10th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG), Mauritius July 19 to 28 |23 July 2019
Badminton
Seychelles finish fourth in men鈥檚 team event
The Seychelles men鈥檚 badminton selection finished fourth in the team event of the 10th Indian Ocean Island Games after registering only one victory and losing three out of four matches played at the Centre de Badminton in Rose-Hill, Mauritius.
The team made up of Kervin Ghislain, Steve Malcouzane, Jie Luo and Jakim Renaud lost 1-4 to the Maldives, 2-3 to Reunion, 0-5 to Mauritius, before beating Madagascar 4-1.
Hosts Mauritius won the competition鈥檚 gold medal, finishing ahead of Reunion who won the silver, while the Maldives won the bronze.
It is to note that in the team event, Seychelles did not field in a women鈥檚 team.
In the women鈥檚 group, it was Reunion who emerged as winners, ahead of Mauritius and the Maldives.
Our players will be action again today in the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 singles competition.
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Roland Duval in Mauritius
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