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|  Arnold 5k and Arnold 5K Pump and Run Matt McGowan February 2008 RunOhio
Registration for the March 2nd Arnold 5K is still being
accepted online until February 23rd - http://www.signmeup.com/583
58 - Registration for the Arnold 5K Pump and Run is
closed. For more information go to -
Both events are part of the 20th annual Arnold Sports
Festival held in Columbus, Ohio February 29 - March 2nd - http://www.arnoldclassic.com/h_sports.asp?sl=1
Arnold EXPO
The Arnold Sports Festival is "A Weekend of Sports and A
Lifetime of Fitness" hosting 39 sporting events. More than
17,000 athletes and 150,000 sports fans watch three days of
athletic competition that tests human capabilities in the
widest variety of sports in one place for so many athletes
than any other event in the world.
There are more than 650 booth spaces in the Arnold EXPO at
the Arnold Sports Festival. As many as 150,000 sports fans and
fitness fans pass through the doors of the Greater Columbus
Convention Center on their way to the 36 sporting events
during the weekend.
Arnold Sports Festival
Beside the sold out Arnold 5K Pump and Run other events
during the weekend include: Arnold 5K, Active Aging,
Armwrestling, Archery, Bench Press, Boxing, Cheerleading &
Dance Team, Cycling, DanceSport, Fencing, Grappling,
Gymnastics, Powerlifting, Strongman, Strength Summit, Table
Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
IFBB Events include: Arnold Classic, Ms International,
Fitness International and Figure International.
Amateur Events include: Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure.
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The Arnold Sports Festival A brief history
What started as a one-day bodybuilding competition 20 years
ago has grown into three days of spectacular sports
competitions and demonstrations. Three dozen events make it
the largest sports and fitness weekend in the world.
How did it all begin? At the age of 15, Arnold
Schwarzenegger discovered weightlifting in his native Graz,
Austria. In just five years, he won the title of Mr. Universe
and a bodybuilding legend was born. He went on to win an
unprecedented 13 world bodybuilding titles.
Jim Lorimer recognized the talent of the young
Schwarzenegger, who was a relative unknown in the United
States. When Lorimer brought the Austrian to Columbus, Ohio
for guest posing at a weight lifting competition in 1968,
Arnold promised to produce bodybuilding competitions with
Lorimer in Columbus when he retired as a professional
bodybuilder. Arnold was true to his word. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Jim Lorimer began producing bodybuilding
competitions in Columbus including a Mr. Olympia in 1976 and a
Mr. Pro World in 1986.
Through the years, Schwarzenegger and Lorimer's passion for
fitness has continued. For more than three decades, they have
produced bodybuilding competitions in Columbus where the
Annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic began in 1989 as a one-
day event.
Its growth and popularity led to the addition of the Ms.
International women's professional bodybuilding contest in
1989; the Fitness EXPO in 1993; the Fitness International, a
contest of athleticism and appearance in 1994; a martial arts
festival in 1996; cheerleading in 2000; and the Cheerleading
and Dance Team National Championships, Gymnastics Challenge
and the Arnold 5K Pump and Run in 2001.
Since then the addition of more events such as strongman,
archery, table tennis, fencing and powerlifting have made the
Arnold Sports Festival the largest fitness celebration in the
world. Every year the event gets bigger. It now features 12
different Olympic sports among its 37 events that attract
17,000 competitors and 150,000 fans to three premier Columbus
venues. New amateur bodybuilding, fitness and figure
competitions and the Active Aging Festival were added in 2007.
The latest additions are cycling and a USA Weightlifting team
trial.
Schwarzenegger has achieved stardom through his varied
careers in fitness, film, business, politics and philanthropy.
Lorimer has diverse experiences as a sports activist, business
and community leader as well as promoter of the Arnold Sports
Festival.
Arnold Sports Festival 2008:
World's largest sport & fitness weekend
With 37 events and 12 Olympic sports the 2008 Arnold Sports
Festival presents fitness and fun for the entire family Feb.
29, March 1 & 2. Event co-producers California Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger and James Lorimer will celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the Arnold Classic, the professional
bodybuilding competition that has grown into the world's
largest multi-sport fitness weekend.
More than 150,000 sports fans are expected to witness
17,000 athletes compete in a wide range of sports. The popular
three-day Arnold Fitness EXPO anchors the festival with 650
fitness-related booths and ongoing stage entertainment. The
Arnold Sports Festival has expanded to three venues: the
Greater Columbus Convention Center, Franklin County Veterans
Memorial and Nationwide Arena.
The Arnold Sports Festival has a strong family focus: most
participants are youth competing in archery, cheerleading,
dancesport, gymnastics, fencing, martial arts, table tennis,
and wrestling. Top student athletes have a chance to win one
of ten $1000 college scholarships presented by the Columbus
Rotary.
Olympic events: The Arnold Sports Festival is
quickly becoming a proving ground for many aspiring athletes.
Former Olympians and Olympic hopefuls will appear or compete
in 12 Olympic sports, including archery, boxing, cycling,
fencing, gymnastics, judo, running, table tennis, tae kwon do,
weightlifting, wrestling, and wu shu.
New in 2008:
* the Arnold Amateur IFBB International Bodybuilding,
Fitness & Figure Championships where 300 of the world's best
amateurs will compete; "For a $10 daily EXPO ticket you can see more world class
sporting events than anywhere else," Lorimer said. "Bring the
whole family, there is something for everyone."
* Arnold Fitness EXPO
* Arnold 5K Pump and Run
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com/a
rnold
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