
Orton recently returned from the national amateur bodybuilding association’s (NABBA) Mr Universe competition in Southport, England, where he won the junior (under-21) title. The success followed on from last year’s world workout championships in Dublin, where Orton, 21, was the junior champion. He is the first Kiwi to capture junior world titles in both prestigious competitions. Orton only qualified for the Mr Universe event at the New Zealand nationals a few days earlier. He was confident about his chances after last year’s triumph, but with so many talented bodybuilders from around the world competing, acknowledged it was always going to be tough. “It seems unreal. I never thought I could achieve that. I just think of myself as a normal guy,” he said.
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