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OK, sorry for the misunderstanding. That's cool that your dad has those classic magazines. I have a lot of those too and I bought some of the older ones on Ebay that I didn't have. That show you are thinking of was either the Pro World that Arnold used to promote (before it became the Arnold Classic) or it might have been the Olympia because that was held in Columbus in 1986. I remember Arnold cutting him off too. Chris Dickerson was excellent when he was doing the commentary for the ESPN shows. I met Chris at the Tampa Bay pro show in June and I told him what a great job he did on those broadcasts. It was sort of funny how they put him on with a basketball announcer who didn't know anything about bodybuilding. Did you ever see that movie "Best in Show" about the dog shows? They had a similar thing in that movie where they put a dog expert on the TV commentary with this sports announcer who was clueless about dog shows. It was hilarious!

Wow, your Dad is Ellington Darden? That's wild! Actually, that picture you are talking about is the one Dave used for the article. Sergio went into the Olympia in '84 but back in '80 he was competing in Europe in Serge Nubret's organization, WABBA. He was huge back then! I agree with you about the look today, I think a lot of people are turned off by it, to be honest. Yes, you're right, Bob Paris was complaining about the direction of the sport way back then and he was right.

Wow, that's awesome that you got to go to your first Olympia when you only 10 years old. You have a good Dad like I do.
Yeah, I met Sergio several times. He was like a God in the Chicago area when he was at his peak. Did you read that article I posted on RX Muscle about Sergio in 1980? He was quite a character. Unfortunately, he's in really bad shape right now. He's so frail looking, it's hard to believe he's the same person. Are you going to the Olympia this year?

Yes, those were the days. LOL
I remember a story I read about Lee Haney himself calling Golds Gym in 1992 to find out who won the Olympia the year after he won it. Isn't that crazy? 8 time Mr. Olympia had to call Golds Gym to see who won the contest that year.

lol