Hidetada Yamagashi is getting all the attention due to winning the 212 Mr Olympia. He is the first Japanese bodybuilder who secured his place in Mr. Olympia’s top ten and also got invited to the Arnold Classic. He had started bodybuilding at a young age to enter the school Rugby team. Now he is a better IFBB pro. The 50-year-old retired bodybuilder never lost hope of winning a major title and 2023 was his year.

The biggest turning point of his journey is that he retired from the industry but came back to win the 2023 212 competitions. Nick breaks down the top five positions and adds his ideas on the ?controversial? results.

The controversial results of 212 Olympias

‘Nick?s Strength and Power’ uploaded the latest 2023 Master?s Olympia Results and Hide the ‘Dragon’ came to be the winner. The Youtuber also said, ?Today was day one of 2023 Masters Mr Olympia in Romania.? Nick was excited to see him back and said, ?A big name that I was excited to see back.”

Nick also introduced the veteran IFBB pro bodybuilder and narrated, ?He started in open bodybuilding then he switched to 212 and he eventually stopped competing and now he?s back here.? The IFBB pro made history as the first Japanese bodybuilder to qualify for the Olympia and get invited to the Arnold Classic.

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Nick also talked about the top five qualifiers in the 212 Mr. Olympia. David Henry won second place. Anwar Darwish was third and fourth place was Steve D. Thayer. Fifth place was taken by Jonny Shreve. Nick mentioned Hide?s conditioning and flawless muscles at the age of 50. He was in his trademark conditioning and shredded muscles.

Even if Nick was anticipating the win, he was a little surprised by the results. However, according to Nick, Hide does not have his back muscles as shredded as David’s, so he ranked Hidetada below David, and he also said that the decision was controversial. According to him, Hide won because he had better conditioning than David.

Hidetada wins the bodybuilding world?s respect

Hidetada made history in 2007 as the first Japanese bodybuilder to compete in Mr. Olympia. ‘The Dragon’ as he is named in the bodybuilding world, started the sport at 16. He has had his share of achievements by winning the Europa Show of Champions and placing 2nd in the Phoenix Pro and the New York Pro Championships.

Yamagashi even won 212 Arnold Classic in 2016 and he has always made Japan proud. He even Even after retiring from the bodybuilding world in 2022, he came back in 2023 and had everyone blown away by his prowess.

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