as an exhibition sport...
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/05/04/index.php?section=deportes&article=a15n2depGOOGLE translation:
Bodybuilding debut in the Guadalajara JP
Jorge Sepúlveda Marín
La Jornada
Wednesday May 4, 2011, p. a15
Bodybuilding, will debut in the Olympic cycle as a demonstration sport at the next Pan American Games in Guadalajara in 2011 and 2012 London Games, said the Mexican federation president respective Francisco Cabezas, who is hoping that after Brazil 2016 this discipline can be integrated as an officer in the Olympic competition schedule.
After the presentation of the new category of fitness Bikini in the Theatre of the Railroad, the coach explained that it works hard to lead to "an efficient" regional fair "demonstration that this activity has all the merits to be considered an Olympic sport" It requires discipline, perseverance and interest, typical of other sports.
Sports authorities called first to the National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports (Conade), to support the most outstanding exponents of the federation president, has 21 thousand members, "and that despite global gains often obtained based on their determination and effort, do not get any help.
Actress Liz Vega, a former fitness, was the godmother of the presentation of the new programming Bikini, while the PRI congressman Victor Flores served as best man and announced that it will seek to make amendments to the General Law of Sports, in order that support be given to competitors of the non-Olympic disciplines, which could be ready by the next session.
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One of the participants of the new category Bikini, to be held in the gym Juan de la Barrera, from 2 to 4 September Photo Francisco Olvera
During the presentation of new competition paraded on the catwalk, simulating a competition-eight athletes with physical attributes of a model, dressed only in a swimsuit in two parts, but later explained that they must spend several hours with strict routines in the gym weight in addition to having a balanced diet to achieve muscle size shown yesterday.
As part of the work must meet the judges to evaluate "balance, shape, appearance, self-confidence, walking, grooming and affection," competitors, divided into four categories, from 1.60 meters in height to more than 1.64-, should exposing their bodies from side to side in a slow walk, stand face to reviewers, put back and the side so that no detail escapes the careful observation of the panel to prosecute.
