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12 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || NOVEMBER 2015 This flextastic weekend showcase has created fitness stars, helped launch acting and modelling careers, and blossomed into the ultimate weekend showdown, where the stakes are high, the rivalries fierce, and the winner takes all. The buildup to the 1975 Mr. Olympia in Pretoria South Africa was featured in the film Pumping Iron (1977), which helped launch the acting careers of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. To date, the record number of wins for Mr. Olympia is eight, held jointly by Lee Haney, (1984-1991) and Ronnie Coleman (1998%u20132005). Coleman returned in 2006 to defend his title but instead placed second to Jay Cutler, who won his first title after five consecutive years of finishing second to Coleman. Cutler successfully defended his title again in 2007 and Coleman placed fourth and announced his retirement from competition. The next year, Mr. Olympia went to Dexter Jackson who defeated Jay Cutler. However, in 2009, Jay Cutler made history by being the third Mr. Olympia (the others being Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu) to reclaim the title and the only Mr. Olympia in history to reclaim the title after having it lost, by returning on stage and defeating the reigning champion Dexter Jackson who placed third in 2009.Cutler returned to claim his fourth Mr. Olympia title in 2010, but lost it the next year to Phil Heath, beginning a winning streak for Heath that would last through to the present day. From 2012 to 2015, the Olympia was dominated by the rivalry between Kai Greene and Heath, with Greene taking second place and Heath first for three years running. This September in Las Vegas, saw Heath win his fifth straight title; Greene, however, did not compete.MOST Fitness attended the esteemed competition this year and was able to witness the effort and hard work by all the contestants firsthand. It is with pride that we congratulate Ashley Kaltwasser, one of our very own cover models from our June 2015 issue, on her epic win. As the defending Ms. Bikini Olympia champion, Ashley Kaltwasser came out with everything she had to win the 2015 gold medal, becoming the first Ms. Bikini to win three times in a row. Way to go Ashley!