Help pours in for bodybuilder

BELGAUM: Bodybuilder Vijay Gowda can flex his muscles again, for help is pouring in from all directions. `The Times of India', had in its July 2 edition, carried a report `This bodybuilder is confined to kitchen'.
The report had shed light on the lack of help to further his career as a bodybuilder. Gowda, a native of KM Doddi village in Mandya district, has been working as a cook at a hotel in Belgaum.
Ravishankar, head of Bodybuilders' Association in Bangalore, offered Gowda an opportunity to workout in Banglore besides giving free vitamin food to maintain his body. BP Potadar Charitable Trust (Bangalore) has also offered to help him financially.
Gowda has now set his eyes on Mr Asia title at a competition scheduled for July 25 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Ajit Siddannavar, secretary of Karnataka Association of Bodybuilders, and his guide for the competition, said: "Gowda is one the main contenders at the Asia-level competition."