Video. Bodybuilders show off muscles at Southeast Asian championships
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“Myanmar has entered 39 bodybuilders in the 20th Southeast Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Yangon”
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While multiple sources confirm the event (20th Southeast Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships) took place in Yangon, none of the provided evidence mentions the specific number of bodybuilders (39) entered by Myanmar.
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— The 2007 Southeast Asian Games (Thai: กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, romanized: Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, were a Southeas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_SEA_Games
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— The 2017 Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 2017), officially known as the 29th Southeast Asian Games, or the 29th SEA Games, and commonly known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, were a Southeast A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_SEA_Games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_SEA_Games
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— The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of th…
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“the five-day event is being held from May 14 to 18 at the Myanmar Convention Centre”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state the event was held from May 14 to 18 at the Myanmar Convention Centre (MCC). One source notes the events concluded on the 17th, but the scheduled window of 14-18 is consistently reported.
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— Aung Khaing Win is a bodybuilder affiliated with the Myanmar Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation.
He won the gold medal at the 2007 Southeast Asia Games and at SEA Championships 2013. And, he …
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— The International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) is an international professional sports governing body for bodybuilding and fitness. Headquartered in Las Rozas de Madrid, it oversees many…
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— Kyaw Min Than is a Burmese professional bodybuilder. He is a two-time gold medalist at the Southeast Asian Bodybuilding Championship.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyaw_Min_Than
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“Athletes from eight countries are competing across multiple height, weight and symmetry categories”
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The evidence confirms that athletes competed in Yangon and that Myanmar won medals, but there is no specific mention of the number of countries participating (eight) or the specific categories (height, weight, symmetry) in the provided text.
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— Singaporeans participate in a wide variety of sports for recreation as well as for competition. Popular sports include football, swimming, track and field, basketball, rugby union, badminton, table te…
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— Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (, Swedish: [ˈdɔlːf ˈlɵ̌nːdɡreːn] ; born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. He gained recognition for portraying the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in h…
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— Krisna "Kris" Dim (born May 7, 1973) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.
His first national bodybuilding competition was the NPC (National Physique Committee) USA Championships, where he took 6th. A…
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