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KENYA STRONGEST

MAN COMPETITION - 2017

About the event “Other than enjoying themselves here, we want the youth
to earn a living from sports like this. We also want to build a
The strongest men in Kenya were on Saturday to throw down for professional body-building sports culture here in Kenya,” said
the title of Kenya’s Strongest Man, Thika Chapter where Albert James.
Chayugah was crowned with the title.
He added that this year’s event was the second of its kind after
Chayugah who triumphed at Mount Kenya University in Thika, launching it last year in Nairobi.
will now go on to represent Thika once again at this year’s
Kenya’s Strongest Man event in September this year. However, he said that they were faced with a number of
challenges considering that this was a new sport in the country,
The fete saw a total of 20 contestants, out of whom 10 one among them being to attract crowds to something they
proceeded from the elimination stage into the main competition. knew little about. They were also faced with financial constrains
The elimination involved dead lifts and squat, and the due to little sponsorship.
contestants were ranked based on the number of repetitions
made for each event within 60 seconds. “We are happy to have a few sponsors on board but we are still
appealing to others to help us promote the sport all this country
Chayugah scored 65 points followed by Charles Juma - 55 and help these youth out of crime and other vices. This sport
points and Patrick Gift - 53 points. calls for a lot of discipline, taking great care of one’s body and so
on and so forth,” he said.
The winner went home with sh. 30,000/= cash prize courtesy
of the event organisers Stealth Mark Africa. Other than the cash The event was co-sponsored by Red Oak properties, Courtyard
prize, he will enjoy free physiotherapy session at The Karen Security, Leave-A-Mark group, Deep Freeze, Showbiz
Hospital, gift hampers from Deep Freeze & Coca Cola plus International Red.
qualification into the National championships to be held later in
September (Nairobi). Oak Properties have offered to award the overall 2016 Mr.
Kenya Strongest Man an 1/8 acre piece of land in Olepolos
The first runners up received 20,000/= cash prize from Stealth (Kiserian) worth sh. 300,000. Stealth Mark Africa shall give the
Mark Africa plus qualification into the National Championships as National Champion 200,000/= , 100,000/= to the 1st runner-up
did the 3rd place winner who bagged 10,000/= cash prize from and 50,000/= to the 2nd runner-up.Warm-up track including a
Stealth Mark Africa. separate area for long throws

Speaking at the event, Stealth Mark Africa’s James Mbuga said
that the competition was geared to open up a platform for the
youth to engage in sports as a way to keep off social vices such
as crime and drug abuse.

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