The 2025 Arnold Traditional is now within the books, and this continues to be an thrilling time on the planet of bodybuilding the place the sphere for flexing is maybe as aggressive as ever. After a dramatic drop to third place at last year’s Mr. Olympia contest, Lunsford made a commanding return in Columbus, taking residence the trade’s second greatest prize.
Now $500,000 richer, Lunsford beat Samson Dauda, his top rival and the sixtieth Mr. Olympia on stage at The Arnold, doubtlessly offering him with the momentum required to win his third ‘O’ later this yr. Each males introduced their A-game over the weekend nevertheless, and it was a close-run race. Lunsford’s haul for the evening really totaled $510,000 as a result of he was additionally awarded the Ed Corny prize for finest poser within the competitors, displaying how vital it’s to not simply construct, but in addition current the very best bundle on stage.
“Look, I’ll be trustworthy with you,” stated Lunsford following the victory at his first ever Arnold Classic performance. “I’ve been wanting to do that present for a very long time. “First time I ever went to an enormous bodybuilding occasion like this, it was this, again in 2015.” That occasion proved to mild a hearth within the man that might grow to be an icon of the bodybuilding trade. “Quick ahead ten years later, 2025, being the Arnold Traditional Open (and a former) Mr Olympia champion, oof boy that’s loopy to assume.”
2025 Arnold Traditional Males’s Open Outcomes
- Derek Lunsford
- Samson Dauda
- Andrew Jacked
- Brandon Curry
- William Bonac
- Akim Williams
Elsewhere, Mike Sommerfield won the Men’s Classic Physique prize and Ali Bilal took residence the Males’s Physique trophy, whereas Vania Auguste gained her first Arnold Bikini Worldwide. Within the Wheelchair Division, Rajesh John took the crown. With some dominant returns and thrilling new champions, the street to Olympia is now in full swing.
