Everything Is Up For Grabs At The 2018 Arnold Classic Women's Shows

It won't be same old, same old when the women hit the stage at the 2018 IFBB Fitness, Figure, Bikini, and Physique International competitions at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Despite the return of defending champs in two of the four events, the winners of this year's events are anybody's guess. In every division there are talented challengers capable of earning the judges' respect—and myriad questions as to who will stand in the spotlight with promoter Arnold Schwarzenegger at evening's end.

I'm no psychic, but here is my quickie guide to handicapping the female-physique clash in Columbus coming March 4-5.

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Oksana Grishina's retirement from the stage has left the sport of fitness—and this contest—wide open. All the big players will be in Columbus except Myriam Capes, the 2017 Olympia runner-up, but no one has emerged with the power to dominate the way the incomparable Grishina did. Stay tuned as the rest of the pack do their very best to...

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