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World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen Also Wins World Blitz and Rapid Chess Titles
Now CNN reports that five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen “won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the latest landmark of his glittering career.”
The 32-year-old Norwegian is now the holder of all three world chess championship titles — in Classical, Rapid and Blitz — for the third time in his career, while no other player has ever won both the Rapid and Blitz titles in the same year.
“Gonna need more hands soon,” Carlsen joked on Twitter, posting a video of himself counting his now 15 world titles on his fingers.
It caps a triumphant end to Carlsen’s remarkable decade-long reign as the classical world champion, as he has already announced that he will not defend his title next year.
Chess24 reports that for his first three-minute match, Magnus Carlsen showed up two and a half minutes late — and starting with just 30 seconds left on his clock, still beat his opponent.
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Erin Banks Wins the 2022 Men’s Physique Olympia Title
Hadi Choopan Wins 2022 Mr. Olympia
Maureen Blanquisco Wins the 2022 Bikini Olympia
Maureen Blanquisco is the 2022 Bikini Olympia champion. The athlete headed into the last callout of the Finals of the division, facing off with familiar faces in former champions Jennifer Dorie (2021) and Ashley Kaltwasser (2013-2015), as well as Jourdanne Lee. By the end of the evening, Blanquisco prevailed and had her first Bikini Olympia title firmly within…
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Erin Banks Wins 2022 Men’s Physique Olympia
After a round of pre-judging, the biggest lineup in Olympia history took the stage as 68 competitors sought the 2022 Men’s Physique Olympia title. Three-time champion Brandon Hendrickson worked to become the second man to win a fourth Olympia title but, ultimately, Erin Banks interrupted the Hendrickson reign and capitalized after debuting on an Olympia stage in 2021….
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Chris Bumstead Wins 2022 Classic Physique Olympia, Completes Four-Peat
Saturday’s Olympia prejudging on Dec. 17, 2022, saw three-time reigning champion Chris Bumstead in pole position to capture another Classic Physique division title. Ultimately, he only really faced significant resistance from challenger Ramon Rocha Queiroz, as the two were the last athletes standing in Las Vegas, NV. In the end, to no one’s surprise, Bumstead won the 2022…
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