James Hollingshead has confirmed that resilience can result in outcomes, qualifying for the 2026 Mr. Olympia remaining on his fourth try over the weekend. The British bodybuilder made historical past on the Lenda Murray Atlanta Professional Supershow, successful its first ever Open division contest and becoming a member of a stacked, eleven class present.
“I’m very honored,” stated Hollingshead, who admitted to being just a little starstruck throughout his submit win interview with Lenda Murray, the feminine bodybuilding legend that amassed eight total Ms. Olympia titles, and has now hosted 5 Atlanta Professional exhibits. “Atlanta goes to carry a spot in my coronary heart for the remainder of my life now, due to you Lenda.”
Punching his ticket to the 2026 Olympia had required some critical persistence nonetheless, as Hollinghead made runner-up at the Portugal Professional, China Professional, and Tampa Professional in the previous few weeks, earlier than lastly acing it in Atlanta.
James Hollinghead says that resilience results in outcomes
Struck by Hollinghead’s current journey, Murray stated, “That claims quite a bit. It means you really need it.”
The massive man agreed. “Yeah, I’m fairly resilient. It’s a superb attribute, and a foul attribute,” stated Hollingshead. “However for bodybuilding it’s a superb attribute. For the spouse, not so good typically,” he joked.
Murray felt that Hollinghead was a worthy winner on the evening, beating Regan Grimes to the highest spot. “Nicely, you held your conditioning, you’re in nice form, and there was no query about it,” stated Murray. “You have been the tightest, the most important. You simply introduced the entire package deal.” Hollingshead famous that he’d introduced a greater package deal to Atlanta than he needed to Tampa. “I feel being on U.S. soil for an additional week (after Tampa) has helped us, identical to, acclimatize,” defined the large Brit. “And, I’m an enormous fan of conditioning. I do know, I’ don’t have the most important muscle bellies, I’m fairly balanced, so for me, it’s nearly being onerous, and full sufficient to current it.”
To have a good time, Hollinghead informed Murray that he was trying ahead to a well-earned breakfast at First Watch, earlier than the onerous work begins on the street to Las Vegas.
Full Record of 2026 Lenda Murray Atlanta Professional Winners by Division
The 2026 Lenda Murray Atlanta Professional Supershow featured 11 IFBB Professional League divisions, with every winner incomes a direct qualification to the 2026 Mr. Olympia weekend.
- Males’s Bodybuilding Winner: James Hollingshead
- Males’s 212 Bodybuilding Winner: Juan Aleman
- Traditional Physique Winner: Gabriel Zancanelli
- Males’s Physique Winner: Corey Morris
- Girls’s Bodybuilding Winner: Alida Opre
- Girls’s Health Winner: Abby Bolton
- Girls’s Determine Winner: Nicole Zenobia Graham
- Girls’s Bikini Winner: Mahsa Akbarimehr
- Girls’s Physique Winner: Lenka Ferencukova
- Wellness Winner: Rosemary Rodriguez
- Match Mannequin Winner: Misty Yang
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