That is the biggest discipline on the lads’s aspect of the stage.
Final up to date on October 1st, 2024
The 2024 Traditional Physique Olympia, set for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, as a part of the 2024 Olympia Weekend, would be the ninth version of the competition. The one-day contest will start on the Las Vegas Conference Heart as a part of the 2024 Olympia World Health Expo and end inside Resorts World that night.
The 63-man roster is the biggest on the lads’s aspect of the stage and within the division’s historical past. The complete lineup is beneath, beginning with the defending champion and adopted by the challengers within the order they certified.
2024 Traditional Physique Olympia Roster
- Chris Bumstead (Canada) — Defending Champion
- Fanni Fuadi (Indonesia)
- Nathaniel Joiner (USA)
- Chen Kang (China)
- Antoine Loth (Spain)
- Everson Costa Melo (Brazil)
- Damien Patrick (USA)
- Ramon Rocha Queiroz (Brazil)
- Urs Kalecinski (Germany)
- Gabriel Zancanelli (Brazil)
- Jihoon Bang (South Korea)
- Wesley Vissers (Netherlands)
- Han Jin Choi (South Korea)
- Logan Franklin (USA)
- Mike Sommerfeld (Germany)
- Daryn Shirbayev (Kazakhstan)
- JaeHun Park (South Korea)
- Michael Daboul (United Kingdom)
- Emanuele Ricotti (Italy)
- Fabiony Sylvain (USA)
- Fabio Junio (Brazil)
- Jeremiah Willies (USA)
- Tomas Adame (USA)
- Shicheng Jin (China)
- Richard Nagy (Hungary)
- Eric Lisboa (Brazil)
- Hyun Seok Lee (South Korea)
- Jose Manuel Munoz (Spain)
- Livingstone Livinho (Brazil)
- Matthew Greggo (USA)
- Luca Reger (Germany)
- Mikhail Timoshin (Russia)
- Lamar Shaw (USA)
- Robert Timms (USA)
- Abdullah Al-Sairafi (Kuwait)
- Niall Darwen (United Kingdom)
- Tyler Johnson (Canada)
- Zhivko Petkov (Bulgaria)
- Gabriel Pereira (Brazil)
- Osmar Alanis (Mexico)
- Stephane Matala (France)
- Shitian Wang (China)
- Bjay Carswell (USA)
- Ahmed Hameed Aleidani (United Arab Emirates)
- Kellen Wilson (Canada)
- Vahid Badpei (Iran)
- Carlos Dommar (Venezuela)
- Junior Javorski (Brazil)
- Andres Eduardo Taveras (Dominican Republic)
- Breon Ansley (USA)
- Diego Alejandro Galindo Garavito (Brazil)
- Justin Badurina (USA)
- Andrei Kozhokar (Russia)
- Matheus Menegate (Brazil)
- Kim Angel (Spain)
- Soomin Yoon (South Korea)
- Jorge Herrera (Mexico)
- Mauro Fialho (Spain)
- Jian Gao (China)
- Breno Freire (Brazil)
- Adrian Cyronek (Poland)
- Tony Taveras (USA)
- Julio Simoes (Brazil)
Terrence Ruffin was certified for this contest however withdrew from the lineup.
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Find out how to Qualify
Previous Olympia champions have lifetime eligibility to compete inside their division. If it has been over 5 years since their final Olympia win, they need to acquire permission from the IFBB Professional League workplace to compete within the Olympia.
The highest three finishers from the 2023 Olympia are routinely certified for the 2024 contest. The remainder of the lineup was crammed by opponents who received a professional present through the qualifying season, which concluded on Sept. 15, 2024.
The one different path to the Olympia stage is a particular invite from the IFBB Professional League or the Olympia promoters. No particular invitations have been introduced on the time of this text’s publication.
Previous Champions
5-time and defending champion Chris Bumstead is the early favourite to increase his file for many Olympia wins on this division. “CBum” has dominated this division since 2019 and is taken into account by many to be the preferred bodybuilder on the earth. Many really feel that so long as he isn’t off the mark, he’ll retain his title.
The one different champions on this lineup are 2017 and 2018 winner Breon Ansley, who’s the final athlete to have defeated Bumstead in competitors. After considering transferring to the 212 division in 2023, Ansley stays in Traditional Physique.
Regardless of of being a previous Olympia champion, Ansley received the 2024 Dubai Professional to clinch a qualification for this contest as a present winner. Ansley goals to be the primary to win again the Traditional Physique Olympia title after dropping it onstage. He ranked fourth on this contest in 2023.
High Contenders
If neither Bumstead nor Ansley wins, whomever does would be the fourth champion within the division’s historical past. The group of high contenders for this title has by no means been as massive as it’s in 2024.
Wesley Vissers emerged because the primary contender this season after his win on the 2024 Arnold Traditional Physique over two-time champion Ramon Rocha Querioz. “The Dutch Oak” was in his greatest form ever at that contest, and received the Arnold Traditional Physique UK contest two weeks later.
Vissers is seen as an athlete who can match Bumstead’s measurement. If Vissers can carry an enormous, ripped, he and Bumstead might placed on a present for the judges and followers. If Vissers wins, he would be part of Ansley as the one athlete to win each main Traditional Physique titles in the identical season.
Queiroz completed second to Bumstead in 2023 and 2022. Queiroz seeks redemption in opposition to Vissers and hopes to lastly dethrone Bumstead after failing to take action twice.
Urs Kalecinski has been as excessive as third on the Olympia stage, however has but to crack the highest two. He has overwhelmed Vissers prior to now however wants to maneuver previous Querioz and be in contrast in opposition to Bumstead.
Darkish Horses
Traditional Physique is wealthy in new expertise and seasoned opponents seeking to climb the rankings.
Michael Daboul ranked sixth in 2023 and scored an early 2024 qualification. Nonetheless, he was the sufferer of a reported assault by a number of safety guards at a contest in London, England, which affected his 12 months. Daboul has since returned to the stage and certified for the 2025 Olympia by way of successful the 2024 Titans Grand Prix Professional in Anaheim, CA, on Sept. 21, 2024.
Different high 10 contenders from 2023 returning in 2024 embrace Mike Sommerfeld, Vahid Badpei, and Jae Hun Park. Different athletes who might probably transfer into the highest 10 embrace Robert Timms, Damien Patrick, Eric Lisboa, and Matthew Greggo.
Different Notes
Each rounds of this contest, all 11 professional divisions, and the 2024 Newbie Olympia might be accessible to look at stay on the 2024 Olympia pay-per-view, which could be bought on the Olympia web site. BarBend will even share updates main as much as the Olympia and present protection of all of the contests in Las Vegas all through the weekend.
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