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On 2 September 2006, RP
student, Sheikh Muhammad Ally represented Singapore in the Asian
Bodybuilding Youth Championships held in Dong Nai Province, Vietnam.
Competitors hailed from
13 other countries, namely Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, United Arab
Emirates, and Vietnam.
Sheikh was featured in
the Bantamweight category (60 to 65kg). There was keen competition in the
preliminaries. However, Sheikh managed to make it to the final 4. The final
battle was against competitors from Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand for this
category in the finals.
Eventually, Vietnam was
crowned the victor with Malaysia as the 1st runners-up. Sheikh
managed to come in 4th placing in this round.
In general, Singapore
was crowned the 3rd best team award for the event with a total of
three gold, three silver, two bronze and three 3rd runners-up awards.
This is a good result
for RP’s bodybuilder as all the hard work put in at the gym, and having to
juggle with studies at the same time, have finally paid off. Sheikh’s advisor,
Mr Aldrin Ho, has since developed a high intensity training protocol for Sheikh
to work out more effectively, in order to reduce the time spent in the gym so
that he can devote more time towards his studies. The upcoming event for Sheikh
would be the Asian Youth Bodybuilding Championships in Shanghai, China.
We would like to wish
Sheikh all the best of luck, and this time, we hope he will be able to net a
GOLD medal for his collection!
Congratulations to
Sheikh for his endeavours! Well done!
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