Para-ath­lete Akeem “The Ti­tan” Stew­art, who con­tin­ues to cre­ate na­tion­al pride, re­cent­ly re­turned to T&T, fol­low­ing his in­spir­ing sil­ver medal per­for­mance at the 2025 World Para-Ath­let­ics Cham­pi­onships in New Del­hi, In­dia on Fri­day (Oct 3).

Of­fi­cials from the Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs (MSYA)and the Sport Com­pa­ny of T&T (SporTT) gath­ered at the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Mon­day (Oct 6) to cel­e­brate Stew­art’s out­stand­ing achieve­ment.

Stew­art se­cured the sil­ver medal with a sea­son-best throw of 59.64 me­tres in the men’s dis­cus F44 event, ce­ment­ing his rep­u­ta­tion for ex­cel­lence on the glob­al stage of para-sport. The re­sult adds to a dec­o­rat­ed ca­reer, reaf­firm­ing his place among the elite ath­letes of T&T.

Phillip Watts, Min­is­ter of Sport and Youth Af­fairs, of­fered con­grat­u­la­tions on be­half of the Gov­ern­ment and the peo­ple of T&T.

“Akeem has once again proven that re­silience, ded­i­ca­tion, and the heart of a cham­pi­on are the true hall­marks of a ti­tan,” said Min­is­ter Watts.

“His sil­ver medal is not just a per­son­al vic­to­ry but a bea­con of in­spi­ra­tion for our en­tire na­tion. On be­half of the Gov­ern­ment and the proud cit­i­zens of T&T, I ex­tend our deep­est con­grat­u­la­tions. We are im­mense­ly proud of his achieve­ment on the world stage, and the Gov­ern­ment re­mains stead­fast in its com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing our ath­letes as they con­tin­ue to fly our flag high.”

This lat­est medal is Stew­art’s first since 2017, mark­ing a sig­nif­i­cant and hard-fought re­turn to the podi­um.

“I was sick lead­ing up to the games, and it looks bad on an ath­lete to pre­pare, train hard and not per­form. Win­ning this is some­thing I re­al­ly want­ed,” Stew­art said. He al­so ex­pressed grat­i­tude for the un­wa­ver­ing sup­port, em­pha­sis­ing, “Sil­ver is a step­ping stone in the right di­rec­tion.”

Act­ing per­ma­nent sec­re­tary, Gabre-Je­su Mc­Tair, who was among those wel­com­ing Stew­art, said, “We at the Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs recog­nise the sig­nif­i­cance of the medal you have won, and what it means to Trinidad and To­ba­go.”

Pres­i­dent of the T&T Par­a­lympic Com­mit­tee, Sud­hir Rames­sar, praised Stew­art’s ex­cel­lence and con­sis­ten­cy, not­ing, “He con­tin­ues to ex­cel and place T&T at the pin­na­cle of para-sport­ing ex­cel­lence.”

Stew­art’s per­for­mance, he added, stands as an in­spi­ra­tion for all as­pir­ing para-ath­letes through­out the re­gion.