-Campbell wins sixth Mr Physique title

DARIOUS ‘Razor’ Ramsammy has retained the prestigious Mr Guyana title—his second consecutive victory at the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) Senior Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, which were held at the National Cultural Centre on Sunday evening.

The event was about dominance as Central American and Caribbean medallist Emmerson Campbell won his sixth Mr Physique title and cemented his legacy in the event.

IFBB Elite Pro, Rosanna Fung was also impressive as she won the Ms Bikini Wellness event. Wellness requires more mass on the lower body and shoulders than Ms Bikini, which is more of a toned beach-body battle.

Fung, who has dominated the Ms Bikini competition over the last few years, proved her dominance when she battled against the ever-improving Ashanti Conway.

With Fung and Conway surpassing the Ms Bikini competition this year, it was ripe for the taking and Hannah Rampersaud walked away with the title.

Christina Ramsammy (the wife of Darious), who finished fourth last year, copped second place, while Alejandra Vieira finished third.

In the Men’s Physique battle, Campbell continued his legacy run with his sixth title. His closest competitor was Tariq Dakhil, who finished second in 2019.

After a three-year absence from the stage, he returned with another second-place performance.

Jonathan Jeffrey finished third, Renaldo Caldeira fourth and S. Sajar fifth.

Before the final of the Bodybuilding division, the country’s top musclemen competed in various categories.

Selwyn Grogan finished first with Colin Chesney in second and Donald Lindie in third in the Masters’ Division.

Lindie also won the U143lbs battle, while Kadeem Bowen finished second.

In the U165 battle, Joel Caldeira won ahead of Grogan, while Ramsammy from Razor Fitness was the lone winner in the U176 lbs category.

In the heaviest weight class (177 lbs and above) Nicholas Albert, the star of the future, surged to victory against M. Sampson and Chesney.

Without the likes of Roger Callender, who opted not to compete this year and Julio Sinclair, it was always going to be a two-way battle.

In the end, Ramsammy, who made solid improvements from 12 months ago, when he won his first Mr Guyana title, was able to get the win.

In an invited comment, he noted that he did not only add more mass this year, but his conditioning and his outlook were different.

“I came to reclaim my title and I did so. There wasn’t anyone that [sic] was going to stand in my way. I made sure of that from the hard work I put in over the previous months.”

Albert, who continues to improve, has a solid future ahead of him in the sport.

Third place went to another up-and-coming bodybuilder in Joel Caldeira, while Lindie finished fourth.