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The 2008 NABBA Universe was held on Saturday October 4, 2008 at The Southport Theatre in the UK. Lionel Beyeke of France won the mens overall.
2008 NABBA Australian Champion Justin Wessells made a very impressive showing placing 6th in a field of 19 competitors.
Three time National Champion Irene Nickole who made a return to the stage in [...]

Barring the worst judging errors possible, Dexter Jackson will claim his 5th victory of the year at the IFBB Romanian Grand Prix scheduled for Oct 11 2008. The last Grand Prix hosted by Romania was in 2006, and won by Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman 2nd and Sergey Shelstov 3rd.
2008 Competitor List: [as of September 24, [...]

With a changing of the guard that many will agree with, three time Australian Grand Prix champion Dexter Jackson dethroned Jay Cutler to win his first Olympia title. Despite having won numerous shows, and being on the top 10 all-time list for IFBB wins, the elusive Olympia always escaped Dexter prior in his 10+ Olympia appearances. [...]

An excellent showing from New Zealand’s top professional bodybuilder Moe-El Moussawi who placed 9th in his Olympia debut.

Photo credit: Muscletime

Coming in as the favorite with fourteen bodybuilders in the field, American pro David Henry won the first ever under 202lbs class [92kg] at the Olympia. Kevin English of the USA placed second, and 24 yr old newcomer James Lewis from Wales taking third. Both English and Henry are also competing in the open Olympia.  If there was [...]

Prejudging is over, and opinions are swirling as always. From Aussie pro Lee Priest:
“Looking At The Pics On MD……No Way Jay Should Win….From The Back He Sucks………His Back Might Be Thick…But Hell He Aint No Better Then Last Year…He Has One Show To Be The Best At…I Mean Come In So Good There Is No [...]

A poignant win for the fitness pro who is considered by many to have the best routines today. Jen’s brother Todd has stage 4 cancer, and watched her victory from his hospital bed. This is Jen’s second Olympia title, after first winning in 2005. Iris Kyle as projected won the Womens Bodybuilding Olympia, making her a four time [...]

IFBB pro female bodybuilder Jennifer Sedia collapsed onstage during the prejudging of the Olympia. She recovered, and placed 10th.
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Jennifer Sedia, photo by Genex Hwang

The death of veteran IFBB official Steve Stone backstage at the Olympia on Friday of a suspected heart attack has added a sad tone to the biggest weekend in professional bodybuilding. It is reported that he didn’t feel well, went behind a curtain, collapsed and was undiscovered for 15-20 minutes.
“It’s like the twilight zone backstage” said one [...]

The 2008 Olympia prejudging is over for the women’s divisions, and in women’s bodybuilding it looks like Iris Kyle will repeat her victory, with Figure Champ Jenny Lynn most likely out of the top spot. Rumour has it that one female bodybuilder collapsed, and was taken away on a stretcher [?]. Also Julie Lohre tore [...]

The Olympia is underway…press conference finished with less than 24 hours to go before it all begins. Will Jay repeat, or will Wolf or Dexter cause an upset?
We’ll see, but I think most hardcore bodybuilding fans can guess what will most likely happen
Athletes meeting video:

Photos of the press conference can be found here on Flexonline, [...]

The Olympia will be webcast free by bodybuilding.com, to view click right here.
Friday: September 26 
Webcast begins at 6:30pm USA PT (around 9:30am Sat 27th Australia time*)
Includes: Mr. Olympia Pre-Judging, Ms. Olympia Finals & Fitness Olympia Finals
Saturday: September 27 
Webcast begins at 6:30pm PT (around 9:30am Sun 28th Australia time* )
Includes: Mr. Olympia Finals & Figure Olympia Finals
There [...]