EPIC NEWS
No more $80 dollar rip-offs. This year's Olympia livestream will be free! Hopefully that also includes the on demand replay, otherwise I still won't be able to see anything from here in Europe.
https://www.olympiaproductions.com/

COMPTETITOR LIST
MR. OLYMPIA
# NAME COUNTRY
1 Chinedu Obiekea United Arab Emirates
2 Leandro Sencini Peres Brazil
3 Tonio Burton USA
4 Mohamed Foda United Arab Emirates
5 Jordan Hutchinson USA
6 Quinton Eriya Canada
7 Martin Fitzwater USA
8 Michal Krizanek Slovakia
9 Regan Grimes Canada
10 Sasan Heirati United Kingdom
11 James Hollingshead United Kingdom
12 Damian Kuffel Poland
13 Brandon Curry USA
14 Sergey Danilov Russia
15 Samson Dauda United Kingdom
16 Patrick Moore USA
17 William Bonac Netherlands
18 Behrooz Tabani Abarghani Iran
19 Edward Kargbo United Arab Emirates
20 Nick Walker USA
21 Andrea Presti Italy
22 Derek Lunsford USA

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Samson Dauda shows himself!
After failing last year, Dauda decided to go for mass, reaching over 350 lbs. He showcased his new look recently at the Europa Pro Championships. But did he actually improve, and will it be enough?

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Hadi Choopan is out!
As another bodybuilder looking to gain size, Choopan linked up with Milos Sarcev. Everyone was worried that Milos's famous insulin protocol would ruin Hadi's physique... and that's probably what happened. Their excuse was that he couldn't travel for his visa interview.

Im rooting for Danilov

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Chinedu "Andrew Jacked" Obiekea looking to win record prize money.
Jacko already has 1 million dollars in the bank after winning both the Ohio and UK Arnold Classics, having brought his worst oil-filled physique ever. Will the judges reward that again, or will they go with the water based Derek Lunsford or Samson Dauda instead?
Fuck me the internet is so fucking shit, can't find a good quality pic because instagram is unsearchable.

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>>77524900
This one maybe.

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And as always, Nick Walker is claiming he's going to win. Apparently he's working with some Indian guy, trying to fix one of his major weak points, his midsection.

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Those are defending champion Derek Lunsford's main challengers. Will Derek's muscles have any striations this time around?

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Someone I would like to see challenging for the top places is Michal Krizo. Best muscle quality and most actual muscle on him. I think he overdoes his prep, usually a bit flat on stage, he should just jump in with his everyday normal form. Also can't pose.

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>>77524887
I really don't like his look, his muscles have no deep separation, no pop, just shapeless mass. Also his one of those 300 lbs off season guys who will be way smaller on stage.

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>>77524938
I would have had Quinton Eriya beating him last year. I hope he does well, finally qualified after so many 2nd place finishes over the years from all the way back in 2021. Biggest talent but looks like he can't improve.

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>>77524945
And another very aesthetic physique, also struggling to get to the Olympia since 2021, Patrick Moore. This will be his 10th competition this year. Judges seem to hate him for some reason. Picrel got him 10th place at a small show last year.

Yikes, I just saw what Joan Pradells has been looking like lately. Any idea happened? No wonder he hasn't made it. I know he didn't used to get this cut but even he looks like a natty bodybuilder compared to his peak.

I only care about the Ruby Classic

This thread getting me stoked, good shit

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>>77524845
Ronnie Coleman
BBC Champion

>>77524845
Buncha roid guts no thanks

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>>77525012
I never got the hype around him, he always had this horribly asymmetrical unhealthy looking body, like he got a stroke or something. And last year he had the chance of his life to qualify for the Olympia, they put on a contest right there in his home in Spain and he turned it down because he wanted a vacation in Japan.
Keep up the Olympia hype, guys!

How come almost every single top pro has arms and delts completely full of oil nowadays? There arms aren't even bigger than 90s and early 2000s pro either. It's like every pro has bad arm genetics nowadays. Andrew Jacked looks worst of all but they all look like shit.

>>77527342
They look bloated and lean at the same time. The muscle is inflated.

And for some reason Derek Lunsford gets away with obvious oil usage in the lats. The sport was always disgusting, but the quality of Jews is going down as well so the judges keep allowing worse and worse shit.

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>>77527328
yeah, maybe a mini stroke but i assumed it was nerve/spine damage because he had a history of going too heavy on squats and stuff after rapidly gaining muscle mass
pic is 1 year transformation

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>>77524859
samsung doubter looks the best so far
but oil derrick mumpsford is the only one who has properly harnessed the power of jesus and cinnamon roll whey isolate

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Which lumpy roidmanlet full of oil will win this year? I can't wait to find out!

Are there categories by bodyweight here or how does it work?
How does the judging itself work?

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>>77527418
Brandon Curry