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VIDEO 4 PRESENTS

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THE BATLLE FOR GOLD

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The Registry Hotel[br]Entrance

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Hi, I'm Tom Flats.

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Welcome to Hollywood, California.[br]Universal Studios.

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Site of the 1998 Mr. Olympia contest.

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Bodybuilders from all over the world[br]are here to compete tonight

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for the Mr. Olimpia contest.[br]Bodybuilding's most prestigious event.

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The favorite tonight, of course,[br]is Mr. Olympia Lee Haney.

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Lee Hayney has won it four times in a row.[br]Can he win it five times?

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And can he ever dream of coming close to[br]matching Arnold Schwarzenegger's record,

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of wining it seven times?

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Over the years we have heard a lot about[br]the weights of the bodybuilders,[br]in the magazines.

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And, there's a lot of speculatiion.[br]This year, it's gonna be official.

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You'll see them, and then[br]you'll know what they weigh.

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Take your seats gentlemen.[br]First bodybuilder, Richcus Barry.[br]

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Rich has focused this year was,

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reducing his body weight over last year.

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He was too heavy last year[br]and appeared to blocky on stage.

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And making his waist look small,[br]he feels he'll be able to be more of a threat,

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more of a viable threat to Lee.

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Two hundred nine and a half pounds.

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I'm going into this show,

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going in the best that I can be.

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And that's what I wanna do. I wanna go in,[br]to this show, with people saying,

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"Man, does Barry look phenomenal."

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"Does Barry look the best shape[br]I've ever seen him?"

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You know, and to me,

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that's more satisfaction[br]than winning this contest.

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But, you know, I was saying this[br]the whole way training for this contest

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and out comes down to the wire[br]and I wanna win.

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I wanna win this thing bad.

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You know that I feel that I've improved[br]my symetry.

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I kept that mass in my upper body,[br]but I lost it all in the waist

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so I have more of a streamline physique.

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Having a small waist but a[br]thicker upper body.

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A thicker back.

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Everyone says my back's improved and[br]my arms have improved.

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Plus I think that with time and maturity,

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competing in the Mr. Olimpia.

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I started competing in the Mr. Olimpia[br]at 22 years old.

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I was relatively young.

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And being that young,[br]I feel like my muscles haven't matured yet.

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Now being 25, they,[br]they seem to look a lot more mature.

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They have more of that density.