KUWAIT: Kuwait Bodybuilding National Team won one gold and one bronze medals during the Wor l d Bodybuilding and Physical Fitness Championship that was held in Thailand lately with the participation of 55 teams of various categories and weights. Head of the team Mohammad Al-Khalaf said upon the team’s arrival in Kuwait.

Tariq Al-Shakhs became champion of the 90 kg category while his teammate Nayef Al-Shimmari took third place in the physique category for under 175 cm. Al- Khalaf said players Yousuf Dashti, Jaber Al-Fadhly and Majid Al-Zaabi took sixth, seventh and eighth place in the same category. He dedicated this achievement to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, and Director General of Sports Public Authority Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah