them. Tonight I’m here to chop
their damn heads off. I’m trying
not to sound too cocky, but they
don’t have what I have. They just
don’t. And their fans or whatever
need to realize that their favourite
person didn’t come in. They
looked really good. They’re just
not me. They just weren’t as good.
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That’s how it is. If everyone runs a
100-metre dash at their fastest,
Usain Bolt is still going to break
the world record, no matter what
they do.”
Only the top 10 Mr. Olympia
competitors performed their
posing routines in what was a
refreshingly fast-paced show.
In the past, the second of the
Mr. Olympia’s inner circles, after
the top 10 and before the top
three, was the top six—the
posedown spots. (The last couple
of years there has been a 10-man
posedown, which, with around
2,500 pounds of beef, was
crowded.) Now that second circle
is the top five. Only its members
earn qualifications for the next
Olympia, and this year only they
flexed in the posedown. Sixth on
Friday, Rhoden overtook Winklaar
on Saturday for that valuable fifth
spot. Dexter Jackson scored
straight fourths for his 12th
Olympia top four finish—yet
another record for the Blade.
SHAWN RHODEN
JANUARY 2018 | FLEX
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