Kathmandu, Feb. 17 -- Binita Rai of Nepal earned ticket for Mr Olympia winning the women's physique category during the first ever pro qualifier for Mr Olympia that was marred by misbehaviour from the organisers with the media.

Rai, the lone contender in women's physique category, will now be eligible to compete in the Mr Olympia - the top body championships at the international level, in Los Vegas on February later this year. "I am over the moon to have secured the place for the mega event like Olympia," said the 36-year-old mother of eight-year old boy.

Rai, a chronic lower back-pain patient, took to the sport to get rid of that and went on to become a bodybuilder. "Bodybuilding was not even in my dream. To get rid of the pain, I star...