Uribe cited an undisclosed issue as the reason for his withdrawal.
In the year 2021, Global Federation of Bodybuilding and Conditioning (IFBB) Professional League member Darwin Uribe burst on to the scene when he won the 2021 Chicago Professional in the Basic Physique division. With an earned qualification to the 2021 Mr. Olympia, Uribe finished up forgoing the prestigious contest. The athlete would return the adhering to 12 months to win the 2022 Houston Event of Champions but made a decision not to compete in the Olympia yet again. With one more competitive year now in entire swing in 2023, the bodybuilder has produced another tricky final decision.
On Feb. 21, 2023, Uribe disclosed in an Instagram write-up that he would be withdrawing his place as a presumed Traditional Physique competitor in the 2023 Arnold Typical (AC). Relatively than contend in the Mar. 2-5, 2023 contest in Columbus, OH, Uribe intends to first work through some undisclosed complications to start with.
Even though Uribe did not explain specifically what compelled him to withdraw from the 2023 AC (and, by extension, the 2022 Olympia earlier), he managed it was one thing he could not just gloss about and that it was partly out of his control.
” … I am grateful for get invited for the second time in my sixth Professional present in my short profession as a specialist,” Uribe wrote. “Unfortunately this is one thing that I won’t be able to complete … unfortunately I simply cannot thrust through this now and end because there are normally far more purple flags, and pink flags indicate to you it is time to quit.”
The athlete also clarified that he seemingly considered withdrawing from the 2023 AC sometime all over the 2022 Olympia but experienced presently despatched his software in for the contest. However, it appears the bodybuilder will aim on his overall health and effectively-being for now.
“This time I am prioritizing myself, on the lookout for myself, taking in my have decisions additional than anticipations or what persons consider or want from me as an athlete.”
To date, as a comparatively more recent Professional League member, Uribe has never ever competed in the Olympia. In the only AC physical appearance of his job in 2022, the athlete concluded in eighth position in the Basic Physique Division. Two-time Classic Physique Olympia runner-up Terrence Ruffin received his 2nd consecutive Traditional Physique AC title at that version of the competitors.
It’s unclear what the upcoming retains for Uribe as a bodybuilder. He seems to be understandably prioritizing himself relatively than the occasionally demanding rigors of competitors, nourishment, and teaching. For now, the bodybuilding group will have to wait around and see what the athlete may possibly have in retailer down the line.
Highlighted picture: @uribe_darwin on Instagram