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Perhaps the Olympia should be moved to a more neutral country that is much easier for competitors across the world to travel to? I know it is historically an American event, but anymore I feel like it is seen as the world's premier bodybuilding show, and many (like Xiǎoxiān and others mentioned earlier) competitors dream of competing at the O. I know many of us bodybuilding fans would love to see some true competition from the top FBB's of the entire world!
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Actually, I just educated myself a bit. The Olympia has been held in other countries, but it's been in America every year since 1990.
Incorrect on the last part. The 1998 Ms. Olympia Women's Bodybuilding contest was held in Prague
Really cool to see Julia Cabarcos do well in Physique and finish 4th. I thought she'd be one of the girls that gets overlooked but they kept moving her up during the calllouts. She's giving Lenka a run for her money when it comes to best biceps in WPD imho. That said, the division could do with a fresh influx of talent. Feels a bit stale right now after some of the great names have retired (Ivie Rhein, Anne Mohn) or have moved on to "bigger things" (Paula, Sara, Meghan). Hopefully some Figure girls will try to level up next season.
Really cool to see Julia Cabarcos do well in Physique and finish 4th. I thought she'd be one of the girls that gets overlooked but they kept moving her up during the calllouts. She's giving Lenka a run for her money when it comes to best biceps in WPD imho. That said, the division could do with a fresh influx of talent. Feels a bit stale right now after some of the great names have retired (Ivie Rhein, Anne Mohn) or have moved on to "bigger things" (Paula, Sara, Meghan). Hopefully some Figure girls will try to level up next season.
Julia front and back double biceps is the best in physique
https://www.ifbbpro.com/competition/2026-joe-...
Scorecard from yesterday .
No surprise in bodybuilding Shaw, Ashley Jones, Barros, Ranta, Morrison
In physique Benta very close to Natalia only one point. Julia good 4th place. For 5th I prefer Henton 1 point from Walker.
In figure Lola Montez win easy, Jessica Padilla right second, for third Richardson, Barret and Gayle better than Zwinger (No great condition and posing She take the 3rd place for her name)
In wellness no great surprise first 3 right Bezerra, Nunes, Alcantara (Ciobu and Mendonca no at their top, they take 4th and 6th for name), Fogal and Camila Rodrigues Barreto deserve their place.
For me in Wellness Rayane Fogal was the most impressive when she walked out on stage. The only thing missing was some shaking of those quads.
In Physique they forgot to send Yàn Hóng a memo she could return for the finals as the no.10...
Anyone else have Zama finishing first?
Nope... I'm not a big Natalia fan, personality-wise she can be a bit of an asshole to people. That said she was easily the best overall physique on the stage, top to bottom and front to back. From the rear, shape-wise I think Zama's right there with Natalia. In my opinion they both have the best proportionate "X" shape in the category, with Natalia appearing a bit bigger and full to me.
Natalia wins legs vs Zama, from the front Natalia looks wider and her front relaxed looks awesome. She carries her physique better than most of the others. Sarah carries herself well too, but though Sarah's legs looked real good her upper body appeared softer and thus smaller than the others in the top 5,IMO. I probably would have place Sarah 4th. I thought Julia looked better than her.
My last comments on the top 5 would be toward Brooke, easily one of the top conditioned girls, I thought her upper body far outclassed her legs size-wise, so though her legs were ripped, for her to really challenge for a top spot she needs to bring up her legs size substantially. I thought maybe the three girls that place behind her, (Sheronica, Lenka and Nana) arguably could have placed higher than Brooke, as I thought their physiques looked more balanced though maybe minutely less defined.
And lastly, look out for Silvia... she's got great legs and they're balanced with a big upperbody. I was a bit disappointed in her placing. I guess she needed to be a touch harder. If she can dial in the conditioning in the future she can easily slip into the top 5, again IMO.
For me in Wellness Rayane Fogal was the most impressive when she walked out on stage. The only thing missing was some shaking of those quads.
In Physique they forgot to send Yàn Hóng a memo she could return for the finals as the no.10...
Yan Hong competing went over my head, I had to watch a replay of the WPD finals to realise she was there. I had thought she hadn't obtained her visa like her fellow Chinese athletes.
She didn't look that bad. A bit more conditioning would have her placed in the top 8 maybe.
Yan Hong competing went over my head, I had to watch a replay of the WPD finals to realise she was there. I had thought she hadn't obtained her visa like her fellow Chinese athletes.
She didn't look that bad. A bit more conditioning would have her placed in the top 8 maybe.
She went to the US before. She placed for the Olympia in Omaha, so she didn't have to apply anymore for a visa.
I only noticed what happened because of what she said on Douyin. I think she thought she was 11th (after prejudging). And nobody informed her that she could pose in the finals. Therefore she wasn't there and they did the finals with 9 instead of 10. It was briefly mentioned, because she was called to come to the front and obviously she wasn't there, so they "scratched" her. She was very disappointed to have missed the opportunity to go on the finals stage.
That's a hell of a mistake indeed ! Really disappointing. I remember seeing her live at her first show outside China at the 2024 Europa Pro in London where she made a very good impression.
It's getting harder. Had to get a 3rd party to get 2 references from mainland to vouch and then they renewed my 10yr visa. what a bitch to get tho.
In a couple years it won't be as bad getting to the US