2008 Olympia

[joe2009]

also alot of you are saying victor is competing, i heard on flexonline he isnt??

[CSAR]

also alot of you are saying victor is competing, i heard on flexonline he isnt??

Good question. His picture is still on the official Mr. O website. I know it doesn't necessarily mean he's competing, but that would be unfortunate if Victor couldn't make it this year.

[Reed]

Victor is not doing the Olympia and I'm 100% positive. Here is a recent article

On the eve of Kai Greene's announcement that he's skipping the Mr. Olympia, Victor Martinez (last year's runner up) also revealed that he'll wait till the 2009 Arnold Classic to step back onstage. Martinez has been rehabbing a torn patellar tendon that occurred 6 weeks prior to the 2008 Arnold and according to him, "I just won't be ready in time to be my best."
Most industry experts speculated that it would take a miracle for Martinez to recover from such a severe injury in time to compete at this year's "Big Show"; however, despite the naysayers, Martinez almost pulled it off.
"I could do it if I really wanted to, but the results would be no different from last year. I want to show up with a better package than last year and kick some ass!".
When asked who he thought would take home the title this year, Martinez answered quickly, "If Jay shows up in shape, it's his show!"
Written by Dave Pulambo

[Reed]

Its sad that so many top competitors are out. No Branch, no Kai, no Victor, no Ruhl, and no more Ronnie and I was really really excited about the Olympia. oh well it still should be a good one