Roelly Winklaar addresses the fans.

The 2019 Arnold Classic saw the ascendance of Brandon Curry to champion over a field of extremely talented bodybuilders. Brandon Curry is now the man most likely to give Shawn Rhoden an interesting challenge at the 2019 Olympia. Many thought Roelly Winklaar would take home the victory, considering his third place showing at the 2018 Olympia. Unfortunately for him, that wasn’t in the cards.

Roelly Winklaar placed fifth at the 2019 Arnold Classic, a shock to many in attendance. Roelly Winklaar went from being the man who would take the top spot to just breaking the top five at the Arnold Classic. We have to consider that Roelly Winklaar was injured just a few months back which could have hindered his performance in some way.

Hoping to connect with his fans and explain what happened at the 2019 Arnold Classic, Roelly Winklaar went to Instagram to address his followers and explain his showing at the competition.

 

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Now that all is said and done, I feel I owe it to my fans to explain the events that happened before the Arnolds. I realize my showing was not my best, but before the show I don’t make excuses, especially when I make the commitment to compete at the Arnolds already. I do the job as best as I can. I do it for the fans because I don’t want to let them down. At the beginning of the year I underwent minor surgery for my knees which meant I took a break from my leg training and when I did start back training legs I could only train at 85%. The biggest blow though was when I went to Nepal to guest pose I ended up contracting food poisoning and became very sick just two weeks before the Arnold. I have to say thank you to the people of Nepal for making their best effort to take very good care of me when I was sick. I am sorry I disappointed you, but you know that this time was not typical Roelly Winklaar and I can only promise to come better next time. Thank you all for your love and support. AND CONGRATZ TO TOP 6 2019.. @brandon__curry verry happy for you man.. @abdullah_84otb ? @william_bonac @cedricmcmillan @stevekuclo @lukesandoe

A post shared by TeamWinklaar (@roellywinklaar) on Mar 3, 2019 at 6:53am PST

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