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Osama Dawood: Our world hero is a wageworker and civil halls revived the bodybuilding game

Shafaq Shafaq met Osama Dawood who  was one of the heroes of that game to tell us frankly about the sport of bodybuilding affairs  through this dialogue:…


* Can you tell us  about your posts and your accomplishments in bodybuilding championships?
- I got the championship of Baghdad in the weight of 80 kilograms for 87 / 1988 in addition to the championship for the youth of Iraq 89 / 1990 and also the championship of Iraq for the advanced 90 / 1991 as well as  the championship of Iraq for the  years 94-97 - 98 - 2001.
* The most prominent heroes of bodybuilding that influenced you ?
I was influenced by - Ahmed Hadi al-Najafi, Ahmad al-Rubaie, Emad Jassim, Yusuf Ahmed and Sabah Talib.
* What are the reasons of the results decline of our teams despite the great previous achievements in this area?

- I think that the lack of care of the officials in the Ministry of Youth and Sports and National Olympic Committee of Iraq and the Iraqi Central Union for the bodybuilding has contributed in the decline in international participations . In addition, the lack of material and moral support has its greatest impact in that.
Q: What is the negative role of invigorators in the lives of athletes, and  bodybuilders ,and whether there are is invigorators ?
- Yes, there are invigorators in Iraq, and they have a negative impact on athletes in terms of causing infertility, as well as kidney failure, also inflammation of the liver and possibly they  may cause death.