan (India)
- Verushqa Andrade Rootstown, (USA)
- Bridget Bailey (Australia)
- Emma Bowman (Australia)
- Lucy Edwards United (Kingdom)
- Alessia Facchin (Italy)
- Sandra Iakimova (United Arab Emirates)
- Navneet Kaur (India)
- Sarah Neuheisel (Germany)
- Lisa Reith (Germany)
- Allison Testu (France)
- Petra Voldanova (Czech Republic)
What does the 2024 Sheru Classic schedule look like?
The IHFF opened its doors at 10:30 am today. They started with registrations, weigh-ins, and trunk number allocation for all the participating athletes. The expo floor was opened to the public, and the day will end with athlete check-ins who will book their Pro Tan. The Sheru Classic will start tomorrow 8th June. It starts even earlier at 7:00 am with athletes getting access to the green room.
They can warm up, train, and get tanned for the contest later in the day. The inauguration starts at 9:00 am, and the contest will commence at 9:30 am. Pre-judging for all divisions will begin after the inauguration, followed by the finals. Pre-judging for all non-pro division divisions will be held in the morning as athletes compete to earn their IFBB pro cards. These will include:
- Men’s (Open) Bodybuilding
- Women’s Physique
- Women’s Fitness
- Women’s Figure
- Star Category
- Men’s Classic Physique
- Women’s Wellness
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The finals for these categories will start at 3:00 pm (15:00). Day two will end with the “Pro Card Round for all Gold Medal winners.” The competition schedule for day three matches that of day two. Pre-judging for Women’s Bikini and Men’s Physique will start at 9:30 am with the finals at 12:30 pm. The Olympia qualifier main event will be held from 3:00 pm onwards.
The pro contest at the Sheru Classic will be held under the Bharat Pro Show moniker. Pre-judging for athletes from the Men’s 212, Men’s Physique, Classic Physique, and Women’s Bikini will start at 3:00 pm, and the finals will commence at 5:30 pm (17:30). The IFBB pros who emerge winners in their respective category will qualify for the 60th Mr. Olympia on 10th October. Besides elite bodybuilding competitors, the Sheru Classic also provides fans with the opportunity to meet some of the biggest names in bodybuilding.
The special guests who’ll grace the expo floor
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This year, reigning Men’s Physique Olympia champion Ryan Terry is the special guest at the Sheru Classic. However, fans will also get a chance to meet and greet with Men’s Physique icon Andrei Deiu, Bhuwan Chauhan, and others. Over the years, the Sheru Classic has hosted many famous names in bodybuilding. Bodybuilding veterans like Kai Greene, Roelly Winklaar, Korean bodybuilder Hwang Chul-soon, and others have graced the stage in the past. In fact, Kai Greene has competed and won a Sheru Classic title as well.
While the three-day bodybuilding extravaganza has kicked off, the athletes will take the stage tomorrow. In the next two days, six bodybuilders will earn their IFBB Pro cards, and four pros will qualify for the 2024 Olympia.
