Mr International Indian Bodybuilding Championship forms part of UAE’s 44th National Day Celeb

- Media Release

Dubai, 17 Jan 2016: A press conference was held y at Darbar Hall, India Club, Oud Metha Road, here on Saturday January 16, ahead of forthcoming major event ’ Mr. International Indian 2015-16 Bodybuilding Championship’ which is being organized by ’Team Dubai Indian’ Al Zeal Fitness under the aegis of Emirates Bodybuilding Federation, General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare, Indian Federation in association with Rhythm Events. It’s the first ever competition of this kind in Dubai will be held from January 29 to January 30. The qualifying rounds will take place in an indoor venue to be finalized soon whereas the final rounds will be held at Al Nasr Leisureland Ice Rink here on January 30 from 3.00pm onwards.

 

Shodhan Prasad welcomed the representatives of various media and opened up the conference inviting Abdul Karim Mohammed Saeed, vice president of Emirates Bodybuilding Federation (EBBF), Imran Khan, main organizer of Team Dubai Indian and chief of Al Zeal Fitness Centre, Dubai on to the dais followed by Ravindranath Rai, Afroz Assadi, Yousef Ansari and Shodhan all from the Organizing Committee of Team Dubai Indian. Also present in the meet were Chetan Pathar, Vikram Rothe, Varun Srinivasan, Sirajuddin, Asif and Arif Ibrahim along with the media representatives. Shodhan briefed on the event and distributed the press release stating that this event is a part of the ongoing UAE’s 44th National Day Celebrations.

 

Later, Abdul Karim Mohammed Saeed of EBBF spoke on the event and extended full support to this international event. He disclosed that all the judges for this event are UAE Nationals who are professionals in this field and since this is an event for only Indians; keeping Emirati judges will otherwise prove to be impartial and will have fair judgment also. He added that this event is not just for this year but will go on every year as a part of UAE’s National Day Celebration Event with more participants. He thanked the organizers for arranging such sportive event in UAE soil and extended full co-operation from EBBF.

 

 

Imran Khan thanked Abdul Karim Mohammed Saeed for his full support and mentioned that this was possible only because of the support from the EBBF. This sports event will be a friendly competition with the co-operation of various Federations including EBBF and we will raise the standards of this event, conducting it professionally, he added. Later Ravindranath Rai of Team Dubai Indian clarified few questions of the media on the qualifying criteria.

 

Big numbers of entries from all over the world have already been registered and confirmation sent to those participants. The event will have the presence of ’The Great Khali’ of WWF who will be the major attraction and the final event will also have some cultural presentations of UAE-India by various groups. This will add spice and color to the event as briefed during the press conference.

 

This is a golden opportunity for those Indian body builders to bag the International Title in overseas soil and will boost the Indian Bodybuilders to challenge themselves for such future similar events.

 

The conference concluded with vote of thanks followed by refreshments.