Victor Martinez plans to compete at the 2008 Olympia

[Polomac]

VICTOR DOING THE OLYMPIA?
Victor Martinez plans to compete at the 2008 Olympia

by Allan Donnelly

May 17, 2008

FLEXONLINE.COM

Despite several reports to the contrary, all signs are pointing to Victor Martinez competing in the 2008 Mr. Olympia on September 27-28 at the Orleans Arena.

Martinez tore his left patellar tendon in mid-January while performing a set of warm-up lunges while preparing for the Arnold Classic. He underwent surgery on January 18, leaving his participation in the 2008 Olympia in serious jeopardy. Most have assumed that Martinez will not be able to recover in time in order to resume training for competition.

However, this week, Martinez mailed in his signed Olympia contract, which can only mean one thing - the door is wide open for the No. 2 bodybuilder in the world to once again challenge Jay Cutler- and the vastly improved Dexter Jackson - for top honors at the Olympia.

But that's not all. FLEX Senior Writer Julian Schmidt recently caught up with Martinez and raised the question of whether or not Martinez would be ready to compete at the 2008. Here's what Martinez had to say:

“It's looking good that I will be in the Mr. Olympia," Martinez said. "I lost a little bit of size in my legs, but not too much. I’ve been training everything else as always, so I will definitely be ready, especially for Jay Cutler. I assure you I will be competitive with him. I'm always competitive with Jay.”

What does it all mean? Taken by itself, we'd look at Martinez's recent quote to be wishful thinking. But the fact that there's a signed contract, well, we're inclined to believe we'll be seeing Vic onstage in late September.

[nellle]

zanimljivo...

[Sheky]

koji je to tocno misic ozlijedio?

[Vladar]

What does it all mean? Taken by itself, we'd look at Martinez's recent quote to be wishful thinking. But the fact that there's a signed contract, well, we're inclined to believe we'll be seeing Vic onstage in late September.

Ko ce ti ga znati.

Vic je ranije ustvrdio da je oporavak protekao odlicno pa se mozda i pojavi, mada prije mislim da je ovo "igra" kako bi generisali sto vece interesovanje za MR O '08.

Izostanak trenutno No.2 ipak bi znacilo gubitak za takmicenje - iako je ovo jedna od Olympija sa realno najvise pretendenata za tron u posljednjih puno godina.

[sasacg]

Go Vic Ako ne ove godine,onda uzima titulu sledece :twisted: Za 2008. moze i Dex da se omrsi,nije frka :twisted:

[Pedja_Petrovic]

na zalost...kazem na zalost...VIC nikada nece uzeti Mr O

[CrazyVictor]

Pedja nemoj biti pesimista ! Vazno je verovati . . .
 

[Vladar]

Uprkos velikom broju glasina na internet boardovima, radio ili magazinskim izvjestajima, Victor Martinez je vrlo jasno stavio do znanja za MD DA JOS NIJE ODLUCIO da li ce nastupiti na MRO 2008!

Victor Martinez:
"Robin Chang iz AMI/WEIDER-a mi je rekao da trebam predati svoju Olympija aplikaciju, ali i naglasio mi da ukoliko budem mislio da moje tijelo nece biti spremno i ne moram da se takmicim! Do sada se jos nijesam odlucio u jednom ili drugom pravcu!"

Kada su ga upitali zasto je FLEX-ov novinar Julian Schmidt ustvrdio da mu je Vic rekao da ce najvjerovatnije nastupiti na MR O, Victorov odgovor je bio veoma kratak i jasan:

"Nijesam razgovarao sa Julianom i ne znam odakle mu to!"

Bez obzira na veliki broj glasina koje cirkuliraju netom cinjenica je da Victorov trening dobro napreduje i da se on raduje povratku na binu, bez obzira da li ce to biti na MR.O za 18 nedjelja ili iduce godine, na ASC sto ce nam samo vrijeme reci!

Izvor: Dave Palumbo

[Polomac]

Zaista ti ljudi se oporavljaju neverovatnom brzinom posle jakih povreda,ali zaista bi bilo cudo da Vic i uspe da se oporavi i da pritom bude konkurent za titulu,i jos pritom  da nije u najacem timu,noo...Vlade tnx...