The Men’s Open division at the Flex Weekend Pro features some big names!
The 2023 Flex Weekend Pro will take place on Sunday in Milan, Italy. Three divisions will be on display over the course of the day with the headline being the Men’s Open final.
There will be many of the top competitors in the world spread out across Men’s Open, Men’s Physique, and Bikini. Regan Grimes and Nathan de Asha will make their returns to the stage after taking time off to make improvements. Blessing Awodibu will also take the stage looking to make an impact.
Below, take a look at the full breakdown of the event.
Men’s Open Lineup & Preview
- Khaled Al Kazem
- Ali Jalil Naser Al-Zarqani
- Blessing Awodibu
- Giovanni Azpeitia
- Simone Bassanelli
- Andrea Bolzoni
- Tim Budesheim
- Maik Ciesla
- Nathan De Asha
- Roman Fritz
- Regan Grimes
- Theo Leguerrier
- Mikhail Maslov
- Andrea Muzi
- Artem Pakhniuk
- Dennis Reinhold
- Bruno Oliveira Santos
- Tomas Tabaciar
- Jan Turek
- Liang Yan
- Guosheng Yuan
Blessing Awodibu
Awodibu burst onto the scene in 2022 and won the Indy Pro. He followed it up with his second victory at the New York Pro but did not bring his best package to the 2022 Olympia. Awodibu finished 16th and vowed to improve his conditioning this year. He opted to skip the Arnold Classic and returned to the stage with a fourth-place finish during the Chicago Pro. Now, Awodibu will look to bring an even better physique to the stage this weekend.
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Regan Grimes
Grimes is a Men’s Open competitor that continues to have great promise and a high ceiling in the division. Now, it is all about putting it together. Grimes will return to the stage for the first time since the 2022 Boston Pro. This was his second seventh-place finish of the year, to go along with the Arnold Classic. Grimes has been hard at work making improvements to his overall size and conditioning in preparation to return to the stage.
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Nathan De Asha
De Asha is ready to compete after a long time away. He put together a strong year in 2021, winning the 2021 Europa Pro Championships. He followed that up with victories at the 2021 Arnold Classic UK and Yamamoto Cup. After his latest victory, there were injury issues that kept De Asha out of competitions. De Asha was preparing to return to the Arnold Classic in 2022 but suffered a bicep injury that forced him to pull out of the competition.
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Full Rosters
Men’s Physique
- Aryan Ali
- Mohammad Ali
- Andrea Antonelli
- Adeyemi Awoyemi
- Simon Pietro Arena
- Ali Bilal
- Luca Biolo
- Alessio Foschi
- Febo Gambacorta
- Lenny Massouf
- Chao Peng
- Maxime Petrov
- Kenny Privet
- Ali Raza
- Giuseppe Riserbato
- Alessio Sbizzera
- Khalid Ahmed Shewiter
- Marcel Treichler
- Emile Walker
Bikini
- Milena Bonio
- Kristina Brunauer
- Noemi Cosentino
- Valerya Fedorenko
- Jessica Kavanagh
- Noemi Lavacca
- Ottavia Mazza
- Sarah Neuheisel
- Ines Neves
- Lisa Reith
- Henrieta Skupekova
- Giuditta Taccani
- Regina Tan
- Margherita Todeschini
- Patrizia Vaccaro
- Jade Kelsie Wolfenden
- Marisa Woo
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