They just haven't got the money to prepare and compete. It's too bad.
This guy looks like he found a few bucks to cycle, lol.
But yeah, there was a show once about African bodybuilders who had to use the damnedest things to pump iron: like rusted differential/axle assemblies for barbells, etc...forget the old "hardcore" gyms, THAT'S an authentic hardcore like few in the civilized world will ever know.