Along with Gurung of Kantipur Fitness Center and Bimal Jung Shahi of Royal Gym, Ratna Sundar Nakhusi and Lokendra Pariyar of Despardo Gym, Kamal Gurung of Royal Gym and Shree Krishna Shrestha of National Gym also made it through to the pre-judging round. [break]
In 75 kg category, Roshan Manandhar of Robust Gym, Biru Maharjan of Kalimati Friendship Gym, Milan Sijapati and Saroj Manandhar of Nepal Byayam Mandir, Maheshwor Maharjan of Universal Gym and Kiran Shrestha of The Perfect Gym entered into the second stage.
Arjun Barnawal, Sanjeev Kumar Shrestha and Pravesh KC of Nepal Byayam Mandir, Jay Maharjan of Kalimati Friendship Gym, Mukti Raj Rai of Platinum Physical Fitness and Anil Shrestha of Royal Gym are the six contenders to qualify from the pre-judging round in 70 kg category.
In 65 kg section, Prakash Chulyadhyo of Robust Gym, Devendra Bajracharya of Kalimati Friendship Gym, Bikash Chaudhary of Nepal Gym and Fitness, Bijay Sunar of Muscle World Gym, Shyam Shrestha of Nepal Byayam Mandir and Chandra Maharjan of New Gold´s Gym secured place for the second round.
The six contenders to make it through to pre-judging stage of 60 kg category were Sachit Pradhan of Kalimati Friendship Gym, Ransingh Limbu of New Gold´s Gym, Suresh Tamang of The Perfect Gym, Sundar Khadgi of Complete Health Club and Ram Hari Khanal and Gyan Narayan Maharjan of Nepal Byayam Mandir.
Similarly, Naresh Diwakar of Active Physical Fitness, Anil Tamrakar of Kalimati Friendship Gym, Bikash Yadav of Prime Fitness, Suresh Gurung of Bulls Gym, Suresh Rajbhansi of Chitwan Fitness Center and Sujan Tamrakar of Nepal Byayam Mabdir secured place for second round in 55 kg section.
The final round of the each weight category will be held on Monday at the Nepal Academy Hall. Similarly, the overall winner of the event to be selected after competition among winners of each category will also be held on the same day.
The overall title winner will receive Rs 150,000 while bodybuilders securing second to sixth positions will get Rs 75,000, Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 25,000 respectively. The second and third position holders of each weight categories will bag Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.
Altogether, 71 bodybuilders from 34 clubs of 10 districts participated in the pre-judging round of event organized by Nepal Byayam Mandir.
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