2026 NPC Legion Sports Fest
Bikini Championships
(Reno, Nevada - May 30, 2026)
Fourth time for this reporter/photographer to cover the Legion Sports Fest, ostensibly the IFBB Pro League divisions for Muscle Insider.
Once again stumbling onto a VERY impressive NPC show was quite the bonus! Starting with Bikini, a full slate with 6 Open Classes for starters.
A taste of things to come in terms of contenders started with Masters 35+ which featured a final comparison between eventual winner Alexandra
Pelino and Hazel Colon. They would go on to vie for top spot in Open Class 'C', which saw Alexandra go on to compete for Overalls. With
a very tight and streamlined physique was photogenic Exsayana Flores, the lone competitor in Open Class 'E'. A good competitive Overall
Round which saw her take the title.
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That Open Class 'C' also saw standouts Catherine Linsley, Catherine Razavi and Adriana Rogers (we saw her here do well in 2024)
rounding out the Top 5. Great to see Open/Masters 35 competitor Kristy Lopez back as well as Junior Kaia Leniz with improved conditioning and a
switch from Figure.
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Open Class 'D' had some great competition with Top 3 Rachel Buser, Courtney Dame and Emily Encine particularly of note.
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A huge thanks to the entire Center Podium crew and promoter Chris Minnes for putting on such a stellar event.
An absolute pleasure to cover, hopefully we'll be back next year.
We'll have more on the show here in general as time permits.
You can also find more content on Instagram @david_twixpix. Thanks for NOT cropping watermarks if reposting photos
on social media. Official results and further information
can be found at Legion Sports Fest.
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(Please notify me of any placing or name spelling errors, thanks.)
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