Arnold Sports Festival Results 2024: Weekend Results, Highlights and Reaction

The 2024 Arnold Sports Festival wrapped up on Sunday, as the annual fitness and sporting competition featured several events that included martial arts, dance, gymnastics, cheerleading, and foosball.

The festival also boasts one of the most notable events in bodybuilding, the Arnold Classic. The competition, named after bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger, included some of the top names in the world of bodybuilding such as Hadi Choopan and Samson Dauda.

The competition took place at multiple venues in Ohio throughout the weekend. The locations consisted of the Columbus Convention Center, the Ohio Expo Center, the Batelle Grand, and the Columbus Athenaeum.

Before the Classic was decided on Saturday, Friday also featured several significant events. Ariel Khadr won the Fitness International division for the third consecutive year, while Wesley Vissers took home the Classic Physique crown. Meanwhile, Francielle Mattos was named the winner of the Classic Wellness International.

Here are the full results from Friday's events.

Fitness International Results:

• First Place: Ariel Khadr 
• Second Place: Jaclyn Baker 
• Third Place: Jodi Boam
• Fourth Place: Michelle Fredua-Mensah
• Fifth Place: Aurika Tyrgale
• Sixth Place: Tamara Vahn

Classic Physique Results:

• First Place: Wesley Vissers
• Second Place: Ramon Rocha Queiroz
• Third Place: Urs Kalecinski
• Fourth Place: Breon Ansley
• Fifth Place: Michael Daboul
• Sixth Place: Damien Patrick

Classic Wellness International Results:

• First Place: Francielle Mattos
• Second Place: Isabelle Nunes
• Third Place: Sandra Colorado Acal
• Fourth Place: Bruna Seredich
• Fifth Place: Lili Dong
• Sixth Place: Anne-Marie Gobeil

Saturday contained the Arnold Classic final, which appeared to be a two-man race after Choopan and Dauda were called out multiple times in Friday's prejudging. It was Choopan's first time participating in the Classic, as the man nicknamed the Persian Wolf has typically been one of the finalists in recent years at Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend.

He was named Mr. Olympia in 2022, although his finish as the runner-up in 2023 behind Derek Lunsford came as a disappointment relative to the rest of his career. As for Dauda, he entered the 2024 Classic searching for his second straight title after winning the competition in 2023.

Choopan emerged victorious, winning the Arnold Classic as well as the $300,000 prize in his first time competing in the event. Dauda earned a No. 2 finish.

Saturday also featured the Strongman Classic event, with a loaded field that included 2023 champion Mitchell Hooper as well as 2018 World's Strongest Man Hafthór Björnsson. Although Björnsson held a lead after the first day of competition, Hooper finished with 52 points at the end of the event and earned back-to-back victories.

Angelica Jardine was the victor of the Arnold Strongwoman Classic with a score of 45 points, barely edging out runner-up Olga Liashchuk after she finished with 44.5 points.

Here are the full results from Saturday.

Arnold Classic

• First Place: Hadi Choopan
• Second Place: Samson Dauda
• Third Place: Rafael Brandao
• Fourth Place: Jon Delarosa 
• Fifth Place: James Hollingshead
• Sixth Place: Akim Williams

Men's Physique

• First Place: Diogo Montenegro
• Second Place: Vinicius Mateus Lima
• Third Place: Vitor Chaves
• Fourth Place: Kyron Holden
• Fifth Place: Corey Morris
• Sixth Place: Emanuel Hunter

Bikini International

• First Place: Lauralie Chapados
• Second Place: Aimee Delgado
• Third Place: Vania Auguste
• Fourth Place: Angelica Teixeira
• Fifth Place: Phoebe Hagan
• Sixth Place: Eli Fernandez 

Pro Wheelchair

• First Place: Rajesh John
• Second Place: Gabriele Andriulli
• Third Place: Josue Fabiano
• Fourth Place: Harold Kelley 
• Fifth Place: Gaylon Grigsby
• Sixth Place: Bradley Betts

Arnold Strongman Classic

• First Place: Mitchell Hooper
• Second Place: Mateusz Kieliszkowski
• Third Place: Tom Stoltman
• Fourth Place: Hafthór Björnsson
• Fifth Place: Bobby Thompson
• Sixth Place: Oleksii Novikov
• Seventh Place: Evan Singleton
• Eighth Place: Martins Licis 
• Ninth Place: Thomas Evans
• Tenth Place: Oskar Ziółkowski

Arnold Strongwoman Classic

• First Place: Angelica Jardine
• Second Place: Olga Liashchuk
• Third Place: Lucy Underdown
• Fourth Place: Hannah Linzay
• Fifth Place: Inez Carrasquillo
• Sixth Place: Samantha Belliveau
• Seventh Place: Rebecca Roberts
• Eighth Place: Andrea Thompson
• Ninth Place: Melissa Peacock
• Tenth Place: Erin Murray

Although Dauda finished in second place, he didn't go home empty-handed. In addition to his $120,000 prize as the runner-up in the Classic, he also won the Best Poser Award. His trophy was presented to him by Schwarzenegger himself.

Suffice to say, it was another successful year for the festival. The 2025 edition is already shaping up to be another fierce competition, as Schwarzenegger announced that the Arnold Classic first place prize money will be raised to $500,000 (via Generation Iron).