51st CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships…

LOCAL competitors Remalton Siland and Rawle Green had superb performances to take gold medals for the host nation as the 2024 edition of the CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships opened on Saturday.

Siland won the men’s fitness ahead of The Bahamas’ Alexander Kemp and El Salvador’s Daniel Gutierrez, while his compatriot
Rawle Green picked up another CAC gold after winning the men’s classic bodybuilding masters open category with Bonaire’s Jose Saleh taking silver.

Green also sealed a silver medal in the men’s classic senior bodybuilding over 175kg division behind Antigua and Barbuda’s Travon Giddings
Edgar Pineda was the top performer as he captured a pro-card after a solid outing at the ongoing event at the National Cultural Centre stage on Saturday.
El Salvador’s Pineda won the overall men’s classic bodybuilding category before capturing the overall men’s classic physique victory.

He also took the men’s classic bodybuilding seniors up to 175 kg, as well as the up to 175 kg men’s classic physique senior class.
Other winners include Amalia Araniva from El Salvador in the women’s Artistic Fitness and Barbados Leanna Carter for the women’s physique.
The body fitness masters over 35 years and senior categories were clinched by Barbados’s Dinielle Holder.

The muscular men’s physique senior open saw Barbados’ Tyrell Forde taking the gold medal.
The men’s games classic bodybuilding open saw the emergence of Nicaragua’s Maxwell Vallejos, who had to fend off El Salvador’s Mario Rodriguez to second place.
Kirk Bovell won the men’s classic physique masters open for Barbados.

Suriname’s Gajus Haakmat won the men’s classic physique over 175 kg class.