Vietnam won the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship

After three days of competition at Phu Tho Sports Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City), the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship - 2013 ended on the evening of September 1. The Vietnamese delegation won the overall championship with 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals, and 8 bronze medals.

Bodybuilder Le Ba Trang. Photo:http://dantri.com.vn

On the final day of competition, athletes competed in only 7 events, the Vietnamese team only won one more gold medal from Le Ba Trang (170cm classic). With impressive achievements in the first two days, Vietnam ranked first overall. Second place was Thailand, third place belonged to India.

Previously, with the gold medal at home, athlete Pham Van Mach made a record of 8 times Asian champion, surpassing the 7 times champion achievement of senior athlete Ly Duc. This was predicted when Pham Van Mach still had a beautiful body and impressive performances. It seems that he still has no opponent in the men's 55kg weight class. Hopefully, Nguyen Van Lam will also maintain his form and excellently defeat other opponents to win the gold medal in the men's 65kg weight class. In addition, Vietnamese athletes also won in other events: Nguyen Anh Thong (60kg men), Nguyen Van My (60kg young men), Pham Duc Dai (70kg young men), Tran Thi Cam Tu (fitness women, height up to 155 cm), Trinh Phi Hung (fitness men, age group 55 - 60), Nguyen Kim Hung (fitness men, height up to 160 cm) and Truong Quoc Long (fitness men, height up to 165 cm).

The most regrettable loss was probably that of female bodybuilder Nguyen Thi My Linh (women's 49kg), who was once a world champion. Experts and the Vietnamese coaching staff all acknowledged that Doungkum from Thailand was too strong, an athlete who had won the Asian and world championships many times. Although My Linh performed well in her competition, she could not defeat her opponent. Meanwhile, another hope for female bodybuilding, Kim Loan (49kg), could not create a surprise, winning only a silver medal.

The Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship is an annual regional tournament with world-class quality, gathering most of the strongest athletes from countries with developed bodybuilding in the world. This year's tournament has the participation of more than 350 athletes from 27 countries and territories in the Asian region such as: Vietnam, China, Iran, India, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Mongolia, Jordan... Athletes compete for 36 sets of medals in the following categories: Youth male bodybuilding, youth female bodybuilding, fitness physique, model physique, athletic physique.

According to the coaching staff, Vietnamese athletes performed very well in this tournament, with some events having big surprises. Success in this tournament, with many young athletes, will be a very good preparation for Vietnamese bodybuilding in the coming time, especially at the upcoming 27th Seagames.

According to VNA-DP