On June 29, 2016, Their Excellencies Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona ORTT, SC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Mrs Reema Carmona, hosted a reception for the selected Athletic Team who will represent this country at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Former Miss World, Giselle Laronde-West, won a bronze medal in Jakarta, Indonesia at the 12 Shoto-kan Karate International Federation (SKIF) world championships, held August 26–28, 2016. Forty-six countries participated, with approximately 900 competitors in 63 categories. Giselle competed against seven others in her kata division, placing third, behind two Italians.

TRINIDAD and Tobago para-athlete, Akeem Stewart, proved the sport of men’s javelin may be this nation’s most lucrative discipline on the world stage as he powered to Paralympic gold (F44) with two mesmerising world record-breaking throws on debut as day-three of the 2016 edition which launched off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday.