James Hollingshead has confirmed that resilience can result in outcomes, qualifying for the 2026 Mr. Olympia ultimate on his fourth try over the weekend. The British bodybuilder made historical past on the Lenda Murray Atlanta Professional Supershow, profitable its first ever Open division contest and becoming a member of a stacked, eleven class present.
“I’m very honored,” mentioned Hollingshead, who admitted to being a little bit 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 reveals. “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 couple of weeks, earlier than lastly acing it in Atlanta.
James Hollinghead says that resilience results in outcomes
Struck by Hollinghead’s current journey, Murray mentioned, “That claims so much. It means you actually need it.”
The massive man agreed. “Yeah, I’m fairly resilient. It’s a great attribute, and a foul attribute,” mentioned Hollingshead. “However for bodybuilding it’s a great attribute. For the spouse, not so good generally,” he joked.
Murray felt that Hollinghead was a worthy winner on the night time, beating Regan Grimes to the highest spot. “Nicely, you held your conditioning, you’re in nice form, and there was no query about it,” mentioned Murray. “You had been the tightest, the largest. You simply introduced the entire bundle.” Hollingshead famous that he’d introduced a greater bundle to Atlanta than he needed to Tampa. “I believe being on U.S. soil for an additional week (after Tampa) has helped us, similar to, acclimatize,” defined the massive Brit. “And, I’m a large fan of conditioning. I do know, I’ don’t have the largest muscle bellies, I’m fairly balanced, so for me, it’s nearly being laborious, and full sufficient to current it.”
To have fun, Hollinghead advised Murray that he was trying ahead to a well-earned breakfast at First Watch, earlier than the laborious work begins on the highway to Las Vegas.
Full Checklist 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
- Basic 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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