2009 IFBB Olympia

[teedubgee]

The 2009 IFBB Olympia will be held in Las Vegas, NV from Sept. 24th - 27th. Info can be found here: http://www.mrolympia.com/2009/event-schedule.html
For those of you like me who are unfortunate enough not to attend, we will be able to enjoy a webcast here: http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2009olympia/webcast/2009olympia.html
Here is the competitor list:

Open
Troy Alves
Melvin Anthony
Gustavo Badell
Darrem Charles
Jay Cutler
Moe Elmoussawi
Toney Freeman
Kai Greene
Ahmad Haidar
Phil Heath
Dexter Jackson
Dennis James
Michael Kefalianos
Martin Kjellstrom
Victor Martinez
Ronny Rockel
Markus Ruhl
Silvio Samuel
Joel Stubbs
Branch Warren
Bill Wilmore
Dennis Wolf
Hidetada Yamagishi

202 Showdown
Jason Arntz
Eduardo Correa Da Silva
Clarence DeVis
Kris Dim
Charles Dixon
Mark Dugdale
Kevin English
Daryl Gee
David Henry
John Hodgson
Tricky Jackson
James Lewis
Stan McQuay
Lee Powell
Jose Raymond

 

[CH3NO2]

I hope someone new wins this year. I like rooting for the underdogs...

 

[Get_Swole]

Lets go Cutler

 

[dreww]

im sure it will be jackson, cutler, or martinez.

 

[teedubgee]

webcast is starting now

 

[Get_Swole]

wow thanks for the reminder brother. The fitness one says its live right now but its not playing on my computer anyone else having problems?

 

[teedubgee]

Damn, hope you didn't just miss Tanji Johnson's routine. I hope she takes 1st or 2nd!

 

[Get_Swole]

damn its still not showing up on here i tried it on firefox and explorer i dont get the play button or anything just a black box and it just sits there.

 

[rbethel]

iz it just me or does phil heath look like he got bigger?

 

[jtunderdog]

Id like to see someone new win myself. Martinez would be cool.

 

[rbethel]

i wanna c what kai green's conditioning is like.....he got so HUGE and I wonder if he's as conditioned as he was when he won the arnold

 

[CH3NO2]

Dexter Jackson looks SICK...just sick

 

[teedubgee]

I agree! My first impression is that Dexter will repeat, with Phil Heath in second.

 

[rbethel]

DAMN Dexter's traps are INSANE......

 

[NAIR]

Cutler

 

[teedubgee]

Fuck, I hate Cutler! I swear man, if that blocky ass waist wins, I'll be pissed. We might as well start letting Paco Bautista do well. It seems like the judges are gonna reward Cutler for bringing in a package better than last year. I'm posting my predictions in my other thread.

 

[NAIR]

Actually, I struggle with this issue too. I'm a such a huge Cutler fan that I can't help but root, but I truly believe Dexter has the best bod in the business. Dexter nears perfection

Fuck, I hate Cutler! I swear man, if that blocky ass waist wins, I'll be pissed. We might as well start letting Paco Bautista do well. It seems like the judges are gonna reward Cutler for bringing in a package better than last year. I'm posting my predictions in my other thread.

 

[Get_Swole]

if it wasnt for his blocky waist i think cutler has a better body then Dexter minus abs. The size and proportion of his is hard to beat.

 

[rbethel]

shudnt the pre-show have started by now? im viewing the webcast page and it just has the 'poster' up about the times of the show.....

 

[NAIR]

shudnt the pre-show have started by now? im viewing the webcast page and it just has the 'poster' up about the times of the show.....

6:30 (Pacfic)