The 2024 competitive season has been in full swing since March. With the 2024 Mr. Olympia set to take place on 10th October, pro bodybuilders are looking for every opportunity to qualify for the Super Bowl of Bodybuilding. The 2024 Flex Weekend Pro Italy gave them the most recent opportunity to earn their Olympia tickets.

Over 80 professional bodybuilding competitors participated in the IFBB Pro League contest. The Mr. Olympia hopefuls gathered in Milan, Italy to compete for their ticket to the most prestigious annual contest on bodybuilding. However, the only four IFBB pros earned their tickets to Las Vegas on June 23rd.

Two men earned their Mr. Olympia qualification

The Flex Weekend Pro had four pro bodybuilding divisions and open bodybuilding was the most anticipated. Open bodybuilding was the smallest division at the contest with 12 competitors. However, that didn’t mean it wasn’t competitive. Fans were excited to witness bodybuilding veterans Nathan De Asha and Behrooz Tabani battle for their Mr. Olympia spot.

Tabani and De Asha immediately drew everyone’s attention. While they stood out among the competition, judges struggled to choose the winner between the evenly matched duo. However, Behrooz Tabani’s muscle fullness and conditioning earned him the victory. While Nathan De Asha arguably had the better lower body, he couldn’t match the Iranian’s upper body fullness or conditioning. While Tabani couldn’t win in Spain, he earned his third consecutive Olympia qualification in Italy.

Men’s Open Results:

• Behrooz Tabani (Iran) – 1st
• Nathan De Asha (United Kingdom) – 2nd
• Emir Omeragic (Germany) – 3rd
• Anthony Jehl (France) – 4th
• Justin Musiol (Germany) – 5th
• Krystian Wolski (Poland) – 6th
• Bela Kokeny (Hungary) – 7th
• Andrea Bolzoni (Italy) – 8th
• Kuba Cielen (United Kingdom) – 9th
• Daniel Thomas (Germany) – 10th
• Samir Troudi (United Arab Emirates) – 11th
• Pawel Kowalski (Poland) – 12th

The only other men’s division at the Flex Weekend Pro 2024 was Men’s Physique. With 18 competitors, the judges didn’t seem satisfied despite making one callout after another. However, they ultimately narrowed down the field between Matheus Nery Oliveira, Andrea Amato, and Juan Manuel Gochez. However, the home-ground advantage didn’t come into play as Atamo had to settle for second place. Oliveira took home the title and earned his Mr. Olympia qualification.

Men’s Physique Results:

• Matheus Nery Oliveira (Brazil) – 1st
• Andrea Amato (Italy) – 2nd
• Juan Manuel Gochez (Colombia) – 3rd
• Lenny Massouf (France) – 4th
• Alessandro Colacchi (Italy) – 5th
• Omar Suleiman (United Kingdom) – 6th
• Pamuke Kisala (Germany) – 7th
• Ali El Khtabi (France) – 8th
• Mauro Azzolina (Italy) – 9th
• Andrea Mosti (Italy) – 10th
• Simon Pietro Arena (Italy) – 11th
• Matthias Roth (Germany) – 12th
• Badmos Lawal (United Kingdom) – 13th
• Nicola Maccarini (Italy) – 14th
• Mattia Ballarini (Italy) – 15th

Three competitors didn’t rank among the top 15 and got 16th place on the scorecards.

• Aldo Martini (Italy) – 16
• Andrea Santoro (Italy) – 16
• Alvinson Soliana (Netherlands) – 16

An impressive women’s bodybuilding line-up

The 2024 Flex Weekend Pro featured one of the biggest female bodybuilding rosters of the year. An incredible 30 IFBB Pros showed up for the Women’s Bikini title. However, it was Stine Hansen from Denmark who earned her ticket to the 2024 Mr. Olympia beating 29 competitors. Unfortunately for Rukiye Solak, she finished second yet in a span of two weeks. Solakearned silver on 15th June at the Empro Classic in Spain. However, the Turkish Bikini Star will more chanced to qualify this year.

Women’s Bikini Results:

• Stine Hansen (Denmark) – 1st
• Rukiye Solak (Turkey) – 2ns
• Kristina Brunauer (Austria) – 3rd
• Renata Souckova (Czech Republic) – 4th
• Francesca Stoico (Italy) – 5th
• Anna Setlak (Italy) – 6th
• Rania Stamatiadou (Greece) – 7th
• Roxana Marquez (Mexico) – 8th
• Tatiana Lanovenko (Russia) – 9th
• Daniela Portillo (Mexico) – 10th
• Laura Zakharias (Hungary) – 11th
• Odett Bernath (Hungary) – 12th
• Ornella Angileri (Italy) – 13th
• Alice Marchisio (Italy) – 14th
• Noemi Cosentino (Italy) – 15th

Unfortunately, 15 Women’s Bikini Pro didn’t earn placings at the Flex Pro Weekend. They all shared the common 16th-place ranking.

• Anastazja Biedka (Poland) – 16th
• Fiorella D ‘Amico (Italy) – 16th
• Johanna Durr (Germany) – 16th
• Sabina Ferraro (Italy) – 16th
• Sara Fratella (Italy) – 16th
• Andreia Gomes (Portugal) – 16th
• Irene Iravedra (Spain) – 16th
• Doriana Kandeva (Bulgaria) – 16th
• Noemi Lavacca (Italy) – 16th
• Roberta Mangraviti (Italy) – 16th
• Andreina Marquez (Venezuela) – 16th
• Sarah Neuheisel (Germany) – 16th
• Nora Neumann (Germany) – 16th
• Rosario Orihuela (Spain) – 16th
• Fanni Orszag (Hungary) – 16th

While Women’s Wellness wasn’t as huge as the bikini division, 20 bodybuilders competed for their Mr. Olympia qualification. Danai Theodoropoulou returned to the stage after competing at the Empro Classic on 15th June. While she placed second in Spain, she won in Italy, earning her ticket to compete against the best at the upcoming Mr. Olympia. 2024 Arnold Classic UK silver medalist Juliana Mota took second place and Yuridia Morales finished in third.

Women’s Wellness

• Danai Theodoropoulou (Greece) – 1st
• Juliana Mota (France) – 2nd
• Yuridia Morales (Mexico) – 3rd
• Carlotta Tonelli (Italy) – 4th
• Lexy Oliver (Italy) – 5th
• Giovanna Favero Taques (Loyola Brazil) – 6th
• Wenqian Yang China) – 7th
• Mirtha Perez (Spain) – 8th
• Charline Mas (France) – 9th
• Klaudia Vanessza Csuri (Ukraine) – 10th
• Miriam El Batouli (Italy) – 11th
• Sara Pereira (Spain) – 12th
• Paula Fernandez Lopez (Spain) – 13th
• Anzhelika Ispodnikova (Estonia) – 14th
• Germier Morgane (France) – 15th

Five athletes didn’t make it to the top 15:

• Natalia Gorska (Poland) – 16th
• Aleksandra Jelmorini (Switzerland) – 16th
• Catia Moreira (Portugal) – 16th
• Eleni Printezi (Greece) – 16th
• Cris Alves (Brazil) – 16th

The Flex Weekend Pro 2024 was a massive success with a huge roster. Four bodybuilders qualified for the Mr. Olympia, but it was only the first bodybuilding contest to be held in Italy this year. Olympia Amateur Milan be the second one on 5th October, followed by a last-moment Olympia Qualifier, the 2024 Koloseum Pro.