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Arnold on Outdoor Life Network in August 2006
Beginning Saturday, August 5 at 3:30 p.m., OLN, the home of the world’s greatest sporting events broadcast to more than 69 million homes nationwide - will televise the Arnold Classic Semi-Finals and the Arnold Classic Finals from Columbus, Ohio’s legendary Veterans Memorial stage. The Arnold Classic - the Mecca for professional bodybuilders – showcases the greatest physiques in men’s bodybuilding. Some of the sport’s biggest names including Lee Haney and Tom Platz have said that their decision to compete as bodybuilders was inspired from first sitting in the back row at the Arnold Classic. Each went on to become champions in the sport and of the Classic.
The Arnold Classic – the elite event in men’s bodybuilding – features top competitors who have endured years of grueling training to be honored with an invitation to this annual competition and the chance to win the richest purse in men’s bodybuilding.
Now in its 19th year of competition, the Arnold Classic is named after iconic athlete, Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Arnold Classic is annually a sold-out event, presented as one of 30 events and 15 Olympic sports at the Arnold Sports Festival. The Arnold Sports Festival welcomed 16,000 athletes and 132,000 visitors in 2006.
“The prestige and reward of the Arnold Classic is unrivaled, fueling world-level competition for the most prestigious crown in bodybuilding,” said Jim Lorimer, President of Classic Productions, and producer of the Arnold Classic. “The Arnold Classic was launched in 1989 and annually presents the greatest talents in men’s bodybuilding.”
Coverage of the events is as follows (subject to change) (all times Eastern):
Saturday August 5 3:30 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Monday August 7 3:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Tuesday August 8 7:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Thursday August 10 6:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Saturday August 12 3:30 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Finals
Sunday August 13 4:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Sunday, August 13 5:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Finals
Monday August 14 3:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Finals
Thursday August 17 5:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Semi-finals
Thursday August 17 6:00 p.m. 2006 Arnold Classic Finals
National and local sponsors of the Arnold Classic include GNC, Hardbody Entertainment, Amino Vital, EAS, Fizogen, Gaspari Nutrition,
Gold’s Gym International, Jan Tana, Kingston, MET-Rx, MuscleTech, NetJets, Pinnacle, Star Trac, Sunrider, Twinlab, Ultimate Nutrition, VPX, World Gym, The Columbus Dispatch, 10TV, Ricart Automotive Group, Raisin Rack, Real Fighter Magazine, McDonald’s, Blitz/WBZX, Huntington Banks, glaceau/vitaminwater, Lifestyle Communities, and Time Warner.
OLN (OLNTV.com) is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Play-offs as well as best-in-class events like The Tour de France, the America’s Cup Play-offs, the Dakar Rally, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Professional Boxing, the Boston Marathon, AMA Motocross and Davis Cup. Now in more than 69 million homes, the network features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can’t find elsewhere. The network offers unique, competition-themed original programming and is the exclusive home of Survivor in syndication. OLN, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States. The network will be changing to Versus as of September, 2006.
Posted July 24, 2006
