‘Wipe Out’ is a game show where contestants complete obstacle courses to win $50,000. A recent episode featured three time Olympia Champion female bodybuilder Iris Kyle whom one of the commentators referred to as “he”.
A youtube viewer took exception to this:
“I will punch you in the kidney and kick your neck if you call Iris a guy one more time. She is sexy as hell and all woman!”.
Shemuscle
Valentina’s shemuscle section contains both photos as well as downloadable videos.
About
Valentina Chepiga was born April 27, 1962 in Kharkov, Ukraine. A former engineer she moved to the USA in 1999. She has won the top two bodybuilding shows in the world; the IFBB Olympia and Arnold Classic. For much more on Valentina read an interview Lori Braun of femalemuscle.com did with Valentina here.
Competition
Valentina won the European and World Amateur titles in 1997. She went on to win the GNC Show of Strength and Jana Tana titles. Her greatest success as a professional has been winning the heavyweight class at the 2000 Ms. Olympia. In 2002 she won the lightweight class of the Arnold Classic’s Ms. International.
The Olympia normally has a press conference where all competitors are asked questions by the press and the fans, and it appears that the women will not be included in the presss conference line up at the 2008 Olympia.
Replies from two former Ms Olympia Champions Iris Kyle and Yaxeni Oriquen who are competing this year:
“FLEX
How do you feel about the women not being included at the press conference this year?
IRIS:
It doesn’t bother me either way. We’re in the midst of trying to carb up, and sitting there for two hours can prevent us from getting properly prepared. They see us onstage and they see us at Meet the Olympians; I think that’s sufficient. The women are not so into all of the headbanging, so only a few of us really entertain the crowd.
YAXENI:
Being an athlete, I try to concentrate exclusively on my end of the sport. Anything regarding organizational decision-making is simply something I have to accept.”
Floor crunch - Hands on the side of the head, keep the eyes fixed at one point on the ceiling, then lifting the shoulders off the floor but leaving the back on the floor, thereby crunching the abdominals, breathe out on the way up, hold at the top position for a count of 2.
The IFBB Tournament of Champions Pro Figure Championships will be held this coming weekend in California, and so far 17 pros are listed to compete:
1. Sonia ADCOCK, USA
2. Gina ALIOTTI, USA
3. Huong ARCINAS, USA
4. Macey BOUDREAU, Canada
5. Jeni BRISCOE, Canada
6. Valerie CHRISTENSEN, USA
7. Meriza DeGUZMAN, USA
8. Maria Del Consuela ROJAS, Mexico
9. April FORTIER, USA
10. Erica FUERST, USA
11. Jacqui JARRETT, New Zealand
12. Tanya MERRYMAN, USA
13. Desha RODRIGUEZ, USA
14. Rosa Maria ROMERO, Australia
15. Zhanna ROTAR, USA
16. Laura Sutter, USA
17. Sandie WARD, USA
Gina Aliotti would be the favorite coming in as the 2008 Arnold Classic Champion:
The International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) executive committee announced their plans this week to petition the International Olympic Committee to have female boxing included in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Since women’s wrestling was added in the 2004 Athens Olympics, boxing is the only summer Olympic sport without a female division.
The AIBA has approved and governed women’s boxing since 1994, and says the standard of women boxing has grown to a very high level and is ready for Olympic inclusion.
