Associated Press

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

A sculpted version of Arnold Schwarzenegger in his bodybuilding prime is getting a permanent home in central Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch reports an 8-foot bronze statue of the actor and former California governor will stand outside the Veterans Memorial exhibition space that hosts the Arnold Sports Festival. It will be unveiled March 2 during the multisport festival.

The statue showing the young bodybuilder flexing his muscles is based on the same prototype used to create the trophy for the winner of the bodybuilding contest at the festival. Last year, Schwarzenegger unveiled a matching sculpture in his hometown in Austria at a museum chronicling his life.

The Columbus statue was donated by Dr. Robert Goldman, the president emeritus of the National Academy of Sports Medicine.