Mangalore, March 30: Jayanna C A and Ramesh K R, both from Body Tone Gym, Mangalore, were awarded Mr. Dakshina Kannada titles in master and senior categories respectively at the District-level body-building championships held at Town Hall on Thursday evening.
Jagadish Poojary was awarded Mr. Dakshina Kannada in the Physically Challenged category. He is a student of Power Fit gym Kankanady.
Body Tone Mangalore was awarded Team championship while Maruthi high-tech gym secured the runner-up title.
Over 60 candidates participated in the competition held in in 55Kgs , 70 Kgs and over 80 Kgs categories.
Dr. Vijaya Prakash, chief executive officer, Zilla Panchayat, D.K., Sunil Achar, Neel Sales and Service, Mangalore and Ganesh Shetty, Hotel Foodland, were the guests at the award distribution ceremony.
Earlier, Dr. K Devraj, principal SDM College of Law inaugurated the competition. Other dignitaries present were Dr Ganshyam Kamath from KMC Mangalore, Ravindranath Rai- President of the State Body Building Association and Dinesh Vaishnav and Nagesh Kumar - Members of the DKBBA.
In his inaugural address Dr Devraj said,” Today we see students always using laptops and computers and thus they don't give much importance to physical fitness. This has become a major problem and going to the gymnasium must be encouraged. Recently many of them brought medical certificates saying that they had pain in their backs and thus they had shortage in attendance. This shows the importance of exercise. We have had great body builders in the past from our district who rose to become Mr World and Mr India. We must encourage the sport such that it becomes part of the Olympics.”
In the 55 kg category there were seven competitors from various gymnasiums in the district. The judges for the championship were Walter D'Costa , Sharath Kumar, Raghavendra Udupi, Venkatesh Pavanje. Some of the judges were National level judges while others were State level judges. The audience got a good view of some of the best built bodies and enjoyed the show to their heart's content.
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