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Nov 30, 2015

Arnold Sports Festival continues expansion into Asia

Events / Sport / Recreation / Fitness

Arnold Schwarzenegger's multidisciplinary sport event the Arnold Classic is to continue its global expansion with a first Asian event to be held in Hong Kong next year.

The inaugural Arnold Classic Asia will be held from 19th to 21st August and include bodybuilding, amateur sports competitions and a health and fitness exhibition.

The newest destination follows expansion to Spain (2011), Brazil (2013), Australia (March 2015) and South Africa (May 2016) for the event founded in Columbus in 1989 by the world famous bodybuilder and actor and businessman Jim Lorimer.

In a press release, Lorimer explained “the Arnold Sports Festival is proud to continue its world-wide growth.

“The addition of Arnold Classic Asia will put the Arnold Classic on six continents in 2016 and will be the latest step in Arnold’s world-wide fitness crusade.”

Arnold Classic Asia will be a partnership between Arnold organizer Classic Productions Inc., Hong Kong-based businessman Richard Petty and the promoter of Arnold Classic Australia, Tony Doherty.

Founded in the USA 1989 and now known as the Arnold Sports Festival in the USA, the event now features more than 18,000 athletes competing in 55 sports and events and draws 185,000 attendees from more than 80 nations.

It is an annual multidisciplinary sport convention that offers lucrative prizes in sport and body building. While the US event has expanded to feature competitions in gymnastics, all-star cheerleading, dance, fencing, table tennis, yoga, martial arts, strongman, archery, wrestling, powerlifting, and other sports, while the Arnold Strongman Classic remains one of the highest profile events on the strongman calendar.

The 2016 Arnold Classic Australia will be held from 19th to 21st March in Melbourne.

Click here to view event details in the Australasian Leisure Management industry Calendar.

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19th August 2015 - ONLINE FITNESS PASSES AID HONG KONG EXERCISERS

11th September 2014 - ARNOLD CLASSIC AUSTRALIA TO CELEBRATE MULTI-SPORTS

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