Night Of Champions Press Release !

[Tim Wescott]

2004 NOC XXVI Press Release:

The 2004 NOC will be the largest field of competitors ever for a pro event. 53 male athletes have signed contracts making this a historic event.

With the women’s bodybuilding event there are 23 athletes signed to contracts.

We are also happy to announce the event will be covered for the first time by New Yorker Magazine, Playboy Magazine and Sports Illustrated.

Tickets still remain for the 2pm judging and the 8pm finals. They can be purchased by calling 212-581-1212 or online at www.citycenter.org. We will also be holding back 200 seats to be sold on the day of the event.

The doors will open one hour prior to each show so the fans can enjoy a lobby filled with displays from MET-Rx, Worldwide Sports Nutrition, Muscletech, Pinnacle ,VPX, and Genetic . Various pro competitors will also be in the lobby signing autographs and posing for photos.

01. Eddie Abbew--England
02. Art Atwood--USA
03. Quincy Taylor--USA
04. Melvin Anthony--USA
05. Ahmad Haidar--Lebanon
06. Heiko Kallbach--Germany
07. Darrem Charles--Trinidad
08. George Farah--USA
09. Pavol Jablonicky—Czech Republic
10. Ronny Rockel--Germany
11. Nasser El Sonbaty--Yugoslavia
12. Frank Roberson--USA
13. Gian Enrico Pica--Italy
14. Ntuk Ntuk--Nigeria
15. Rodney St. Cloud--USA
16. Eric Otero--USA
17. Jostein Oegdegaarden--Norway
18. Jimmy Canyon--USA
19. Ken Jones--USA
20. Alexander Vishnevskiy--Russia
21. Adsay Onder --Turkey
22. Garrett Downing—USA
23. Thomas Benagli—Italy
24. Michal Kindred—Czech Republic
25. Wong Hong—Malaysia
26. Craig Richardson—USA
27. Simon Cohen—England
28. Reza Amin Torabi—Canada
29. Michelino Milazzo—Germany
30. Peter Trenz—Germany
31. Didier Blanc—France
32. Eugeny Mishin—Russia
33. Rod Ketchens—USA
34. Branch Warren—USA
35. Jorge Jose Alves—France
36. Mike Morris—USA
37. Richard Jones—USA
38. Toney Freeman—USA
39. Johnny Stewart—USA
40. Ed Van Amsterdam—Holland
41. Greg Rando—USA
42. Idrise Ward-El—USA
43. Edson Prado—Brazil
44. Lee Powell—England
45. Milton Holloway—USA
46. Ramon Gonzalez—Spain
47. Thomas Stellander—Norway
48. Mohammad Anouti—Lebenon
49. Jeff Long—USA
50. Johnny Jackson—USA
51. Frank Michel—Germany
52. Willie Stalling--USA
53. George Tumon—USA

[Tim Wescott]

That`s gonna` be a hell of a long drawn out contest with that many contestants.

[the14legion]

OMG thats many just give the trophy to art artwood already with all the improvement his made and if he comes in hard he will crush em with mass.

that contest will take at least a week to finish lol

[Tim Wescott]

My money`s on Richard Jones!!

[GerryT]

I'll be at prejudge and evening shows. Will post some kind of report Sunday. If I can stay awake with a long prejudge, LOL.

Richard Jones seems destined for a top 5, but will be surprised if Art Atwood is not in there also.

Check out Art's side chest shot in the new section of the site, www.artatwood.com

Looks as rock hard and dense as I've ever seen him.