Fairfield bodybuilders dominate.
This weekend, Ahmed Al Nasir was crowned the overall Champion of the Model Mania NSW competition, taking two gold medals in the 70kg and under 171cm classes.
Al Nasir was just one member of the Weatherill Park-based Body Action Fitness Centre team which captured a total of five golds, five silver and four bronze medals at the Central Coast event.
Centre owner and team coach Firas Jirjees himself has won many Australian and international bodybuilding awards. He told The Daily Telegraph this competition marks the team’s most successful outing to date.
“We are delighted at winning all these medals specially as they are all first time winners. All nine members of our team did very well in fitness and bodybuilding classes with Ahmed also taking out the overall title.”
The rest of the winners, reported by The Telegraph, are as follows:
Aziz Abdulrahman, Gold in Under 35 Fitness and Bronze in Open Bodybuilding.
Johny Bahnan, Bronze in Under 25 Fitness.
Hasnain Moiz, Silver, in Under 70kg and Silver in Under 171cm.
Karrar Abaid, Gold in Under 80kg and Bronze in under 171cm.
Mehdi Saeed, Silver in Under 90kg and Silver in over 171cm.
Lever Yousif, Gold in Over 90kg and Bronze in Over 171cm.
Evan Karomy, Silver in Over 90kg.
Jirjees emigrated to Australia in 2014 and immediately opened a gym with the intention of breeding nationally competitive athletes.
He said, “In four years my team has won 21 gold medals, 13 silver medals, eight bronze medals and two overall titles. I started bodybuilding at the age of 15 back in 1996 and my first competitive show was in 1998 where I won Mr Iraq title.
“In 2001, I competed first time outside Iraq and got silver medal in the Middle East competition.”
He has won several gold medals in Arab championships, and last year took the coveted Arnold Classic Australia title.
“During my bodybuilding career I have done a lot of research, attended seminars, paid senior coaches to improve my skills and knowledge for fitness. I believe learning is a never ending process.”
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