The 58th 2022 Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend is underway with 11 divisions battling on the sport’s most prestigious stage for the ultimate bodybuilding title. The event, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, featured an array of Men’s 212 Bodybuilding competitors, who took to the stage during prejudging on Friday at 9am.
This year’s 212 Olympia is packed with excitement as the reigning 212 Olympia Derek Lunsford received and accepted a special invitation to compete in the Men’s Open division at the 2022 installment of the contest. Therefore, when the smoke clears, a new champion will be crowned as the 212 Olympia champion.
Heading into show, all eyes were on former champions Shaun Clarida and 51-year-old Kamal Elgargni. Clarida was actually qualified to compete in the Open at Olympia as well after winning the 2021 Legion Sports Fest Pro, but just a few weeks ago, recommitted to 212 Bodybuilding and winning back his title.
During prejudging, former 212 Olympias Kamal Elgargni and Shaun Clardia stood out with fullness and excellent conditioning. Clarida’s vascularity was one of his strongest assets while Angel Calderon Frias turned a ton of heads with an insane upper body. The judges put the final three through a series of poses and many fans believe Shaun Clarida is leading the race.
Check the callout reports below:
2022 Men’s 212 Olympia Pre-judging
First Callout
- Ahmad Ashkanani
- Kerrith Bajjo
- Shaun Clarida
- Kamal Elgargni
- Angel Calderon Frias
- Oleh Kryvyi
- Keone Pearson
Second Callout
- Radoslav Angelov
- Naser Mohamed
- Bryan Balzano
- Felipe Moraes
- Yunglong Ping
- Dean White
Third Callout
- Mohamed El Azim
- Lucas Silva Coelho
- Oswaldo Gonzalez
- Dectric Lewis
- Peter Molnar
Fourth Callout
- Abdullah Alsaif
- Anwar Al Balushi
- Eduardo Correa
- Ahmed Fawzi
- Romain Ramassamy
- Daniel Sticco
- Douglass Connor
Fifth Callout
- Ahmad Ashkanani
-
Kerrith Bajjo
-
Oleh Kryvyi
-
Keone Pearson
-
Felipe Moraes
Final Callout (Top 3)
- Shaun Clarida
- Kamal Elgargni
- Angel Calderon Frias
212 Olympia Callout Highlights:
Friday Prejudging Recap:
- Fitness Pre-judging
- Figure Pre-judging
- Women’s Physique Pre-judging
- Ms. Olympia Pre-judging
- Mr. Olympia Open Bodybuilding Pre-judging
- Wellness Pre-judging
2022 Olympia Schedule
Friday 12/16/2022
Pre-judging:
9:00 am Pacific Time – 12 pm EST
- Fitness Olympia
- 212 Olympia
- Figure Olympia
- Women’s Physique Olympia
- Ms. Olympia
- Wellness Olympia
Friday Finals:
6:00 pm Pacific Time – 9 pm EST
- 212 Olympia Finals
- Fitness Olympia Finals
- Figure Olympia Finals
- Women’s Physique Olympia Finals
- Ms. Olympia Finals
- Wellness Finals
- Mr. Olympia Pre-Judging
Saturday 12/17/2022
Pre-judging:
9:00 am Pacific time – 12 pm EST
- Classic Physique Olympia
- Men’s Physique Olympia
- Bikini Olympia
- Wheelchair Olympia Pre-Judging & Finals
Saturday Finals:
7:00 pm Pacific Time – 10 pm EST
- Mr. Olympia
- Men’s Physique Olympia
- Bikini Olympia
- Classic Physique Olympia
Check out Fitness Volt’s 2022 Mr. Olympia Predictions
- Open Bodybuilding Mr. Olympia
- Classic Physique Olympia
- Ms. Olympia (Women’s Bodybuilding)
- 212 Men’s Bodybuilding
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