YE Htun Naung and Phyu Phyu Than won the 2025 Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete awards present­ed by the Myanmar Olympic Commit­tee and the Myanmar Sports Media Federation.

 

The award ceremony took place yesterday morning at the Sports and Physical Education Institute in Tam­way Township. Yangon Region Chief Minister U Aung Naing Thu delivered an opening address at the event.

 

Officials later presented awards to Ye Htun Naung for bodybuilding, Phyu Phyu Than for Sepak Takraw and Vice-President U Kyaw Than of the Myanmar Bodybuilding and Phy­sique Sports Federation for the best administrator and coach award.

 

Ye Htun Naung said he began competing in bodybuilding in 2014 and later won gold medals at the South- East Asian, Asian and world-level championships, including consecutive world titles in Indonesia in 2025. — Bala/KZL