Ronnie Coleman Tells Why He HATES Dorian Yates!
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Ronnie Coleman Tells Why He HATES Dorian Yates!
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Here’s the Other Half
Coleman reinvented himself in 1998—the year after Yates retired—and began his own eight-year reign of Olympia supremacy. In one of the frustrating quirks of history, they were never even in the same callout. In fact, their peaks were separated by a whole decade. Even though Yates is only two years older than Coleman, the former reached his shocking best in 1993 while the latter supersized in 2003. We never got to see them face of when at their most colossal. That’s why we’re approximating that dream duel in our imagination. But the rivalry? Oof! It remains hot.
Rivalry Refresher Course
When it comes to heavy hitters in the history of Mr. Olympia, there is only a small number of athletes who hit the mark for high number of Sandow trophies. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phil Heath, Lee Haney, and Ronnie Coleman come to mind. Then of course there’s also Dorian Yates who landed a total of six Olympia wins. Immediately after Yates stepped down, Ronnie Coleman went on to earn himself eight Sandow trophies tying for the world record set by Lee Haney. In a GI Exclusive Vault interview, Dorian Yates reflects on the moment Ronnie Coleman surpassed Yates’ record. During the filming of Ronnie Coleman: The King, GI spoke to a wide variety of legendary bodybuilders. Dorian Yates was one such bodybuilder, the reigning champ just before Ronnie rose up to the occasion. Like all films, not everything was able to fit into the final cut. That’s why they pulled out this extended interview from the cutting room floor featuring Dorian Yates.
Not Too Bothered
During GI’s sit down interview Dorian Yates didn’t seem too bothered by it at all. He’s come to terms with the fact that there was already an athlete who achieved eight wins before him. He also seemed to come to terms with his injuries and retirement. He’s even more recently said his injury was a blessing in disguise. That being said, Dorian Yates is still a proud man. He makes a point to reference that his six wins were during a much more competitive era of the sport – at least in his opinion. He makes a brief argument that perhaps his six wins are worth more than Ronnie Coleman’s eight.
There’s no statistical way to really prove such a thing. If anything, it’s good to know that Yates still has some competitive spirit left in him. He’s proud of those wins. He stands by them. If only we could have seen these two athletes compete against each other both in their prime.
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Ronnie has given props to Yates , and Yates has given props to Ronnie so this is BS
That was awesome, it lingered throughout the whole video.
Ronnie Coleman Tells Why He HATES Dorian Yates!
Bodybuilding Legends
288,680 views
Ronnie Coleman Tells Why He HATES Dorian Yates!
🔵 Bodybuilding: Bodybuilding
Here’s the Other Half
Coleman reinvented himself in 1998—the year after Yates retired—and began his own eight-year reign of Olympia supremacy. In one of the frustrating quirks of history, they were never even in the same callout. In fact, their peaks were separated by a whole decade. Even though Yates is only two years older than Coleman, the former reached his shocking best in 1993 while the latter supersized in 2003. We never got to see them face of when at their most colossal. That’s why we’re approximating that dream duel in our imagination. But the rivalry? Oof! It remains hot.
Rivalry Refresher Course
When it comes to heavy hitters in the history of Mr. Olympia, there is only a small number of athletes who hit the mark for high number of Sandow trophies. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Phil Heath, Lee Haney, and Ronnie Coleman come to mind. Then of course there’s also Dorian Yates who landed a total of six Olympia wins. Immediately after Yates stepped down, Ronnie Coleman went on to earn himself eight Sandow trophies tying for the world record set by Lee Haney. In a GI Exclusive Vault interview, Dorian Yates reflects on the moment Ronnie Coleman surpassed Yates’ record. During the filming of Ronnie Coleman: The King, GI spoke to a wide variety of legendary bodybuilders. Dorian Yates was one such bodybuilder, the reigning champ just before Ronnie rose up to the occasion. Like all films, not everything was able to fit into the final cut. That’s why they pulled out this extended interview from the cutting room floor featuring Dorian Yates.
Not Too Bothered
During GI’s sit down interview Dorian Yates didn’t seem too bothered by it at all. He’s come to terms with the fact that there was already an athlete who achieved eight wins before him. He also seemed to come to terms with his injuries and retirement. He’s even more recently said his injury was a blessing in disguise. That being said, Dorian Yates is still a proud man. He makes a point to reference that his six wins were during a much more competitive era of the sport – at least in his opinion. He makes a brief argument that perhaps his six wins are worth more than Ronnie Coleman’s eight.
There’s no statistical way to really prove such a thing. If anything, it’s good to know that Yates still has some competitive spirit left in him. He’s proud of those wins. He stands by them. If only we could have seen these two athletes compete against each other both in their prime.