Where You Finish at a Contest: The Great Unknown
Almost every competitor who has entered more than a handful of contests - be they bodybuilders, fitness competitors or figure contestants - can probably recall a final placement that didn't make much sense in one way or another. It comes with the territory. Many times those moments are chocked up to judging glitches that can occur at any level of event from local contests all the way to the Olympia stage. To be sure, the range of possibilities a contestant can experience from event to event is limitless and to some degree those dramatic swings in placings can occur simply by virtue of the physical variations of the collective contestants entered at any given contest.
Novi Sad, Serbia, October 16th: The IFBB staged its 29th annual IFBB World Amateur Championships with nearly 150 contestants from 34 countries taking part in the big event. And for the third consecutive year Russia piled up a winning point total to earn the team championship in impressive fashion. Taking home four individual gold medals in the various divisions, the Russian team sealed their victory with a supporting cast of competitors who also made strong showings in bodybuilding, fitness, bodyfitness and bikini divisions.
It's September 16th. It's the Orleans Hotel Arena, and the Ms. Olympia takes center stage for the 31st time in its illustrious history dating back to 1980.
September 3, 2011. Cleveland, Ohio. Over the years, The IFBB North American Championships has developed a sterling reputation and tradition as a contest that has launched numerous past winners to the pro level. Cory Everson, Lenda Murray and Kim Chizevsky were all winners at this event before they moved on to the pros. In fact, this trio of former North American champions have accounted for 18 Ms. Olympia titles over the years.
That wide smile you see on the face of USA promoter Jon Lindsay comes with a very good reason. This year’s NPC USA Championships held on the weekend of July 29-30 at the Artemus Ham Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada/Las Vegas was the biggest NPC event ever. At last count there were nearly 700 men and women entered in a variety of classes.
Hartford, Connecticut, July 30th: Promoters Ed and Betty Pariso staged their second annual Europa Battle of Champions at the Connecticut Convention Center on a sweltering Saturday afternoon where much of the heat was emanating from inside the contest venue. To say the least, the competition was spirited and the final tallies were agonizingly close.
2011 Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championship
The Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa, Florida, hosted the Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championships on June 25th, and with a field of two dozen pro bodybuilders on hand, judges found themselves hard-pressed to sort out the contingent. Tim Gardner once again worked his promoting magic in providing the opportunity for an ever-growing group of pro bodybuilders who flock to this event. Within the 24 contestants competing for $10,000 in prize money and three Ms. Olympia qualifying spots, the field was the most widely diverse in recent memory. Nine countries were represented, and the variety of physiques covered the broadest imaginable spectrum.
2011 NPC Junior National Championships
Last year marked the 25th anniversary of the NPC Junior Nationals, and without much fanfare that first Junior National contest took place in San Diego on a warm August day in 1986. In the women’s bodybuilding portion of that inaugural show just 11 contestants entered the three weight classes offered, but it marked the beginning of what has now become one of the flagship competitions on the annual NPC contest schedule. And over the years this event has consistently drawn large numbers of competitors in bodybuilding,
fitness, figure and more recently the new bikini division. This year, the newly formed ‘Physique’ division made its debut at the Junior Nationals following on the heels of the first-ever NPC Physique division competition staged at the Junior USA in May. Staged once again in the ballroom of the O’Hare Hyatt Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois, on the weekend of June 17-18, promoter Pam Betz did another sterling job in producing a first rate event, and one that will be remembered for very long time to come.
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