Saw that one live. When they all lined up, Nasser looked like it was his.....then they turned around and it was all over.
Do you agree that Nasser was better in '96 than '97?
Honestly, I don't think about bodybuilding from 20 years ago.
Dorian over dieted and came in flat in 1996 Mr. Olympia.
it's safe to say you do considering you post in almost every thread about bodybuilding from 20 years agoE
So did Levrone. What's crazy is that Levrone was his heaviest bodyweight ever earlier in the year at the Arnold's (where he won it), where he weighed 259 pounds, but showed up at 240 pounds at the Mr. Olympia, small, flat and depleted. The following year (1997) Kevin was 253 pounds and Dorian was his heaviest ever onstage at 269 pounds.Nasser should have won it in 1996 and Ray was overlooked as well.
There's no way to judge a show by pics. It's easy to find shots where Dorian looks flat but everyone who's ever seen him in person verifies how dense and shredded he was.
He really shouldn't have. I didn't appear that way to me in person, and the judges agreed.In my section of the crowd, everyone laughed when Yates turned around, since he was so drastically superior. The one back shot that been posted here 1000x wasn't a good representation, which can be verified by looking at multiple back shots from the show.
It only seems that way to you because I only react to posts when they're incorrect, which many of yours happen to be on that subject.But overall, I don't have any idea of what Nasser looked like between two years that occurred two decades ago, outside of the contest I attended.
Here's the video Dubai, India style. Nasser blew him away from the front and it wasn't close. Nasser's quad size to Dorians was shocking...But when they turned around Dorian looked insane. Olympia have always been won from the back up to that point and thru the Coleman years...
Was that not the year they did some kind of tests for diuretics, with Nasser getting cought?