Mr. Olympia is considered one of the most competitive contests in the sphere of bodybuilding. Every year several dozens of aspirants try to come up on top of the list by portraying their best physique, yet only one can lay claim to the title of Mr. Olympia. This year’s winner, Derek Lunsford showed his superiority on stage to win the title but some of the fans of his rivals could not believe the final outcomes.
Derek Lunsford is only 30-years-old. The bodybuilding beast however has already achieved the honour of being Mr, Olympia from two distinct divisions. Thus, after the 2X Mr. Olympia won this year’s medals, the silver medal winner, Hadi Choopan fans had been sending him threatening messages.
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Derek Lunsford’s message after negative comments
After Choopan stormed off the stage, most of his fans were enraged with the winner of the season. These fans have consistently shown their disagreement regarding the judgment. Much like Choopan, even the fans could not believe in the results. After several threats and offending comments, Lunsford has addressed these fans indirectly yet in a very modest way.
He wrote in the caption of one of his Instagram stories, “I just wanna see everyone win in life. So, if you’re reading this, I am rooting for you.” The healthy approach chosen by Mr. Olympia truly depicts his true sportsmanship and capacity to handle stressful situations.
However, when Derek Lunsford was getting offensive comments against his family, he could not help but call out those commentators.
Derek Lunsford talks about the line people are crossing
When the bodybuilding beast kept getting threatening comments against his family -at the premise of his upcoming baby girl – he instantly made a statement about it. He stated,?“I just want to say that there is a point where it does cross the line”.?Furthermore, he added to the statement, by saying,??Whenever my family gets involved. When there?s threats being made to my family or myself.?
The only way to win in life has to come from several layers of experience and failures. Yet when athletes get up from their trodden position and look up for the upcoming challenge to reverse their fate, they get a bit closer to their victory. After Derek Lunsford has announced his presence in Arnold’s Classic, do you think he will win that title this year as well? Let us know in the comments below.
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