New Yorker, Kai Greene was crowned the 22nd Arnold Classic champion for the second year in a row over the weekend, beating out the other 12 pros that made up the field at the Arnold Sports Festival. By winning the 2010 event Greene took home the $130,000 first prize and also won the Most Entertaining Posing Award and Best Presentation Award.
Phil Heath came in second, with Texan Branch Warren completing the podium.
Placings:
1st: Kai Greene: $130,000
2nd: Phil Heath: $75, 000
3rd: Branch Warren: $50,000
4th: Dexter Jackson: $30,000
5th: Toney Freeman: $15,000
Iris Kyle (Ms. International), Adela Garcia (Fitness International) and Nicole Wilkins Lee (Figure International) walked away with the titles on Friday night at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival.
Iris Kyle, of Cypres, Texas, took the 2010 IFBB Ms. International title at the Arnold Sports Festival for the second year running, emulating the success of Kai Greene in the men's division.
Placings:
1st: Iris Kyle
2nd: Yaxeni Oriquen-Garcia
3rd: Debi Laszewski
4th: Lisa Aukland
5th: Betty Pariso
Adela Garcia of Austin, Texas won the Fitness International competition at the Arnold Sports Festival 2010 over the weekend, taking home $25,000.
Placings:
1st: Adela Garcia
2nd: Julie Palmer
3rd: Tanji Johnson
4th: Trish Warren
5th: Oksana Grishina
Nicole Wilkins Lee of Sterling Heights, Michigan won the Figure International Championships, with a first prize of $16,000.
Placings:
1st: Nicole Wilkins
2nd: Erin Stern
3rd: Heather Mae French
4th: Mindi Smith
5th: Felicia Romero
Angela Kegler of Columbus, Ohio, was named overall winner of the Arnold Amateur NPC Masters Figure Championship competition. In the Masters Figure Medium Class, Deborah Judy of Washington Crossing, Penn., took first place. In the Masters Figure Tall Class, Andrea Ternes of Elyria, Ohio, took first.
Chady Dunmore of Roseville, CA, was named the overall winner of the Arnold Amateur NPC Bikini Championship, beating out a field of 89 athletes, more than double the amount that competed in the event's inaugural year in 2009.
In the Bikini Short Class, Annette Perry of Natick, Massachusetts placed first, while the Bikini Medium Class was won by Noemi Olah of Hungary. In the Bikini Tall Class, Dunmore took first place.




