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In the latest installment of Bodybuilding.coms pre-Olympia video series Bob Cicherillo travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, to meet Jay Cutler for an interview in Jay’s home, and a back workout in “Jay’s” Gold’s Gym in Vegas. Five weeks out from Mr. Olympia, what are Cutler’s thoughts?

Watch Mr. Olympia himself, Jay Cutler, get ready for the 2007 Mr. Olympia rematch. Can he beat Ronnie Coleman and Victor Martinez again this year and successfully defend his crown?

Complete Olympia: The Series Listing with links:

• Introduction: Series Trailer - Date: 6/29/2007
• Episode #1: Marcus Haley - Date: 7/09/2007
• Episode #2: Annie Rivieccio - Date: 7/17/2007
• Episode #3: Silvio Samuel Saviour - Date: 7/20/2007
• Episode #4: Toney Freeman - Date: 7/24/2007
• Episode #5: Darrem Charles - Date: 7/27/2007
• Episode #6: Dayana Cadeau - Date: 7/31/2007
• Episode #7: Melvin Anthony - Date: 8/3/2007
• Episode #8: Quincy Taylor - Date: 8/7/2007
• Episode #9: Ronnie Coleman - Date: 8/14/2007
• Episode #10: Johnnie O. Jackson - Date: 8/17/2007
• Episode #11: Monica Brant-Peckham - Date: 8/21/2007
• Episode #12: Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler - Date: 9/04/2007

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In an earlier post I asked “Will this years webcast from Olympia Weekend suck?“. Now Hard Body Entertainment, the company contracted to produce the television pay-per-view, post-event DVD:s, and live webcast, has released more information about the webcast:

The webcast will be able to be viewed at www.hardbodyentertainment.TV:

$24.95 will buy you an entire weekend (14 hours) of Olympia experience via the webcast. Things are certainly looking better…

Gene X Hwang writes on the blog on Genex Online Magazine:

“The only time there were two Ms. Olympias was (in 2000) when Andrulla Blanchette (older interview on bodybuilding.com) and Valentina Chepiga (older interview on bodybuilding.com) won it together as the classes were split up. Andrulla is back training some but also has some of her suits and such on auction at eBay now while Valentina is planning a comeback for the 2007 Olympia!”

Read more on Rachel McLish at Wikipedia. Rachel became an inductee to the IFBB Hall of Fame in 1999:

“Rachel McLish merits special historical significance in the sport of women’s bodybuilding. This honor comes by virtue of winning the inaugural United States Championships in 1980, as well as that year’s first-ever IFBB Ms. Olympia contest.

In an unparalleled period of mainstream exposure, Rachel was the center of much attention; the 1985 movie release Pumping Iron II: The Women focused on her participation in the 1983 Caesar’s World Cup.”

Hat tip: loribraunblog.com

Annie Rivieccio will be posting photos of her shape until she competes in 2006 Ms. Olympia on her blog. Last year Annie won the heavyweight class at New York Pro Championships and came 13th at 2005 Ms. Olympia. It was her first time competing in the Ms Olympia and her fifth pro show overall.

“This year I will start posting some countdown pics of my prep for the Ms. O. I am so excited to get to compete…again! I will begin posting the pics on Friday each week starting this Friday so please check back to see my progress. I weigh 166lbs right now. I started my diet at 8 weeks this time because I have a terrible time sticking to a diet…”