Northeast India holds feminine bodybuilders contest

GAUHATI, India (AP) — India’s northeastern Assam state has arranged its first most sensible contest of feminine bodybuilders.

5 ladies participated within the one-day tournament in Assam’s capital Guwahati on Saturday, together with one every from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra states.

Bhaba Goswami, one of the crucial organizers, mentioned they’ve been conserving males’s model of the development for over 3 a long time and known as the feminine contest a big leap forward within the state’s sports activities historical past.

One in all India’s most sensible feminine bodybuilders, 26-year-old Sanjana, gained the contest, which used to be arranged through the Assam unit of the Indian Frame Developers Federation.

“I believe thrilled to be the primary winner of this tournament,” she mentioned.

Sanjana comes from a small the town in India’s maximum populous Uttar Pradesh state. She works as an reliable in India’s customs division. In 2018, she changed into the primary Indian lady to win a gold medal in an Asian bodybuilding championship.

“It’s been a tricky combat proper from the start principally as a result of loss of assets and societal taboos,” mentioned Sanjana, who’s referred to as the “golden lady” a few of the fellow bodybuilders. “However my sheer exhausting paintings has paid right through.”