Blood bath: Don Youngblood inflicts grievous competitive harm on Vince Taylor at the 2002 Masters Olympia - Contest Report - bodybuilding - includes related article

Flex, Dec, 2002 by Jim Schmaltz

With such standouts as Orville Burke and Claude Groulx eligible for the Masters O next year, this show will only get tougher. Youngblood says he plans to defend his title in 2003, but he may find that only Hollywood studios know how to guarantee a sequel.

For more on the Masters Olympia, see Hard Times.

RELATED ARTICLE: 2002 JOE WEIDER'S MASTERS OLYMPIA RESULTS

August 16-17, 2002; Lynchburg, Virginia

1 Don Youngblood *

2 Vince Taylor

3 Geir Borgan Paulsen

4 David Hawk

5 Chris Duffy

6 John Hnatyschak

7 Flavio Baccianini

8 Pascal T'Hooft

9 Joe Palumbo

10 Anders Graneheim

11 John Simmons

12 Guido Conrad

13 Charles Kemp

14 Lee Apperson

15 Vlastimil Krivanek

16 Nicolae Giurgi

17 Emeric Delczeq

18 Jim Pedone

19 Sean Bullman

[20 Steve Davis

20 Stan Frydrych] tied

22 Aivars Visockis

23 Juan Barreto-Leoesma

24 Honore Cironte

25 Behnam Samimy

26 Leon Brown

Withdrew due to Injury: Juan Marquez

* Qualifies for 2002 Mr. Olympia contest.