{"id":22670,"date":"2026-06-18T03:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=22670"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T03:57:33","slug":"afghan-bodybuilder-ali-bilal-wins-new-york-pro-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=22670","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Bodybuilder Ali Bilal Wins \u201cNew York Pro\u201d Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Afghan bodybuilding champion Ali Bilal has once again won the prestigious \u201cNew York Pro\u201d competition in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Bilal defeated his Brazilian opponent, Edvan Palmeira, on Friday night, May 8.<\/p>\n<p>In the competition, Edvan Palmeira finished in second place, while Isai Kesik from Indonesia secured third place.<\/p>\n<p>Bilal\u2019s competition in the Men\u2019s Open Physique category against his Brazilian opponent was very close.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Bilal appeared on the \u201cNew York Pro\u201d stage with a well-developed physique, balanced muscle mass, excellent definition, and strong confidence, ultimately securing the Men\u2019s Physique championship title.<\/p>\n<p>Bilal had previously also won the \u201cNew York Pro\u201d competition.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Bilal also holds the title of champion of the 2024 Arnold Classic and is a two-time runner-up at the prestigious Mr. Olympia competition in the Men\u2019s Physique category in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/afghan-bodybuilder-ali-bilal-wins-new-york-pro-competition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghan bodybuilding champion Ali Bilal has once again won the prestigious \u201cNew York Pro\u201d competition in the United States. Ali Bilal defeated his Brazilian opponent, Edvan Palmeira, on Friday night, May 8. In the competition, Edvan Palmeira finished in second place, while Isai Kesik from Indonesia secured third place. Bilal\u2019s competition in the Men\u2019s Open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Afghan Bodybuilder Ali Bilal Wins \u201cNew York Pro\u201d Competition - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=22670\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afghan Bodybuilder Ali Bilal Wins \u201cNew York Pro\u201d Competition - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Afghan bodybuilding champion Ali Bilal has once again won the prestigious \u201cNew York Pro\u201d competition in the United States. 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