2009 Olympia Blog

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The Olympia is approaching rapidly and will be here before we know it, if you don’t have your plans ready to go then you better start planning now!

The Olympia is the biggest event in the industry and features an amazing expo with some great features and events to keep you busy all weekend. Not to mention the Mr. Olympia, Ms Olympia, Figure Olympia & Fitness Olympia events.

Get you travel arraignments ready and buy your tickets now right here.

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With 163 days left till the Olympia takes over the Bodybuilding and Fitness World here are your qualified contestants for the 2009 Ms. Olympia as of April 20^th.

Armbrust, Heather
Aukland, Lisa
Cadeau, Dayana
Kyle, Iris
Laszewski, Debi
LeFrancois, Cathy
Oriquen-Garcia, Yaxeni
Turell, Isabelle
Viana-Adkins, Betty

Iris Kyle has been Ms. Olympia 4 of the last 5 years, will she win again? All we can do is wait and see.

Check back for Olympia updates soon.

Iris Wins Again
Ms. Olympia Review
By Myron Mielke

Cathy LeFrancois - 6th Place $2,000
She dabbled in figure competition for a while, but came back to her roots in bodybuilding. She’s back home where she belongs on the Ms. Olympia stage. Cathy won the New York Pro in May and made a solid placing at the 2008 Ms. Olympia. Le Francois had good conditioning and even displayed some striations in her glutes. I thought she looked a little better at the finals than she did at the judging earlier in the day. It didn’t look like she had enough oil on at the judging and it was harder to see her definition. Cathy’s waist seemed a little wide and her thighs needed a bit more sweep to place higher. Overall she has a great physique and again we’re glad to have her back.

Dayana Cadeau - 5th Place $5,000
Lady Dayana is from Canada and earned her pro card in 1997. She has a very strong-looking physique with a dynamic style of posing. I thought she looked a little watery at the judging in the afternoon but tightened up for the finals show.

Lisa Aukland - 4th Place -$7,000
Fresh off her win at the Atlantic City Pro Show, Lisa came into the 2008 Ms. Olympia with momentum. She displayed confidence in herself both during the judging and the finals. She even chased Iris around during the posedown much like Dennis Wolf chased Cutler at last year’s Mr. Olympia. Aukland has been blessed with great shape and came in with good conditioning. I was very surprised to find out she was 50 years young!

Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia - 3rd Place $10,000
Yaxeni won the Ms. Olympia title back in 2005 and has been trying to regain it the past three years. It was to no avail and she was only able to attain third place. She looked good and I thought third place was fair. That’s where I had her placed. Yaxeni had the biggest frame in the show and at one point she was towering over her competitors with double bicep shots during the posedown. Even if she was a bit sharper, I still don’t think she would have been higher than third.

Betty Adkins - 2nd Place $18,000
Betty Adkins is very gifted with round muscle bellies that are very pleasing in appearance. If it weren’t for that other lady named Iris, she’d have an Olympia title. If Iris decides to retire in a few years, I see Betty stepping up to a few-year reign as Ms. Olympia.

Iris Kyle - 1st Place $20,000
Iris Kyle dominated this competition like Ronnie Coleman used to on the men’s side. She has incredible structure combined with unbelievable conditioning. Her skin is paper-thin and her muscles seem to explode when she poses. Little feathery lines pop out everywhere. Iris looked the same at the judging and at the finals. Tight at both shows. Iris was ripped from head to toe and back to front. She deserved the Ms. Olympia title and should be able to hold onto the title as long as she would like to.

Congrats go out to Ms. Olympia Iris Kyle for her win tonight!

1) Iris Kyle
2) Betty Atkins
3) Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
4) Lisa Auckland
5) Dayana Cadeau
6) Cathy LeFrancois

If you’re not watching the live Fitness and Ms. Olympia finals webcast right now, click here to view:

http://webcast.bodybuilding.com/fitshow/2008olympia/webcast/sm/sm.html

Enjoy!

1.) Iris Kyle

2.) Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia

3.) Dayana Cadeau

4.) Lisa Aukland

5.) Betty Pariso

For ANYONE who knows me, I like to think outside the crowd. With that being said, here’s my top ten list for the Ms, Fitness, and Figure Olympia:

Ms. Olympia:

1. Heather Armbrust
2. Dayana Cadeau
3. Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
4. Iris Kyle
5. Betty Pariso
6. Lisa Aukland
7. Nicole Ball
8. Cathy LeFrancois
9. Debbie Bramwell
10. Brenda Raganot

Fitness Olympia:

1. Kim Scheideler
2. Jenny Hendershott
3. Tracey Greenwood
4. Julie Lohre
5. Julie Palmer
6. Erin Riley
7. Tanji Johnson
8. Heidi Fletcher
9. Trish Warren
10. Regaine De Silva

Figure Olympia:

1. Jennifer Gates
2. Gina Aliotti
3. Jenny Lynn
4. Felicia Romero
5. Mary Lado
6. Sonia Adcock
7. Amy Fry
8. Jessica Paxson-Putnam
9. Julie Ann Kulla
10. Jana Awad

There ya go. Agree? Disagree?

Well…time is winding down as the Olympia is drawing nearer and nearer each second. So I’ve made some predictions on how the female side of the Olympia could go down in a matter of weeks. Instead of outright picking a winner for each category, this year, I did something a little bit different. For Figure and Ms. Olympia, I picked out the five women who I think will give the current champions a run for their money, as well as highlight the current champions, and pick a wildcard competitor who could shake up the event. For Fitness Olympia, I chose the six women who I think could win the Fitness Olympia title due to Adela’s injury, as well as a wildcard that could pull off an upset.

Fitness Olympia
http://fitgems.blogspot.com/2008/08/2008-fitness-olympia-predictions.html

Figure Olympia
http://fitgems.blogspot.com/2008/08/figure-olympia-2008-predictions.html

Ms. Olympia
http://fitgems.blogspot.com/2008/09/2008-miss-olympia-predictions.html

There are my predictions. What are yours?