Derek Lunsford Wins 2021 212 Olympia Title
The Olympia is always an event to reckon with in the world
of sports. We cannot forget last year's
Olympia in a hurry when Shaun Clarida has crowned the 212 Olympia champion
amind tears of joy rolling from his eyes.
Fast forward to the years 2021 October 7-10, the city of Orlando Florida
hosted another close battle for the Olympia title, and this time another person
emerged as a winner.
At this event, the
2020 Olympia champion Clarida came back to defend his title against one of the
strongest roasters ever. Which include the duo of Karmal Elgargni who was the
2019 champion and Derek Lunsford.
As we have it,
Lunsford's posing routine and significantly improved package- which we can
attribute to his new coach Hany Rambod – put in on the top to win the 2021
Olympia title.
For the judges to
compare and do pre-judging, Clarida, Elgargni, and Lunsford left to the top of
the field to receive their final comparisons.
The three rotated spots and performed the same number of poses. Each of
them posed to their presumed favored side all three times.
212 Olympia Finals
The finals of the
2021 Olympia finals featured the top 10 athletes after pre-judging. The callout
Featured the likes of Clarida, Lunsford, Elgargni, and Angel Calderon Frias.
But Lunsford and Clarida maintained the center of the stage and never swapped.
The second batch of
callouts included Ahmad Ashkanani, Kerrith Bajjo, Tonio burton, Nathan Epler,
Naser Mohammed, and John Jewett. This second callout had the battle for the
final spot in the top five. The judges
did not ask any of the athletes to trade spaces. In the second callout, Epler
and Ashkanani held the center. Ultimately,
Epler managed to enter the top 5.
The third callout
featured only Clarida in Lunsford in a head-to-head. They opened with a front
double biceps and transgressed into a front lat spread. The broadcast team
however noted the weight discrepancy between the two men.
Clarida weighs around
180 pounds on stage while Lunsford weighs around 212 pounds. The judges swapped Lunsford`s and Clarida`s
places and both bodybuilders performed every pose an additional time. As judges looked, it seemed that the two of
them were worthy of the title.
This is Lunsford's
fifth Olympia appearance and his first win. He came fifth in 2017, second in
2018 and 2019, and then came fourth in 2021.
According to NPC news online Lunsford has been competing since 2015 but
won the title in 2021.
