I have been looking high and low and cannot find where a single newspaper of any size has reported any results from the Olympia. The Olympia site, operated by American Media (AMI) has not been updated with results or news of any kind. The IFBB site has no updates since 9/26, before the contests. I can't find any press releases issued by AMI or the IFBB regarding the weekend's results for any event. In fact, the only post-contest mentions I can find in any significant media source both mock the event and don't even mention any winners - here and here.
So for those competitors who are afraid to break away from the IFBB and form a new federation because they attribute some level of omnipotence to the Weiders and their hangers-on, take note: the IFBB doesn't even know how to write a press release. And please go look for yourselves. I would love to be proved wrong here, but I don't think I am.
Update: Celebrity blog dlisted has some coverage and actually mentions Mr. Olympia winner Jay Cutler before mocking him mercilessly.
Dlisted is just an online rag. Nice pictures, but their comments are mere opinion. Why else would it be named 'Dlisted'?
Lingster
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2007-10-02 23:08:57
Yet it is widely read. And it is one of a tiny handful of widely-read media outlets that have covered the event at all.
bunter
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2007-10-03 07:49:46
They have a huge amount of coverage, web interviews etc over at bodybuilding.com. Too much in fact!
cpbell0033944
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2007-10-03 11:36:49
So much for thw wonders of the IFBB, then... :roll:
Fett
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2007-10-03 12:59:25
Idiots.
We had a perfect opportunity to make Lingster think he was crazy and imagined the Olympia weekend.
Could've driven him MAD I tells ya!
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2007-10-03 13:56:30
The IFBB has all their coverage at the web site http://www. ifbbprofessionalleag
ue.com/. They've recently been doing a much better job.
Lingster
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2007-10-03 17:00:54
It's nice that they're posting results someplace, but I wasn't able to find a press release through any of the usual sources last night. There aren't many sportswriters who are going to bother hunting this story down - the way to get it in periodicals not owned by AMI is to issue releases.
