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XI'AN (CHINA):

IFBB BELT & ROAD

BODYBUILDING’S UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS CONSOLIDATES ITS MAIN VENUE

The 2019 IFBB
Belt & Road
opening
ceremony turned
out spectacularly
and was
broadcast on
Chinese TV. Local
and sports
authorities
played an active
role in the event
OTHER athletes. lDriven by the success of the inaugural 2018
alongside the

edition, the 2019 “Belt & Road” Worldwide
INVITATIONAL Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships held in Xi’an,
China, turned out to be yet another social and sports
event which contributed not only to boost our sports
discipline, but also to widen and strengthen social
ties between countries, the same way the Silk Road
EVENTS years.
has united East and West for some two thousand
Imperial China’s old capital city is in focus once
again, this time around, from Bodybuilding fans from
all 199 countries that make up the IFBB, whose
President was not about to miss the event. Dr. Rafael
Santonja travelled to Xi’an to assist to the
championships alongside the Chinese Federation’s
(CBBA) authorities, lead by their president, Mr.
President Santonja, warmly received upon his arrival in Xi’an. Zhang Haifeng, who was recently elected president

The International IFBB Belt & Road Bodybuilding & Fitness Competition is now firmly
established, after its 2 edition, and already working towards the 2020 event, where
nd
athletes and officials from the IFBB family will meet again.

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