Jay Cutler at age 36 looked huge, ripped, and conditioned, in his successful quest to regain the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding title. Dexter Jackson was a bit off and finished third in a major upset loss to Branch Warren who placed second. Jay was the first Mr. Olympia ever to regain his title after being defeated on the Olympia stage. Jay, a Las Vegas resident, was the clear crowd favorite who won 40% of the first place vote in an audience poll. The enthusiastic crowd who cheered Jay who garnered $200,000 for the victory, was pleased with the decision. Joe Weider, the master blaster, was also on stage to congratulate the winner.
The 2nd year of the now popular 202 Mr. Olympia also proved to be a great contest with Kevin English edging a tremendously shaped and conditioned David Henry, last year's victor, for the overall title. Crowd favorites Mark Dugdale and Richard "Flex" Lewis were in great shape and also finished in the money. I would have liked to see a bit more prize money for the 202 as this contest has really soared in popularity and the athletes were all in outstanding condition. Maybe even the have the winner and runner-up automatically placed in the Olympia top ten and compete for that title as well? I thought that English and Henry would have easily cracked the top ten. Bob Cicherillo as always did a tremendous job behind the mike as MC for the event. All in all this was a great event with the muscle quality as high as it's ever been.
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