Mr. Olympia 2002

[Bebe]

flex, levrone , dexter

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gunter is da man

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[Big Al]

thanks bro

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nice abdos

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ronnie & kevin

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[ripsid]

I think the top 6 was good, but Gunther deserved no worse than 3...
Levrone...could have won...
Coleman...Freak, but I thought that Gunther looked better...
Lee Priest should have been top 5 no worse...He has the baddest arms in the business! No one has his pipes! GD!
I think the IFBB needs to define what the F* they're looking for! As freaky as Coleman is, you could say that Marcus Ruhl is freakier and GD Gunther was unreal...Granted Coleman has the baddest back in the business, but Gunther may have been all around better!
BZ to Gunther! He nutted it up and blew em all away!

[durbin22]

Here is my top 10:

1.Gunter Schlierkamp
2.Kevin Levrone
3.Lee Priest
4.Dexter Jackson
5.Chris Cormier
6.Ronnie Coleman
7.Flex Wheeler
8.Markus Ruhl
9.Orville Burke
10.Dennis James

I like Coleman but that gut ruins his physique. I was real impressed with Dexter Jackson. Priest always looks good but always gets the shit end of the stick. Levrone's delts have always seemed amazing. I 5th place for Gunter shows you that these contests are complete bullshit. I wish the Weider's would just dissapear so the contest can be fair and the person who should win will.

[palme]

After seeing this pictures i must say Gunter,Levrone,Cormier,Jackson and Lee all had Ronnie.

[Gene]

Commentators said this is perhaps one of the best Olympias ever. I beg to differ.

Ronnie won ... no surprise there.

Gunter? Came in in fantastic shape, but I don't think the judges bothered to look up at the stage. They seem to have a habit of doing this.

Paco came in with legs that overpower his upper body, a waist larger than his lats, and a case of disgusting bitch tits.

One guy came in with bullet wounds in his abs... COME ON! Ok, so he was pronounced dead and came back to life, good for him.

Nasser came in with oversized delts, and did anyone else see the injection sites on his rear delts, or whatever the hell that was? It looked like a vampire bit him.

Ruhl... you'll have to put on some more mass buddy.

Darrem Charles and other great posers had terrible music selection. Also not exactly sure what the hell he was bitching about after the show. Something about the big guys winning and the little guys not placing. Hmm, I'm sure that came as a shock to him and everyone else.

Tommi also typically has great music and posing, but his music was just way off and that made his backflip look a little forced. He just took an old posing routine and threw it into uncoordinated music. The torn pec didnt help manners... the glutes didn't look as ripped as usual.

King Kamali threw down a great posing routine, definitely gave the audience what they came there for.

Hey Flex, you think you could have put on just a little bit of mass for the olympia? Try using some steroids next time buddy.

The posedown was hilarious. Everyone walking right behind ronnie in a straight line. Gunter throwing a FDB behind Priest was just classic, I hope someone took a nice shot of that and it ends up in some muscle mags on the cover even.

[Warrior]

Good overall summary Gene...

Gunther behind Priest - totally over shadowed Priest. No good for Lee

I noticed that problem with Nasser too... I couldn't remember which competitor it was before... looked like he hit a nerve prior to running up on stage

I think that the next one will be great! This one deffinitly carried some suspense and real changes with major upsets... : cough : wheeler... : cough :

Don't forget the Pec tear too... I think him, Bullet Wounds and Mr. Nolvadex were on stage this year purley for the thrill of the Olympia and the publicity.

[defdaz]

Tommi Thorvildsen, George Farrah and Paco Bautista are all world class bodybuilders who all deserved to be on that stage. No one bodybuilder is perfect - each has their own flaws which they must battle to overcome as they try to make their physique the best it can be.

A pec tear is no laughing matter, neither is surviving being shot. The fact that these guys are still as good as they are is testament to their discipline and determination and I for one have all the more respect for them. Neither injury may prevent them from becoming top tier bodybuilders if they can get the rest of their physiques to the required level.

So purely for the thrill and the publicity? I don't think so bro!!!

Daz

[Wrathchild]

I met Coleman at the photo shoot for Muscle & Fitness, the day after the show, at Las Vegas Athletic Club, the guy looks very impressive, he was really nice, but i have to say that his abdomen is gigantic, kind of hard to suck it in, the muscles are way too big and it made it hard for him to breath and keep his abs tight at the same time, you could see that after holdin' a pose for the camera, he was gasping for air and the abdomen would get completly uncontrolable, other than that, the guy is a wonder of genetic (GH) engineering. I also met Jay Cutler at the Expo, I think the guy is the future of bodybuilding, check him out at the Arnold Classic.

[BigDude]

Ouch!! Those blood veins around Schlierkamp's knees look disgusting!! Didn't anyone else notice them?

All in all, I'd think this was a poor Olympia. Ronnie looks OK, but I think he's been bigger. Flex was off, and while Levrone was kind of good, he's been a lot bigger, especially his legs. Shawn Ray was not there, Dorian has retired.. and the fact that Schlierkamp makes TOP5 speaks volumes, don't get me wrong, I like the guy. His structure is just a tad wide around his midsection. Cormier is his same old boring self. Priest looked fine, but no major improvements there either. What's wrong guys? It seems like Mr. O 93 might still be be the best Mr. O to date. Dorian made HUGE improvements, Flex was polished etc. I guess we just have to wait another few years until some of the competitors suddenly breaks the current mass/condition barriers.

[BigDude]

Since synthol is penalized these days, why is not GH gut?

[Freakymuscle4u]

Don't forget to point to Ruhl syn shoulders

[Freakymuscle4u]

Tons of Olympia Pics

http://www.ifbb.com/contestresults/2...ia/photo1.html

Jay

[RageControl]

damn gunters the only one that made rule look average hehe. And if you watch ronnies individual pose vs everyone else you will see why he won. Damn shame cutler wasnt there .

[powerlifterjay]

I just flew back in tonight from Vegas. Holy shit what a weekend! Got a few pics i will put up. Contest wise i got the same pics as ya'll did. I had VIP seats and was in the center by judges. So i took some towrds the end. Expo was pretty cool. Didnt get that many pics there. Got one of me and Dorian, and Bill Kazmier. Some odds in ends.

Here is what i thought. King Kamali had the best routine. Ruhl was the biggest freak! Gunther was awesome and was the crowd favorite. And Ronnie is not the best out there. IN fact when Levrone was announced runner up the crowd boo'd almost as bad as when Gunter was announced 5th. Matter of fact the seats started clearing out before Ronnie even got a chance to recieve anything. He has is following but he is not the best bodybuilder out there. His gut is enormous!

Anyway thought i would throw in my time. I went to all the shows. Never really got into Bodybuilding too much but this weekend made me a fan!

[Mandinka]

That's really ridiculous , he beats Coleman on everything except back (by the pics) ,better condition too and comes in 5th!

[mando]

last year it was jay now gunter , ppl keep on reving about how much so and so has improved and should have got the champ , i remember back when dorian was winning shows ppl were hating on him just as much as they are dishing it out to ronnie , let me tell you gunter would be the first to admid that ronnie should have won , all of you who have met ronnie in person know what i'm talkin about.....no other pro comes close bodypart for bodypart .
funny some guy on getbig.com says ronnie biceps are small lol, thats the most insane comment i've ever heard !! dorian even agrees that ronnie is unbeatable , so lets give him the respect he deserves......peace.

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[malahat]

Another site with great pictures
http://www.femalemuscle.com/contests...s/image530.htm

[saboudian]

i don't suppose we could just settle with the fact that possibly the judges made the correct placings?

didn't think so....

[retired]

Gunter's conditioning and proportions are freaky for a guy of his size, but I don't think that his structure is as good as the guys who placed ahead of him. Seems to me that his waist is still pretty wide...

Still, an awesome physique all around.