The Masters Olympia comes back after 11 years away.
The Masters Olympia is coming back. Per a Dec. 1, 2022, announcement from the relatively newly-created Instagram account @mrolympiamasters, the 2023 edition of the competition will happen on Aug. 26-27, 2023, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The competition’s return marks 11 years since its last edition in 2012. It should be a showcase of 10 competitive divisions for participating athletes.
The 2023 Masters Olympia announcement detailed that a full list of invited athletes for the complete roster shall be revealed on Apr. 24, 2023.
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To garner a spot within the 2023 Masters Olympia, potential athletes must submit a “letter of intent” to an official email address — [email protected] — that denotes their age, nationality, competitive background, and any personal social media platforms. In any submissions, athletes even have the choice to incorporate a video application — now not than one minute) — and any images of their physique.
All applications should be submitted by Apr. 10, 2023. On the time of this text’s publication, it’s unclear how the items in every athlete’s application shall be evaluated for potential invitations.
Listed below are the age requirements for every of the respective divisions on the 2023 Masters Olympia:
2023 Masters Olympia Required Ages By Division
- Men’s Open — Age 45 and up
- Women’s Open — Age 45 and up
- Men’s Physique — Age 40 and up
- Women’s Physique — Age 40 and up
- Classic Physique — Age 40 and up
- 212 Bodybuilding — Age 45 and up
- Wellness — Age 40 and up
- Bikini — Age 40 and up
- Fitness — Age 40 and up
- Figure — Age 40 and up
Within the last edition of the Masters Olympia in 2012 — which featured just the Men’s Open division — 2008 Mr. Olympia champion Dexter Jackson captured the crown. Jackson’s win got here after the competition was absent for roughly nine years. Vince Taylor holds probably the most Masters Olympia titles, with five wins near the turn of the twentieth century (1996-1997, 1999-2001).
There is no such thing as a shortage of iconic competitors who could potentially pose on the stage in Romania within the Summer of 2023.
There’s Jackson, who technically stays the defending champion. There’s seven-time Mr. Olympia (2011-2017) Phil Heath, who stepped away from bodybuilding after a third-place result on the 2020 Mr. Olympia. He’s evidently still keeping in shape, judging from his media presence.
There’s also Jay Cutler. The four-time Mr. Olympia (2006-2007, 2009-2010) did shoot down rumors of a Masters Olympia return in mid-October 2022, but those plans could potentially change in the approaching months.
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With quite a lot of time before the 2023 Masters Olympia kicks off, more concrete information — similar to how fans can tune into the competition — will likely be revealed at a later time. Until then, a few of bodybuilding’s elder statespeople can start earnestly training to indicate off their dynamite physiques in Romania next August.
Featured image: @mrolympiamasters on Instagram