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In 1901 Eugen Sandow organized the first bodybuilding competition. The judges were Sandow himself, Charles Lawes, and Arthur Conan Doyle. What were they looking for in their champion? And was Conan Doyle sitting on the panel just a way to draw more attention to the contest?

by /u/chikindiner in /r/AskHistorians

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