2020 Arnold Sports Festival Africa Cancelled
Earlier this year, we saw the canceling of the expo portion of the Arnold Sports Festival, Ohio due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But the bodybuilding world really didn’t know the magnitude of impact this virus would have on the entire industry. A few weeks later, the Arnold Australia was cancelled. We then saw the Arnold South America postponed to October 24th and Arnold Classic Europe was moved from Barcelona to Seville, Spain with a new date of December 11th. Well more bad news has landed on our kitchen table (hey, we’re all working for home!) and now the 2020 Arnold Sports Festival Africa originally scheduled for May 15-17 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis but will be held again in Spring 2021. Fans may remember, this is the same event where a crazy fan drop kicked Arnold in the back last year! Below is the official statement from the promoters: