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        "id": 1308704,
        "msgid": "pestaraga-to-foster-young-bodybuilders-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-04-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Pestaraga to foster young bodybuilders",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Pestaraga to foster young bodybuilders JAKARTA (JP): Pestaraga, the 2000 annual national body building championships is expected to foster young talent for future development of the sport. National bodybuilder Ade Rai told a press conference on Thursday that the championships -- jointly sponsored by Fitness Station and Universal -- also will be used for national athletes to warm up prior to the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya in June.",
        "content": "<p>Pestaraga to foster young bodybuilders<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Pestaraga, the 2000 annual national body<br>\nbuilding championships is expected to foster young talent for<br>\nfuture development of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>National bodybuilder Ade Rai told a press conference on<br>\nThursday that the championships -- jointly sponsored by Fitness<br>\nStation and Universal -- also will be used for national athletes<br>\nto warm up prior to the 15th National Games (PON) in Surabaya in<br>\nJune.<\/p>\n<p>The championships will be staged at the Graha Bhakti Budaya in<br>\nthe Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) complex on April 16. More than 150<br>\nbodybuilders, mostly beginners, are expected to take part.<\/p>\n<p>\"In the championships, young athletes have a chance to win<br>\nover their seniors as a part of the grooming process. Many of the<br>\nwinners in the 1998 championships have become provincial<br>\nstalwarts for the upcoming PON,\" said Ade, who is also the<br>\nIndonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding<br>\nAssociation (PABBSI) official in charge of bodybuilding.<\/p>\n<p>\"Before 1997, there was a domination by senior athletes in the<br>\nchampionship. Bodybuilding is a subjective sport. We are trying<br>\nto avoid subjectivity in the championships by announcing each<br>\njurors' score on the board,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time in national bodybuilding history, the event<br>\nis sponsored by private sector and will be broadcast by ANteve on<br>\nApril 23 for 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\"Bodybuilding has yet to attract sports lovers. By airing on<br>\ntelevision, I hope people all over the country will understand<br>\nthe sport and will love it.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ade said that many people practice bodybuilding in fitness<br>\ncenters but only 5 percent of them seriously intended to become<br>\nbodybuilders.<\/p>\n<p>\"That shows that bodybuilding has the potential to be an<br>\ninteresting and attractive sport in this country, but it is less<br>\npopular than other sports.\"<\/p>\n<p>Fitness Station event and promotion manager, Frans Sutikman,<br>\nsaid that he wanted to sponsor the event because of Ade's<br>\nenthusiasm to develop bodybuilding here and make it more popular.<\/p>\n<p>Pestaraga will be divided in two categories; beginners --<br>\nwhich will feature classes of 55 kgs, 60 kgs, 65 kgs, 70 kgs, 75<br>\nkgs and 75+kgs -- and open class.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of each beginners class will receive Rp 300.000<br>\n(US$40) cash prize while the winner in the open class will pocket<br>\nRp 1 million.<\/p>\n<p>Registration will take place on April 15 at TIM followed by a<br>\ntechnical meeting and weigh-in. (yan)<\/p>",
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