THE final list of athletes for the Third Malta Supreme/Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show set for July 28 at the National Cultural Centre has been released.
This is expected to be a clash of the best bodies in the land and will be like no other, given the heightened level of preparations that the athletes are currently undergoing at their respective gyms. They have all been boosted with regard to supplements; Fitness Express of Sheriff & John Streets, Campbellville, has donated hampers to each of the athletes who will appear at the finals on Saturday, July 28.
Headlining the list of male athletes vying to join previous overall winners Royston Booker (2010) and Mark ‘Uno’ Perry (2008) is three-time Mr Guyana winner Clint Duke (Under 176lb). Word is out is that Duke is aiming to add the Hugh Ross Classic championship title to his already bulging collection.
His aim to win will not be easy, as a number of other tested, tried and proven competitors will also be gracing the NCC stage come July 28.
On the distaff side, multi-talented athlete Alisha Fortune, who is Guyana’s fastest woman on the track, a football referee and now also playing rugby, will be going after her third female title, having won in 2010 and 2008.
Fortune is expected to receive a stern test from Nadina Taharally who won the West Demerara leg of the HRC Sub-Meets. Duke won overall among the males.
Following is the full list of athletes that will be competing at the NCC –

Fitness Open: Nadina Taharally, Alisha Fortune.
Bantamweight: Eybo Oxford, Devon Davis, Anthony Sukhu, Yogeshwar Nirmal.
Lightweight: Travis Peters, Ronier Caesar.
Light Middleweight: Michael Dos Santos, Richard Bynoe, Delon Harlequin, Rawle Cole., Jermaine David, Alvin Goodman,
Middleweight: Akeem Henry, Ryan Caeser Alston Lancaster, Abdul Shaheer, Melroy Grant, Raymond Rabindranauth, Charandeo Bowandin.
Welterweight: Selwyn Grogan, William Word, Marlon Bennett, Kerwin Clarke, Troy Paul.
Heavyweight: Clint Duke, Shawn Henry, Samuel Dey, Dwayne Mars, Sean Sooklall, Andel Cameron, Alfred Jordon