{"id":67749,"date":"2024-02-27T19:25:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=67749"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T16:32:46","slug":"ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic","title":{"rendered":"Uganda\u2019s Bin Hassan flexing for Arnold Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Motor-mouthed bodybuilder and fitness coach Yakubu Bin Hassan cannot wait to hit the stage at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Ohio Expo Center, USA the venue for the Arnold Sports Festival 2024 starting February 29.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>US-based Roy Mubiru may have participated in the strongman competition but Bin Hassan will become the first Ugandan bodybuilder to compete at the second biggest bodybuilding event in the world after the IFBB Mr. Olympia.<\/p>\n<p>The festival, organised by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Professional League (IFBB Pro League), was started by seven-time Mr. Olympia and Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger and legendary promoter Jim Lorimer in 1989. Over the years, it has grown to accommodate professional bodybuilding (Arnold Classic), strongman (Arnold Strongman Classic), fitness, figure and bikini weekend expo.<\/p>\n<p>Bin Hassan, a health club instructor at Afro Park Gym, Muyenga, is training hard at Meilin International Hotel, Nakasero ahead of the most important event of his career and could not hide his excitement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be heading for the Arnold Classic, and I am proud that I will be representing Uganda and Africa,\u201d Bin Hassan said at the Meilin Hotel this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing on the stage with great athletes at the Arnold Classic is not easy. Kenyans, Nigerian, have tried but have failed,\u201d the man nicknamed Mr Ten Packs, bragged.<\/p>\n<p>Bin Hassan was one of the most promising stars, winning the 2021 Mr Kampala Physique category at Qib\u2019z Gym in Kyebando. But falling out with the national federation soon after, kept him off the stage, and somehow dented his progress.<\/p>\n<p>Now that is water under the bridge and is back more focused, hungrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to be with you ahead of this world tournament; we wish you all the best, we are behind you all the time,\u201d said Francis Mjomba, the manager of the Meilin Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition promises to be the grandest of the Arnold Sports Festival in the 36-year-old event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Motor-mouthed bodybuilder and fitness coach Yakubu Bin Hassan cannot wait to hit the stage at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and Ohio Expo Center, USA the venue for the Arnold Sports Festival 2024 starting February 29. US-based Roy Mubiru may have participated in the strongman competition but Bin Hassan will become the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-67749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uganda\u2019s Bin Hassan flexing for Arnold Classic - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Motor-mouthed bodybuilder and fitness coach Yakubu Bin Hassan cannot wait to hit the stage at the Greater Columbus Co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uganda\u2019s Bin Hassan flexing for Arnold Classic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Motor-mouthed bodybuilder and fitness coach Yakubu Bin Hassan cannot wait to hit the stage at the Greater Columbus Co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-27T19:25:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1709038658.25656.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uganda\u2019s Bin Hassan flexing for Arnold Classic\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-27T19:25:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\"},\"wordCount\":343,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/02\/sm_1709038658.25656.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ugandas-bin-hassan-flexing-for-arnold-classic\",\"name\":\"Uganda\u2019s Bin Hassan flexing for Arnold Classic - 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