While waiting for Seychelles to organize the 13th edition of the Indian Ocean Youth and Sports Commission (IOYC) Games in 2025, young Seychellois have scooped up a total of 41 medals – 12 gold, 11 silver and 18 bronze ? at the 12th Games which took place in Mauritius from December 4 to 11.
The curtain fell last night on the 12th edition of these Games and during the closing ceremony at the Côte-d’Or National Stadium athletics stadium, the Principal Secretary for Youth and Sports, Mr. Ralph Jean -Louis received from the hands of the Mauritian Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Leisure, and honorary president of the COJ (Organizing Committee of the Games) Jean Christophe Stephan Toussaint, the flag of the Games.
Mr. Jean-Louis then declared: “According to tradition, I invite the Youth of the member countries of the CJSOI to gather in Seychelles in 2025”.
Of the 12 gold medals won by Seychellois athletes in Mauritius, the young swimmer Khema Elizabeth won 3 in the pool of Côte-d’Or. Flag bearer of the Seychellois delegation during the opening ceremony, Khema Elizabeth climbed on the highest step of the podium of the following events: 50 meters freestyle in a time of 27.76 seconds; 50 meter butterfly with a time of 29.23 seconds; and 100 meter freestyle.
She also won a silver medal and 4 bronze.
Swimming gave Seychelles two more gold medals and the medalists were Amos Ferley winning the boys’ 50m freestyle race with a time of 24.26 seconds; and Isabelle Labuschagne winner of the 50 meter backstroke.
It was Dinara Bonne who gave Seychelles their first gold medal on the second day of competition by winning the disabled women’s physical T37 100m race with a time of 17.86 seconds on the athletics track of the complex. athlete from Côte-d’Or.
On Wednesday, she had again won gold, this time in the long jump competition, physical T37, with a best jump of 2m59.
Samuel Morel won the disabled auditory long jump competition with a jump of 5m18.
Weightlifter Josta Meriton outclassed his opponents in the +64 kg category, with 121 kg in total, far ahead of Reunionese Charlotte Firenzula (116 kg) and Mauritian Yahna Soopal (90 kg).
The pair Roberlly Berlouis and Jaden Bamboche won the mixed doubles esports event. E-sport is a new test of these games. Attached to cultural activities, the “FIFA 2022” events are played individually (girl / boy) and mixed, on the PS5 platform.
On Saturday, boxer Saïd Nibourette won his final bout in the 50-kilo category to win the gold medal.
In the sailing competition, Ella Constance dominated the Laser 4.7 category to finish top of the table and claim the gold medal.
The Seychellois also won 11 silver and 18 bronze medals.
The silver medalists: Dickson Suzette (silver medalist in the men’s 100m with a time of 11.00 seconds), Livio Lozaique (silver medalist in the 100m T20 mentally handicapped with a time of 12.78 seconds), Chloé Joubert (silver medalist in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 10m29), Allison Robert (silver medalist in the 67 kg weightlifting competition with 66 kg in the snatch, 89 kg in the clean and jerk and 155 kilos in the Olympic total), Liam Barbé (high jump with a bar of 1m89), Samuel Morel (200 meters auditory disabled),
Khema Elizabeth (200 meter freestyle), Jayden Vidot (sailing 4.70 category), Brendan Seeward (boxing, 57 kg category), Troy Joubert (boxing, 60 kg category) and Emisha Victorin (women’s high jump).
Bronze medalists:Elisha Dick (women’s triple jump bronze medalist with a leap of 9m64), Alisha Sharma (girls’ singles, tennis), Mikael Gomme and Matteo Lavigne (boys’ doubles, tennis), Shanghita Nagarajan Barati Clark (weightlifting, bronze medalist with 105 kilos in the 64 kilos), the men’s swimming team for the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay composed of Nathan Nagapin, Amos Ferley, Alexander Payet and Thierry Payet, 8’52”24), the men’s athletics team the 4 x 400 meter freestyle relay (composed of Iwan Chang lai Seng, Lihandro Pierre, Alexander Payet and Yves Fock Heng), the men’s athletics team for the 4 x 10 meter medley relay (composed of Nathan Nagapin, Amos Ferley , Thierry Payet and Yves Fock Heng), the women’s 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay swimming team made up of Khema Elizabeth, Tejarvi Kerai,Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), the women’s 4 x 400 meter freestyle relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Tejarvi Kerai, Isabelle Labuschagne and Louisiana Bacco), the women’s 4 x 400 relay swimming team meters four swimming (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Abigail Labushagne, Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), Nathan Nagapin (100 meters breaststroke men), Marcus Assary (sailing category 4.7), Dario Victor (boxing), Sheldon Benoit (the boxing, 52-kilo category), Mihael Salum (boxing, 63-kilo category), the petanque triplet team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s athletics team of the medley relay and the men’s medley relay athletics team.the women’s 4 x 400 meter freestyle relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Tejarvi Kerai, Isabelle Labuschagne and Louisiana Bacco), the women’s 4 x 400 meter medley relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Abigail Labushagne, Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), Nathan Nagapin (men’s 100 meter breaststroke), Marcus Assary (sailing category 4.7), Dario Victor (boxing), Sheldon Benoit (boxing, 52 kg category), Mihael Salum (boxing, 63 kg category), the petanque triplet team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s medley relay athletics team and the men’s medley relay athletics team.the women’s 4 x 400 meter freestyle relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Tejarvi Kerai, Isabelle Labuschagne and Louisiana Bacco), the women’s 4 x 400 meter medley relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Abigail Labushagne, Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), Nathan Nagapin (men’s 100 meter breaststroke), Marcus Assary (sailing category 4.7), Dario Victor (boxing), Sheldon Benoit (boxing, 52 kg category), Mihael Salum (boxing, 63 kg category), the petanque triplet team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s medley relay athletics team and the men’s medley relay athletics team.the women’s 4 x 400 meter medley relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Abigail Labushagne, Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), Nathan Nagapin (men’s 100 meter breaststroke), Marcus Assary (sailing category 4.7), Dario Victor (boxing), Sheldon Benoit (boxing, 52-kilo category), Mihael Salum (boxing, 63-kilo category), the triple petanque team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s athletics medley relay team and men’s athletics medley relay team.the women’s 4 x 400 meter medley relay swimming team (composed of Khema Elizabeth, Abigail Labushagne, Isabelle Labuschagne and Liliana de Spevile Mason), Nathan Nagapin (men’s 100 meter breaststroke), Marcus Assary (sailing category 4.7), Dario Victor (boxing), Sheldon Benoit (boxing, 52-kilo category), Mihael Salum (boxing, 63-kilo category), the triple petanque team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s athletics medley relay team and men’s athletics medley relay team.63 kg category), the petanque triplet team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s medley relay athletics team and the men’s medley relay athletics team.63 kg category), the petanque triplet team (composed of Shane Benoit, Shain Valentin and Raj Jhugroo), the women’s medley relay athletics team and the men’s medley relay athletics team.
Reunion won the most gold medals ? 57 ? followed by host country Mauritius with 46, Seychelles (12), Comoros (2), Djibouti (2) and Mayotte (0).
It should be noted that Madagascar did not participate in this edition of the games and in an interview granted to the Malagasy newspaper Midi Madagasikara, Tinoka Roberto, the Malagasy Minister of Sports had this to say: “The CJSOI Games are friendly meetings between young people from the Indian Ocean. We are not minimizing these Games, but our objective is above all to be number 1 at the next Island Games, organized at home in 2023. refresher course and also solicit the arrival of international experts in the country”.
The closing ceremony ended with a big cultural party in Côte-d’Or with the participation of several artists from the islands including Elijah from the Seychelles.
Seychelles NATION would like to thank our Mauritian colleagues who sent us the results of the games daily.
Source: Seychelles Nation
