Mr Olympia bodybuilder's tendon was '95% detached' during final contest – that he won

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READ MORE: 'Greatest ever' bodybuilde whose strength 'wasn't human' now barely able to walk Like his compatriot, Dorian battled his own issues with injuries while pushing his body to the max.And speaking on the London Real YouTube channel, he admitted that he had almost pushed himself too far while nursing an injury on his final contest.“Even the night before the contest, my physio came and took about 15 or 20 millilitres out of the elbow of blood and fluid that was swelling up,” he remembered.“I felt weak, I felt vulnerable, I was on painkillers to be on stage. "I was hoping to get through this contest, my tricep tendon apparently was 95% detached.”Dorian admitted that instead of battling through, he should have taken a break and sought treatment – but confessed that he was driven by his determination to remain at the top of the sport.Instead, the bodybuilder tore his tendon three weeks before the competition and was left unable to train before feeling hugely uncomfortable when he attended his final Mr Olympia contest.“So it was kind of holding on by a little thread, and the clash of elbows that can sometimes happen when you’re doing the pose down, or too much [flexing]...

I didn’t know,” he continued.“So I was going there very gingerly, hitting the poses, not my usual positive aggressive self.” To get lifestyle stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here . And, despite winning the competition, Dorian remembered that a subsequent surgery on the issue hadn’t helped to correct his injury, so he decided to retire from the sport soon after.“I wouldn’t be able to get back to where I was before, and I would lose the contest, not because they were better or.