With the loud standing ovation, and everyone in the Orleans Arena on their feat, we all watched history being made as Jay Cutler came back from his second place finish to retake the title, and win his third Mr. Olympia! Wow! But in another surprise, Branch Warren took the second place finish over a surprised and stunned Dexter Jackson by ONE point. The battle for 4th and 5th place continued with Kai beating Phil Heath by a ONE point marging too. This year was one of the most exciting Mr. Olympias, and whoever had doubted that Jay could not come back, we are all clearly wrong. Congratulations! Here are the results.
1. Jay Cutler
2. Branch Warren
3. Dexter Jackson
4. Kai Greene
5. Phil Heath
6. Victor Martinez
7. Ronny Rockel
8. Toney Freeman
9. Hidetada Yamagishi
10. Moe El Moussawi
11. Melvin Anthony (tie)
11. Silvio Samuel (tie)
13. Gustavo Badell
14. Dennis James
15. Markus Ruhl
16. Troy Alves
16. Darrem Charles
16. Martin Kjellstrom
16. Bill Wilmore
16. Dennis Wolf
16. Joel Stubbs
16. Michael Kefalianos
16. Ahmad Haidar
What an exciting contest, as Nicole Wilkins-Lee took home top honours over the favorite Gina Aliotti at the 2009 Figure Olympia. Here are the results of the contest, with many pictures, both backstage and stage shots, to be featured on bodybuilding.com.
1. Nicole Wilkins-Lee
2. Gina Aliotti
3. Heather Mae French
4. Krystal Richardson
5. Amy Fry
6. Erin Stern
7. Jenny Lynn
8. Jessica Paxson-Putnam
9. Felicia Romero
10. Monica Brant
11. Sonia Gonzales
12. Larissa Reis
13. Alicia Harris
14. Kristi Tauti
15. Meriza DeGuzman
16. Teresa Anthony
16. Houng Arcinas
16. Krissy Chin
16. Patricia Mello
16. April Rountree
16. Sherlyn Roy
16. Brenda Marie-Smith
Flex Magazine puts up a bikini model contest, with the finals each year to be held at the Olympia stage. This year, there were 96 competitors backstage. Here are the results of the 2009 Flex Bikini model contest.
Adela Garcia picks up her 4th Fitness Olympia win as she came back after a knee injury which almost forced her to retire. What an amazing win for Adela! Here are the results of the 2009 Fitness Olympia.
Photos from the three events on Thursday that we took, the Men’s Press Conference, the Women Athlete Meetings and the Meet the Olympians event. The atmosphere at the Orleans Hotel is charged up and with what we’ve seen so far there are some in shape competitors. Check out the photos…
Here is the list of the 2009 Mr. Olympia Competitor’s who will compete this weekend in the contest. They are, in alphabetical order,
1. Troy Alves (USA)
2. Melvin Anthony (USA)
3. Gustavo Badell (Puerto Rico)
4. Darrem Charles (Trinidad)
5. Jay Cutler (USA)
6. Moe Elmoussawi (New Zealand)
7. Toney Freeman (USA)
8. Kai Greene (USA)
9. Ahmad Haidar (Lebanon)
10. Phil Heath (USA)
11. Dexter Jackson (USA)
12. Dennis James (Germany)
13. Michael Kefalianos (Australia)
14. Martin Kjellstrom (Sweden)
15. Victor Martinez (USA)
16. Ronny Rockel (Germany)
17. Markus Ruhl (Germany)
18. Silvio Samuel (Spain)
19. Joel Stubbs (Bahamas)
20. Branch Warren (USA)
21. Bill Wilmore (USA)
22. Dennis Wolf (Germany)
23. Hidetada Yamagishi (Japan)
Here are the competitors of the 2009 Mr. Olympia Showdown 202lbs and Under Contest. They are, in alphabetical order.
1. Jason Arntz (USA)
2. Eduardo Correa Da Silva (Brazil)
3. Clarence Devis (Belguim)
4. Kris Dim (USA)
5. Charles Dixon (USA)
6. Mark Dugdale (USA)
7. Kevin English (USA)
8. Daryl Gee (USA)
9. David Henry (USA)
10. John Hodgson (United Kingdom)
11. Tricky Jackson (USA)
12. James ‘Flex’ Lewis (United Kingdom)
13. stan McQuay (USA)
14. Lee Powell (United Kingdom)
15. Jose Raymond (USA)
Here are two more parties that we are planning to go to. The Official Flex Bikini Model After Party, and the Bodybuilding.com / Ultimate Nutrition After Party. Here are the flyers for the two parties.
With over 100 bikini beauties signed on to compete, the 2009 FLEX Bikini Model Search Championships – presented by Amazon.com and brought to you by Ed Hardy- will undoubtedly be bigger and better than ever. So it seemed only fitting that the Official FLEX Bikini Model Search After Party would be the biggest and best post-Olympia bash in Sin City!
Located on the 64th floor of the ultra-swanky The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, MIX Lounge will play host to the official FLEX Bikini Model Search after party, presented by promoter extraordinaire Jason Dihr. Hundreds of models, athletes and celebrities in the bodybuilding industry are expected to turn out for this can’t-miss event! Rub elbows with the elite, and – if you’re lucky – you just may have your picture taken with one of our beautiful FLEX Bikini Models and appear in an upcoming issue of FLEX magazine!
But that’s not all! Supplement giant ALR Industries pumps the volume up another decibel by hosting their post-Olympia blowout at MIX Lounge as well. This is without a doubt one you won’t want to miss, as the FLEX Bikini Models turn the heat up to unbearable levels at MIX Lounge in Las Vegas on Saturday night! A limited number of tickets to this exclusive event will be available. Stop by the FLEX booth at the Olympia Expo for more information.
For the Bodybuilding.com / Ultimate Nutrition After party, this is also an special party at the XS Nightclub at the new hotel called Encoure. Another excellent party to check out. Check out the Ultimate Nutrition or Bodybuilding.com booth for more information on this after party.
Bodybuilding.com has an excellent interview with Robin Chang as he discusses how the Olympia weekend is run, what fans and competitors can expect come September 24 and what he, as the man in charge, must do to ensure all goes as planned.
There are a number of Olympia After Parties again this year, and here are two of them. The first is Dexter Jackson’s After Party, and the second is Shawn Ray’s After Party. Many tend to go to these partys on Saturday night after the Official Olympia Victory Gala, which starts at 11pm at the Orleans Hotel. Here are the flyers for the two parties.
The cover of M&F’s July 2009, under the direction of the new Editor in Chief Chris Lockwood and with the magazine’s new look, has been nominated for a prestigious magazine industry award called ‘the Maggies’ in the United Kingdom. Congratulations.
It is nice, for the staff at M&F to see that other’s have noticed the marked improvements in the magazine! Please take a minute to vote for Muscle & Fitness at http://www.themaggies.co.uk
Phil Heath gives an in-depth interview with Bodybuilding.com. Heath says, “I’m probably the only guy on paper right now who could be a multiple Olympia champion and possibly break the record, but with the sport growing each year with more guys, I don’t know if there’s another Phil Heath lurking around. I don’t know if another guy has figured it out who might be better than all of us.”
Another great NPC show, in California, two weeks before the Olympia, is the NPC Tournmant of Champions. Check out this contest on September 12th, as many of us will be there.
