The 2024 Musclecontest Brasilia Pro Men’s Physique event is slated for Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Brasilia, Brazil. Nine athletes, all representing the host country, will be featured. The winner will earn qualification to compete in the 2024 Men’s Physique Olympia, a part of the 60th Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV on Oct. 10-13, 2024.
Going into the show, none of the athletes have yet qualified for the 2024 Olympia. Out of the 28 athletes to already qualified in the Men’s Physique division, four represent Brazil.
The promoter for this event is Tamer El Guindy. The roster is below with names in alphabetical order, courtesy of IFBB Pro League:
2024 Musclecontest Brasilia Pro Roster
- Gildevan Batista Dos Santos (Brazil)
- Emerson Costa (Brazil)
- Jussie Dantas (Brazil)
- Felipe Gonclaves (Brazil)
- Marivando Hermes Da Silva (Brazil)
- Lucas Lage (Brazil)
- Maiki Ono (Brazil)
- Vinicius Resende (Brazil)
- Vinicius Mateus Viera Lima (Brazil)
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Maiki Ono
Maiki Ono is one of the few athletes in this lineup with competition experience. He ranked fifth overall at the 2024 Los Angeles Grand Prix Pro, won by Aundre Benson.
Ono turned pro at the Arnold South America in 2019. This will be his first time competing in Brazil since 2022. He still seeks his first pro win and Olympia qualification.
Lucas Lage
Lucas Lage is a fourth-year pro who turned pro at the 2021 NPC Worldwide Amateur Olympia Brazil contest. He has gradually improved each season, with his best placing being fifth at the 2023 Musclecontest International Mercosul Pro in December, won by Kaique Santos. This will be Lage’s 2024 competition debut.
Felipe Gonclaves
This will be Felipe Gonclaves’s IFBB Pro League debut. He was last onstage as an amateur at the 2023 NPC Worldwide Amateur Olympia Brazil contest, where he won the Class C group event.
Gonclaves has never competed outside of South America. If he wins his pro debut to qualify for the Olympia, he would be the 29th Men’s Physique competitor to punch a ticket to Las Vegas.
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