Shillong, Sept 29: Pynshngain Langpen emerged as the ‘Champion of Champions’ from amongst 40 body builders from across the State in the 39th State Body Building Championships 2013 organised by the Meghalaya Body Building Association (MBBA) at the Asom Kristi Kendra in capital Shillong on Saturday.
Displaying great skill and well built muscle tones, Langpen was crowned ‘Mr. Meghalaya 2013’ after stiff competition with winners of all seven categories that were being vied.
The eight categories based upon weight included 55 kgs, 60 kgs, 65 kgs, 70 kgs, 75 kgs, 80 kgs and 85 kgs. All participants came eager to win and this year the competition witnessed a high level of contest with each participant sparing no effort to out muscle each other.
At the end of the three hour contest Rajiv Dutta won the 55 kg category, Maradona Rabon won the 60 kg category, Titan Paul bagged the 65 kg crown, Pynshngain Langpen won the 70 kg category, Sallim Sangma won the 75 kg category, Badon Kupar Lyngdoh won the 80 kg category and Brian BAzeley bagged the 85 kg title.
The winners then had to take on each other for the ultimate title of ‘Champion of Champions’ which eventually went to Langpen. The panel of judges included Aubrey F Laloo, Neal Tariang, Gordon Lyngdoh, Balap Kharshiing, Subhash Paul, Bimal Paul, Kali Pada Ghosh and were supervised by Lohit Das, the MBBA president and Chairman of the Legal Cell of the Indian Body Building Federation (IBBF).
Interestingly after a gap of 23 years, all body building associations have come together for a single cause – to promote the sport effectively in the State for the benefit of all sports loving people in general and the ever growing tribe of body builders of the State informed Arnold Lanong, the general secretary of MBBA.
“Over the years, several clubs have emerged leading to numerous competitions and many winners. This proved a dampener in selecting the official representatives for regional and national level competitions thereby negating many worthy competitors the right platform to display their talent,” he said.
Recently the Indian Body Building Federation (IBBF) which is affiliated to the World Body Building Federation (WBBF) issued a directive to all states to have only one association so that promotion of the sport is focused and concerted as well as to iron out selection problems for the various competitions.
Earlier, the 33rd State Yogasan Championships were held at the same venue for boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 15 years. Winner of the below 8 years ( boys and girls) category was Aasma Subba, 8 to 12 years (Boys) was won by Chirag Deb, 8 to 12 years (Girls) was won by Diya Chanda and 12 to 15 years (Mix) was won by Shiva Deb.(SP News)
