Joe Weider's Olympia 2000 was amazing! If you are interested in bodybuilding you would have enjoyed this spectacular event. The Olympia was held at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The hotel had it's very own beach and a wave pool.Throughout the weekend there were bodybuilders working out in the outdoor gym that was set up for this special occasion. The Olympia was held over a three day weekend with contestants from all over the world.
The Ms. Olympia was held on Friday evening and had a total of twelve contestants. There were two winners, Andrulla Blanchette who won the lightweight division and Valentina Chepiga who won the heavy weight division. They were both outstanding champions. The winner of the 2000 Fitness Olympia was Susie Curry who was perfectly muscular and semetrical.
Saturday evening was the Mr. Olympia. This competition has been around for 35 years and the competitors just keep getting bigger and more impressive. The winner was Ronnie Coleman, a police officer from Texas. He is even bigger than he was last year which I did not think was possible! This is his third Mr. Olympia win and he was still shocked and in disbelief that he had won first place. Second place was Kevin Levrone which was a surprise to Flex Wheeler who took third place. It was an exciting Olympia 2000 weekend! I am sure to train much harder after being with these incredible athletes.
2000 Mr. Olympia Results October 22, 2000 at Las Vegas, Nevada
1 Ronnie Coleman USA
2 Kevin Levrone USA
3 Flex Wheeler USA
4 Shawn Ray USA
5 Nasser El Sonbaty Yugoslavia
6 Lee Priest Australia
7 Markus Ruhl Germany
8 Jay Cutler USA
9 Dexter Jackson USA
10 Orville Burke USA
11 Dennis James USA
12 Gunter Schlierkamp Germany
13 Oleg Zhur Ukraine
2000 Ms. Olympia Results October 21, 2000 at Las Vegas, Nevada
With no overall winner, we now have two new Ms.
Olympias for 2000 (Heavyweights Lightweights), Valentina Chepiga and Andrulla Blacnchette.
Heavyweights over 135 pounds
1 Valentina Chepiga Ukraine
2 Vickie Gates USA
3 Lesa Lewis USA
4 Yaxeni Oriquen Venezuela
5 Iris Kyle USA
6 Denise Hosher USA
7 Th-resa Bostick USA
Lightweights up to 135 pounds
1 Andrulla Blanchette England
2 Brenda Raganot USA
3 Renee Casella USA
4 Cathy LeFrancois Priest Canada
5 Jennifer McVicar USA
2000 Fitness Olympia Results October 21, 2000 at Las Vegas, Nevada
1 Susie Curry USA
2 Kelly Ryan USA
3 Jennifer Worth USA
4 Timea Majorova Slovakia
5 Adelina Friemansky USA
6 Shannon Metaraud USA
7 Jennifer Hendershott USA
8 Klaudia Kinska Slovakia
9 Lena Johannesen Norway
10 Melissa Frabbiele USA
11 Shena Forkner USA
12 Stacy Simons USA
13 Lisa Lowe USA
Check back soon for pictures from the show and expo.....
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