Arnold Sports Festival has released it’s 2017 Arnold Classic invites.
Believe it or not, we are closing in on that time of the year again – the Arnold Classic Ohio competition is only a few months away. More importantly, the Arnold Sports Festival has officially announced the invites for the 2017 Arnold Classic Ohio competition.
Of course this list is always subject to change – but this will hold us over for now. Here’s a rundown of the invitations:
Arnold Classic (9)
- Fouad Abiad
- Lionel Beyeke
- Maxx Charles
- Justin Compton
- Vitaly Fateev
- Dallas McCarver
- Cedric McMillan
- Juan Morel
- Shawn Rhoden
Arnold Classic 212 (10)
- Guy Cisternino
- Charles Dixon
- David Henry
- Manual Manchado
- Jose Raymond
- Mitchell Staats
- Zane Watson
- Quincy Winklaar
- Kyong Won Kang
- Hidetada Yamagishi
Fitness International (15)
- Marta Aguiar
- Myriam Capes
- Tiffany Chandler
- Regiane Da Silva
- Kristine Duba
- Fiona Harris
- Oksana Grishina
- Whitney Jones
- Ariel Khadr
- Dominique Matthews
- Ashley Sebera
- Rebecca Sizemore
- Missy Terwilliger
- Aurika Tyrgale
- Bethany Wagner
Figure International (15)
- Brittany Campbell
- Natalia Coelho
- Swann De La Rosa
- Michele De Silva Pinto
- Heather Dees
- Cydney Gillon
- Stephanie Hammermeister
- Ivana Ivusic
- Candice Lewis-Carter
- Vera Mallet
- Julie Mayer
- Krystal Ricci
- Carly Starling-Horrell
- Gennifer Strobo
Bikini International (18)
- Narmin Assria
- Sara Back
- Romina Basualdo
- Bianca Berry
- Iveth Carreon
- Natoshia Coleman
- Marcia Goncalves Anita Herbert
- Janet Layug
- Courtney King
- Stephanie Mahoe
- Christie Marquez
- Justine Munro
- India Paulino
- Jennifer Ronzitti
- Michelle Sylvia
- Angelica Teixeira
- Elizabeth Yisrael
The big thing to notice is that there is no mention of Kai Greene in the Men’s Open lineup. This might change down the line – but perhaps we won’t get another Cedric McMillan vs Kai Greene face off. If Kai doesn’t stand in his way – it seems there will be nothing stopping Cedric from landing a first place win.
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. For now it’s just a list and we’ll have to wait until March to see the actual physiques on stage.