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Schwarzenegger to return to SA to launch second edition of the Arnold Classic Africa

Anorld Schwarzenegger is greeted by Price Wayne on his arrival in Johannesburg ahead of the 2017 Arnold Classic multi-sport festival. Picture credits: Arnold Classic Africa
Anorld Schwarzenegger is greeted by Price Wayne on his arrival in Johannesburg ahead of the 2017 Arnold Classic multi-sport festival. Picture credits: Arnold Classic Africa

Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in SA on Friday to launch the second edition of the Arnold Classic Africa to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre this weekend.

The Three-day health and fitness festival is held in partnership with the Gauteng provincial government‚ the City of Joburg and the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc).

It involves over 14 000 participants taking part in more than 50 sporting codes such as acrobatic gymnastics‚ archery‚ badminton‚ baseball‚ beach volleyball‚ fencing‚ weightlifting and wrestling.

The festival also features a number of strength-based contests such professional and amateur bodybuilding‚ arm wrestling‚ powerlifting and a strongman competition.

The Arnold Classic was first launched in the US in 1989 and has since expanded to create an international series of multi-sport festivals that is driven by the Austrian-born Schwarzenegger.

He is renowned as a seven-time Mr Olympia‚ Hollywood star and former Governor of California. - TMG Digital/TMG Sport

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