BODYBUILDING HISTORY. HOW IT WAS IN REAL. COMMUNIST PARTY PROCLAMES THE CHAMPION

3.BODYBUILDING HISTORY. HOW IT WAS IN REAL. COMMUNIST PARTY PROCLAMES THE CHAMPION

In 2011 WFF-WBBF (World Fitness Federation, World Body Building Federation) held the 43-d „Amber Prix International“ (1968 – 2011) Contest in Kaunas (Lithuania). Bodybuilding specialists and fans know very much about this World’s Oldest Competition. For many years when Bodybuilding Sport was prohibited in the Socialist Countries (especially in the USSR) the “Amber Prix International” used to be like the World Championship of the Socialist Countries, the unofficial Championship of the USSR. Having in mind the high level of the Event and it’s political value to the International Sport, various special services and secret structures followed it. The importance of the “Amber Prix International” proves the fact, that right after the “Perestrojka” started the Ministry of Sport USSR (Goskomsport) started to give highest honorable “Soviet Sport Master” degrees and other privileges for the Champions of this Competition.

The 1981 “Amber Prix International” was exceptional with the Socialist State Politics. Russian weightlifter E.MOROZ was responsible for the Bodybuilding Sport in the Ministry Sport USSR then. But the real working President Russia Bodybuilding Federation was VLADIMIR SUBOV in fact. After Russian Bodybuilder VLADIMIR DUBININ lost his titles against  Estonian OLEV ANNUS  and Lithuanian PRANAS MURAUSKAS  in 1974, he was out of the game for many years. VLADIMIR DUBININ  appeared in sport society at the “Amber Prix International” in Klaipeda only in 1986.

Then in 1981 at the Meeting  International Judges Council participated EDMUNDAS DAUBARAS, VLADIMIR SUBOV, ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS, ARKADIJ KASANSKIJ, ALEKSANDRAS NOVIKOVAS  and some other  International Level  Judges and Organizers. President Lithuania Bodybuilding Federation ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS  told the Judges that it is high time to change the Leading Bodybuilder  and to stop the successful career of Estonian Athlete OLEV ANNUS. At that time already twice  winning the “Amber Prix International” and a number of International Events in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia OLEV ANNUS was the sole Leader among Bodybuilders of the Socialist Countries. Under the pressure of ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS  the Judges did as he told them. The Over All Winner’s Title at the  1981 “Amber Prix International”  went to Lithuanian Sportsman SAULIUS MISEVICIUS. Loosing the battle OLEV ANNUS  was in shock. He has written letters accusing the International  Judges but the result was impossible to change.

In 2010 at the WFF-WBBF Am and Pro World Championship in Slovakia Brusno Kupele resort VLADIMIR SUBOV  came there with the National Team Germany. Having possibilities to speak free now he explained the political situation of the 1981. He told us that the sport life of OLEV ANNUS  was decided in Moscow long before he participated in Klaipeda at the 1981 “Amber Prix International”.  Then the USSR Communist Party Central Committee ruled everything, sport too. Having information that OLEV ANNUS  wants to leave the Soviet Union the USSR Communist Party Propaganda Council gave orders to the Sport Ministry USSR and E.MOROZ gave orders to ROMANAS KALINAUSKAS – get down the Estonian Bodybuilder. So using the Judges he did.