Emmerson Campbell

In last week’s column, I touched on four steps you can take to put yourself on the path to getting your fitness and nutrition routine back on track.

Twenty-two, that is the number of national records that were broken on Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its Masters and Intermediate Championships at St Stanislaus’ College auditorium.

Team Foundation’s duo of Akil Campbell and Jamual John stood on the top two podium steps when the curtains came down on the Independence three-stage cycle  road race yesterday.

In the past two years, life may have thrown some curveballs your way, temporarily impacting your ability to stick to a healthy routine.

They are teammates but from today they will become rivals. Raynauth Jeffrey and Jamaul John will, from today, battle each other as well as their other rivals for top honours in this year’s Three-Stage Independence cycle road-race sponsored by the National Sports Commission to the tune of $1.8m.

The 39th edition of the Independence Three-Stage road race set for this weekend, is creating quite a buzz in the cycling community.

Romeo Hunter came, saw hunted and conquered a strong bodybuilding field in Linden last night.

A spanking new, world class fitness facility, Space Gym 2.0 recently opened its doors on Mandela Avenue, about a mile east of the ‘old’ location and many new faced would be gainers have begun to frequent the place.

Akeem Stewart and Keliza Smith won the blue riband 100m and 200m events when the inaugural Arrowhead League got underway last evening at the National Track and Field Centre. 

A question I get asked quite a lot is what kind of foods should be eaten before and after training.

After becoming Guyana’s second fastest man of all time during the Velocity Fest meet last weekend at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica, Emanuel Archibald has his sights set on stepping onto the podium at international events this season.

In the aftermath of capturing the WBC International super flyweight title on Saturday night, Elton Dharry is ready for another shot at bringing Guyana its next world title.

The national men’s rugby  team bounced back from losing their first two games to finish on a positive note, winning their final three match ups in this year’s Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Qualifiers which was staged during the weekend in The Bahamas.

Elton Dharry came off the canvas in the final round to unanimously defeat a game Orlando Penalba Saturday night in-front of thousands of entertained fans at the National Stadium.

Fifteen athletes between the ages of 14 and 17 will represent Guyana in five disciplines at the third South American Youth Games which will take place in Argentina from April 28 to May 8.

Now that many of us are back in our gyms and happy to be there, myself included, it is time to put our heads down and make up for the time we have lost.

Guyana’s Golden Girls, Anisha Gibbons and Attoya Harvey have aspirations of representing the nation on the global stage, the Olympics included following outstanding performances at the just-concluded CARIFTA Games in Jamaica.

Guyana’s rugby team’s mission this weekend could not clearer. The national ruggers will compete at the Rugby America’s North (RAN) Sevens Championship in Nassau, The Bahamas with hopes of capturing their eighth title and qualifying for world class tournaments later in 2022.

The CARIFTA Games contingent returned from Jamaica yesterday following their seven-medal haul heroics and during a meeting with Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr, they were assured of individual rewards.

Anisha Gibbons created history yesterday by becoming the first Guyanese to record back-to-back gold medal performances in the javelin at the CARIFTA Games.