{"id":23568,"date":"2024-10-28T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23568"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T13:35:07","slug":"guyanese-athletes-prepare-for-central-america-and-caribbean-bodybuilding-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanese-athletes-prepare-for-central-america-and-caribbean-bodybuilding-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyanese Athletes Prepare for Central America and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Travis Seymour | October 1, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 40 athletes from Guyana are set to compete in the Central America and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship, which will be held from October 17-20 at the National Cultural Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly anticipated event is expected to showcase around 250 athletes from various countries, with 14 professional cards available for top performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the seasoned competitors is Emerson Campbell, a CAC medalist, who is eager to secure a pro-card in what will be his seventh competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell expressed that winning this championship on home soil would be a significant achievement to conclude his amateur career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keavon Bess, the President of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation, emphasized the importance of this championship, describing it as a crucial opportunity for athletes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that those who succeed not only gain prestige but also have the chance to earn substantial financial rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In last year\u2019s 50th edition of the competition, held in Aruba, Guyanese athletes excelled, bringing home four gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s championship will welcome competitors from a variety of countries, including Barbados, Bahamas, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and Antigua and Barbuda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, this will be the first time athletes from Haiti and St. Vincent and the Grenadines participate in the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the competition draws near, both athletes and supporters are excited for the upcoming displays of talent and dedication in the sport of bodybuilding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | October 1, 2024 More than 40 athletes from Guyana are set to compete in the Central America and Caribbean Bodybuilding Championship, which will be held from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23575,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23568\/revisions\/23575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}