{"id":30298,"date":"2026-09-28T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30298"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:44:00","slug":"guyana-to-host-2028-fesupo-south-american-powerlifting-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=30298","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to Host 2028 Fesupo South American Powerlifting Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"inLanguage\" content=\"en-GB\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-info\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"createdby\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" title=\"Written by CMC\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive author-img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87e2c35d36ed9b918443485e4cc1c117?s=64&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=PG\" alt=\"CMC\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeantoday.com\/component\/spauthorarchive\/\" itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\">CMC<\/span>\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"category-name\" title=\"Category: Sports\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeantoday.com\/sections\/sports\">Sports<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"published\" title=\"Published: 28 September 2026\"><br \/>\n\t<time datetime=\"2026-09-28T17:39:24+00:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\"><br \/>\n\t\t2026-09-28\t<\/time><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hits\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"fa fa-eye-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"interactionCount\" content=\"UserPageVisits:90\"\/><br \/>\n\tHits: 90<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>GEORGETOWN, Guyana \u2013 President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF), Franklin Wilson has hailed the country\u2019s hosting of the 2028 Fesupo South American Powerlifting Championships as a \u201clandmark\u201d achievement.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wf_caption\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: left; max-width: 500px; display: inline-block;\" role=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeantoday.com\/images\/Stories\/Sports\/confred.jpg\" alt=\"confred\" width=\"500\" style=\"margin: initial; border: 1px solid #000000; float: none; width: 100%;\" role=\"figure\"\/><span style=\"text-align: left; padding: 5px; display: block;\">Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) President Franklin Wilson (second left) in attendance at the recently held Congress.<\/span><\/span>The decision was confirmed by South American Powerlifting Federation (Fesupo) Secretary General, Jose Luis Inguanti following the organisation\u2019s 2026 Congress, where Brazil\u2019s Julio Conrado was re-elected president for a four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>The 2028 event will see powerlifters from Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Suriname, Peru, Colombia, and Chile travel to Guyana to take on the host nation.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, who attended the congress alongside vice-president Edwin Gordon-Spencer, described the hosting rights as a momentous occasion for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to this historic moment and as a federation, we are ecstatic to make our contribution to the sports tourism landscape in Guyana,\u201d Wilson said, noting the move aligns with President Dr Irfaan Ali\u2019s drive to bring major international competitions to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement caps off a notable 2026 campaign for Guyana, which saw local athletes maintain their international medal-winning record alongside the accreditation of two local coaches, including the nation\u2019s first female coach at this level.<\/p>\n<p>Fesupo officials backed the venue choice, with Conrado expressing confidence in Guyana to stage a successful event.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribbeantoday.com\/sections\/sports\/guyana-to-host-2028-fesupo-south-american-powerlifting-championships\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CMC Sports 2026-09-28 Hits: 90 GEORGETOWN, Guyana \u2013 President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF), Franklin Wilson has hailed the country\u2019s hosting of the 2028 Fesupo South American Powerlifting Championships as a \u201clandmark\u201d achievement. 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