Certainly one of the game’s great coaches thinks the 2022 Olympia may have a clash of the titans.
There’s no shortage of compelling storylines on deck on the 2022 Mr. Olympia. For instance, Chris Bumstead is vying for a fourth consecutive Classic Physique Olympia title while being coached by a legendary steward. On the flip side, the 212 champion from 2021, Derek Lunsford, shall be an element of the flagship Men’s Open division after a noteworthy transition. Though, all these tidbits likely pale compared to what might be the highest dogfight on Dec. 16-18, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV.
Mamdouh “Big Ramy” Elssbiay is in search of to hitch an exclusive, all-time company with a 3rd straight Mr. Olympia championship. Nick Walker, the athlete some consider to be the No. 1 contender to Elssbiay’s throne, is seemingly coming on with a full head of steam. In a Nov. 14, 2022, video on James “Flex” Lewis’ YouTube channel, legendary coach and 1989 Mr. Universe Miloš Šarčev maintained he thinks Elssbiay and Walker will present the predominant attraction on the 2022 Olympia.
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In the meanwhile, few people is perhaps as plugged into what could occur on the 2022 Olympia as Šarčev. The coach is currently working with two separate rising athletes who’ve qualified for the competition — Samson Dauda and Behrooz Tabani Abar Ghani — and will add Joe Mackey to that catalog soon enough.
As he told Lewis, Šarčev has the informed opinion Elssbiay will once more stand on top of the Olympia podium.
“I see how the judges would favor Ramy [Elssbiay] because he’s just too overwhelming,” Šarčev said. “So, I still think Ramy, it’s his show to lose, but I don’t think that’s going to occur.”
After all, the competitor Šarčev saw fit to say as someone who could topple Elssbiay was Walker. The coach reflected on what Walker dropped at the table performance-wise in a stellar fifth-place debut on the 2021 Olympia. He considered that the young athlete might return for his second go-round with an impeccable flourish against the game’s current king. In actual fact, Šarčev believes a battle between Elssbiay and Walker is what everyone within the bodybuilding sphere is waiting for with bated breath.
“He [Nick Walker] was overwhelming,” Šarčev noted. “That front double biceps. Jesus Christ, those arms are [expletive] phenomenal. How could you not compare them? The world desires to see him [Nick Walker] next to Big Ramy, right? They will compare them, and let’s see which direction they go.”
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Šarčev probably isn’t incorrect. Elssbiay indeed is perhaps the headliner in a stacked respective field of athletes and stories. Nonetheless, a promising competitor like Walker, who’s trying to make a reputation for himself in the most effective possible ways, sets up a possible bodybuilding battle the world won’t soon forget.
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