The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has declared Bodybuilding Championships in Aurangabad as Null and Void

Aurangabad, July 27 (Correspondent)– The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has declared bodybuilding championship and electoral Congress organized in Aurangabad by International Federation of Body Building and Fitness (IFBB) as Null and Void.

The 43rd Mr. Asia championship was organized in Aurangabad by IFBB that was concluded today. On the second day of this event Sanjay More was elected as general Secretary of Asian federation. Amit Swami, Assistant Secretary General, Asian Body Building Federation (ABBF) and Executive Director of Indian Body Building and Fitness Federation (IBBF) told that he was opposing this championship right from the day of its announcement. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) proved how our stand was correct and the organizers in Aurangabad (IFBB) are fake.

A letter from OCA clearly stated that all the activities by IFBB and their group at Aurangabad are Null and Void. The letter clearly proves that ABBF under the leadership of Osama Alshafar (President) and Datuk Paul Chua (Secretary General) is the only recognized ABBF by OCA and next Asian Beach Games (Bodybuilding) will be conducted under patronage of the ABBF.

Amit Swami alleged that majority of Asian countries boycotted the Aurangabad event and they have sent their entries for real Asian Championship to be held at Pattaya (Thailand) during August 11 to 17 this year. This event will be organized by Thailand Bodybuilding Association with support of Thailand Olympic Committee and Sports Authority of Thailand under the patronage of ABBF. 34 Asian countries have already registered their final entries for this event.

He also alleged that the organizers of so-called Asian Bodybuilding Championship at Aurangabad had been misguided people and less then 10 countries participated in the event. They collected funds by saying 40 Asian countries will participate in the championship, then where are the rest countries and their participants, Swami questioned. He reiterated that IFBB is registered as Business Corporation and also have VAT number. There are many irregularities in IFBB itself regarding their working and existence as sports organization.

He said that team selected for the Pattaya (Thailand) Asian Championship includes Daljit Singh (Punjab Police), Rahul Bhist (Uttra Khand), Mohammed Abdullah (Karnataka), Mohammed Illias (Chandigarh), Viney Pandey (Indian Railways) and Vijay Bhadur (Uttar Pardesh) in senior categories. Contesters in Junior category includes Chandrajit Bora (Assam), Sujit Kumar Bora(Assam) and B. Kadiravan (Pondichery).