The pre-judging round of the 17th Dharmashree Bodybuilding Competition took place on Friday. The players selected in the pre-judging round will compete in the final round to be held at Pragya Academy in Kamaladi on Saturday.
Surendra Prasad Barma of organizer Nepal Vyam Mandir, Sujan Thapa of Ratnashree Gym Pokhara, Naresh Diwakar of Ujjal Gym Bhaktapur, Siddhant Jas Rotia of Nerve the Fitness, Kishandas Diwakar of Metal Fitness and Dharmaraj Khapung of B&L Fitness were selected for the final stage in 60 kg weight.
In 65 kg, Ajay Malik of Dare to Fit Gym, Suresh Munikar of Vyayam Mandir, Madhav Subedi of Miska Fitness, Milan Rai of Kalanki Gym, Kshitij Thapa of Organizer and Navraj Dumre of Bhumi Gym were selected. At 70 kg are Atish Vajracharya and Ashish Deva of Organizers, Kaviraj Katuwal of Total Physical, Magar of Deepjung Roka of Platinum, Upesh Sapkota of UR Fitness and Asimbabu Gurung of Muscles.
Manoj Shrestha of Vyayam Mandir, Vinod Sunar and Santosh Shrestha of Platinum, Vrishman Gurung of Super Fitness, Pushpa Shankar of Coco Fitness and Marichman Lama of Chitwan Physical are in 75 kg. In 80 kg, there are Aditya Thakur and Sanjeev Shrestha of Vyayam Mandir and Anish Thapa of Fitness, Shishir Thapa Magar of Iron Gym, Vikram Gopali of Matsyanarayan Recreation and Lalit Dhimal of Galaxy Fitness. Grace Maharjan and Subas Shrestha of Bayam Mandir, Umesh Rai of Gorkhali Fitness, Sagar Shrestha of Power Physical, Kushal Prasad Gurung of Kings of Fitness and Ramsharan Maharjan of Eagle Fitness were selected in weight above 80 kg.
The winners of each weight group will compete for Mr. Dharmashree overall. The winner will win Rs 12 lakh along with a trophy weighing 11 kg. The second will get 6 lakh, the third will get 3 lakh, the fourth will get 2 lakh, the fifth will get 180 thousand and the sixth will get 150 thousand.
In women's open Ripu Gharti of Patan Gym, Shanta Palikhe of Complete Health, Sheila Thakuri and Urmila Shrestha of Divine Physical, Tara Khaiju of Club Dispirado and Sophia Karki of Platinum made it to the final round.
masters Suraj Shrestha, Krishnasingh Shahi, Kishore Shahi and Rajkumar Rai from Vyayam Mandir and Rajkumar Shahi from Kathmandu Gym and Khimlal from Fitness Factory were selected again. Male Sports Physique Under 170 cm Akash Shrestha of Power Physique, Rohit Thapa of NRK Fitness, Ramesh Fombo of Army, Niral Thapa of NYFC, Sreejan Maharjan of Goldus Gym and Dyaneshwar Chaudhary of Iron Paradise and above 170cm Raman Tuladhar of Goldus, Autar Shrestha of Muscles, Laxmi Dutt Pant of Fit Tu, Pukar Shakya of Expose, Shivkumar Singh of Host Mandir and Nur Bahadur of RNFC. Kunwar made it to the final stage.
Men's Athletics Physique, Women's Bodybuilding Winner will get Rs 2 lakh and runner-up will get Rs 1 lakh. Umesh Rai was the last Dharmashri winner in the year 2079.
