The Street to the 2024 Olympia Weekend in Las Vegas, NV is underway, and the latest cease was Columbus, OH for the 2024 Arnold Basic. The March custom continued within the Buckeye State for the thirty sixth time with seven IFBB Professional League divisions hoping so as to add a significant title to their portfolios of accomplishments.
Hadi Choopan Wins 2024 Arnold Basic
The primary occasion of the weekend was the Males’s Open contest that started all of it. Samson Dauda and 2022 Mr. Olympia Hadi Choopan battled it out over two nights of judging, with the followers shouting their help for every comparability between the 2 superstars. In the long run, it might be Choopan that emerged victorious. The Iranian now joins Ronnie Coleman, Jay Cutler, Dexter Jackson, and Brandon Curry as the one males to have received each the Olympia and Arnold titles of their profession. He made it clear in varied interviews that he’s now locked in on the historic 60th Mr. Olympia contest and rematch with 2023 champion Derek Lunsford.
“I got here right here to make a giant assertion, and I feel I’ve accomplished that.”
Dauda completed in second place, with Rafael Brandao taking third place
- Hadi Choopan
- Samson Dauda
- Rafael Brandao
- Jon Delarosa
- James Hollingshead
- Akim Williams
Wesley Vissers Takes Basic Physique Title on the 2024 Arnold Basic
The upset of the weekend was within the Basic Physique division, the place the “Dutch Oak” Wesley Vissers pulled off the win towards heavy favourite and 2023 winner Ramon “Dino” Rocha Querioz. Vissers confirmed as much as prejudging within the Arnold Expo in the most effective form of his profession, and though Querioz seemed very spectacular, the bigger and shredded Vissers was to not be denied. He’s now thought of by many to be the primary contender for the Basic Physique Olympia title, at the moment held by five-time champion Chris Bumstead. Querioz completed because the runner-up, and third place went to Urs Kalecinski.
- Wesley Vissers
- Ramon Rocha Querioz
- Urs Kalecinski
- Breon Ansley
- Michael Daboul
- Damien Patrick
Different Males’s Winners
Within the Males’s Physique division, Diogo Montenegro had been working to win in Columbus for just a few years now, and he lastly put the items collectively to take that win on Saturday evening, Mar. 2. Montenegro brings the Arnold trophy again to Brazil and is now set to concentrate on defending Males’s Physique Olympia champion, Ryan Terry, whose journey Montenegro stated he adopted through the years.
There was one other large upset within the Wheelchair division. Heavy favorites Harold Kelley and Gabriele Andriulli have been purported to battle for the 2024 championship, however India’s Rajesh John confirmed up sliced and diced to drag off the large win on the Arnold Expo stage. He’s now the third champion within the contest’s historical past, and he’s thought of a contender for the 2024 Wheelchair Olympia as properly.
A Pair of Three-Peats, and Mattos Makes Extra Historical past
On the ladies’s facet of the stage, the Bikini Worldwide and Health Worldwide noticed their respective champions earn their third straight victories in Columbus. Ariel Khadr was dominant within the Health division spherical with a routine impressed by her favourite Arnold movie, Predator. In the meantime, Lauralie Chapados received the Bikini division contest by a single level over the very spectacular Aimee Delgado. Each winners wanted a win to qualify for the 2024 Olympia, they usually now have these spots reserved for them in Las Vegas.
In the meantime, the Wellness division went as many anticipated. Three-time Wellness Olympia champion Francielle Mattos is now the primary lady to have received the Olympia and Arnold. She’s your 2024 Wellness Worldwide champion, taking the highest spot over runner-up and 2022 winner Isabelle Pereira Nunes.
The 2024 season rolls on and the lists of certified athletes for the Olympia will proceed so as to add names to them. For extra info on who’s certified and particulars of the monumental 60th Joe Weider’s Olympia Health and Efficiency Weekend, go to www.mrolympia.com .
