Dexter Jackson has finished among the top four in the last six versions of the Mr Olympia bodybuilding competition, including third spot in the 2007 competition, where Trinidad and Tobago's best professional, Darrem Charles, could only manage 12th place.
On Saturday, Jackson and Branch Warren, another top American pro bodybuilder, will be guest posers at the 13th annual Eastern Caribbean Body-building Championship, which is being held here for the second successive year. Starting time is 7 p.m. and admission is $125 (advance).
Competitors will be coming from
Anguilla, Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Puerto Rico.
Ronald Brooks, Damian George, Caretha Bruce, Winston Christian and Karen George have been included on the T&T team.
Last year, T&T had mixed results at the Eastern Caribbean Championship where Grenada were the big winners. Only Candice Carr was victorious among the bodybuilders, taking the overall women's title. George will be hoping to go a step further in the middleweight men's category where he was second last year. T&T's best showing at the 2007 championship came in the body-fitness competition where Michelle Alleyne and Tamara Bailey won their respective cl***es and Neil Diaz emerged as men's fitness champion.
Guest poser Jackson is considered one of the top bodybuilders in the world, and is unbeaten in 2008, winning all three tournaments he has competed in. Among Jackson's victories was the 2008 Arnold Cl***ic. The other guest poser, Warren, has competed at the top level for several years and is best known for his huge legs.
05-25-2008, 08:14 AM
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