Spanish bodybuilder Erik Markov has died just months after going pro, following a win at an amateur Mr. Olympia competition. His cause of death has yet to be confirmed. After securing a victory in Spain’s Mr. Olympia Amateur competition, Markov earned his tour card in May, which allows bodybuilders to compete in the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB). “I turned my dream into reality–I got my tour card,” he wrote on Instagram, along with a photo of him kissing his partner, Lucia Barahona, a personal trainer. He wrote more about the importance of Barahona in his journey, calling her “the greatest victory of all” and that she “fought with [him] without ever stepping on stage.” Following his death, she posted on social media over the weekend, writing, “I don’t feel able t

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