Pham Van Mach to attend Asian bodybuilding competition next month
SEA Games champion Pham Van Mach is targeting a gold medal in his return to the 54th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship next month in the Maldives.
Pham Van Mach competing in the SEA Games 31 last month. He will take part in the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in mid-July in Maldives. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - SEA Games champion Pham Van Mach is targeting a goldmedal in his return to the 54th Asian Bodybuilding and Physique SportsChampionship next month in the Maldives.
Mach is one of the best bodybuilders in Vietnam, competing in the men's 55kgcategory and having won several national championships. The An Giang province-bornathlete grabbed five world championship gold medals in 2001, 2009, 2010, 2014and 2017.
He also triumphed in the continental competition eight times, taking seventitles in a row from 2004 to 2012, and another in 2014.
At last month's SEA Games 31, the 46-year-old athlete overcame all other rivalsto secure his second Games gold.
The title was a strong push for him to train hard in preparing for the Asianevent on July 15-21. A total of 51 events will be organised in the first threedays before the Annual Congress from July 17.
Apart from Mach, other in-form athletes such as Dinh Kim Loan and Tran Hoang DuyThuan, who also won titles in recent SEA Games, will also compete in theMaldives.
At the upcoming championship, coach Nguyen Van Hai does not set any goals forthe team because there will be many powerful athletes at the event, the firstin three years. He expects there to be a high level of competitiveness./.
Veteran Vietnamese bodybuilder Pham Van Mach won a gold medal at the ongoing World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Female bodybuilder Dinh Kim Loan is confident ahead of the 31st Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 31), which is the first SEA Games she will participate in.
Two more golds were added to the medal tally of Vietnam’s bodybuilders on May 15, the last competition day of this sport at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31).
Vietnam reaped a total of five gold medals among the 10 bodybuilding categories at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) after competitions of this sport wrapped up on May 15.
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Pham Van Mach competing in the SEA Games 31 last month. He will take part in the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in mid-July in Maldives. (Photo: VNA) 
