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 THE VOLT // OLYMPIA AFTER THE LIGHTS Issue 017 • 27 Sep 2026 • 5-minute read |
On the Rack Today | 01 | Nick Walker held off Samson Dauda by two scorecard points. | | 02 | Every champion from all 12 Olympia divisions, in one clean board. | | 03 | The 11th-to-first climb and the first name in Fit Model history. |
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01 / The Lead Lift |
Nick Walker took the Sandow by two points. The weekend got stranger from there.Nick Walker is the 2026 Mr. Olympia, and the official scorecard shows just how little room he had to breathe. Walker finished with 18 points, Samson Dauda with 20, and two-time champion Derek Lunsford with 24. Lower is better. Walker carried the lead out of judging, but Dauda won the finals score 5-10. That late charge nearly flipped the contest. It did not. Walker's combined total held, giving him his first Sandow, the $600,000 top prize, and a place as the 20th Men's Open champion. The top five finished Walker, Dauda, Lunsford, Andrew Jacked, and Tonio Burton. The defending champion is now the man who placed sixth one year ago, while Dauda proved the gap can disappear in one session. |
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The Open Scorecard 18 Walker | 20 Dauda | 24 Lunsford |
Lower is better. Two points separated the Sandow from silver. |
02 / The Champion Board Twelve divisions. Twelve names to remember.| Men's Open | Nick Walker | | Men's 212 | Keone Pearson | | Classic Physique | Niall Darwen | | Men's Physique | Ryan Terry | | Ms. Olympia | Andrea Shaw | | Figure | Lola Montez | | Fitness | Michelle Fredua-Mensah | | Women's Physique | Natalia Abraham Coelho | | Wellness | Eduarda Bezerra | | Bikini | Jasmine Gonzalez | | Fit Model | Shealynn Burnett | | Pro Wheelchair | Blake Colleton |
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03 / Three Results That Changed the Map |
 11th. Fifth. First.Darwen climbed ten Olympia places in two years, beat Mike Sommerfeld 7-10, and became the first British Classic Physique champion. Read the full climb |  The first name on the listFit Model debuted at the Olympia, and Burnett won after a pro season that went sixth, first, first, first. Meet the first champion |
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04 / The Reigns Continue New champions arrived. The dynasties did not leave.Keone Pearson made it four straight in 212. Ryan Terry won a fourth consecutive Men's Physique crown, tying Jeremy Buendia's division record. Andrea Shaw reached seven Ms. Olympia titles. Michelle Fredua-Mensah and Eduarda Bezerra both defended their crowns. The weekend changed the map without clearing it. |
05 / One More Rep Keep the scorecards, lose the guessworkThe complete Men's Open report has every top-ten placing, the official 18-20-24 score, and the prize breakdown. The all-divisions results hub keeps all twelve winners in one place and links to each division's complete results. |
06 / Sunday Assignment Make one informed argumentPick the result you did not expect, open its scorecard, and compare the winner with second place. One informed argument beats twelve all-caps comments before breakfast. |
THE VOLT is FitnessVolt's spotter for smarter training: useful plans, clear cues, and no wasted reps. Written by the FitnessVolt editorial team, using FitnessVolt's Olympia reporting and official IFBB Pro League scorecards. You are receiving this because you subscribed to FitnessVolt updates. View online • Manage preferences • Unsubscribe |
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