Seventh day of competition at the Indian Ocean Islands Games in Madagascar, this Friday, September 1st. In handball and basketball, the Reunionese are qualified for the finals. More medals for Reunion, especially in kickboxing. All the results to be found here as they come.
LP and our special correspondents in Madagascar • Published on September 1, 2023 at 2:29 p.m., updated on September 1, 2023 at 7:49 p.m.
This Friday, September 1st was the seventh day of competition at the Indian Ocean Island Games in Madagascar. Football, volleyball, athletics, karate, kickboxing: Reunionese athletes have won new medals and new victories leading them to the final. Nearly 460 athletes from the Reunion team are taking part in the games in 19 disciplines.
As a reminder, the summary table of medals can be found on the Réunion La 1ère website by clicking here.
The results of the previous day, Thursday August 31, can be found by clicking here.
In handball, for men, Reunion beat Comoros 40 to 21. Reunionese handball players also qualify for Sunday’s final to be held at 4 p.m. Reunion will face Mayotte who won 28 to 27 against Madagascar.
Reunionese handball players against the Comoros in the semi-finals. • ©Elyas Akhoun
On the women’s side, Reunion beat Comoros 36-19. The Réunionnaises dominated the match and qualified for the final. They will face the Malagasy on Sunday at 3 p.m. The Malagasy beat the Mahoraises 34 to 23 this afternoon. Mayotte will play bronze on Saturday against the Comoros.
Watch the report from Réunion La 1ère:
JIOI – Summary handball • ©Réunion la 1ère
At men’s, the basketball players from Reunion also beat Mayotte 75 to 52. At halftime, the Reunionese led 37 to 26 against Mayotte. They will be in the final against Madagascar. Four years ago, basketball players from Reunion left Mauritius with the bronze medal.
Watch the report from Réunion La 1ère:
JIOI – Basketball summary • ©Réunion la 1ère
In women’s basketball, the Réunionnaises also qualified for the final. They beat the Mahoraises 89 to 36. At the break, the Réunionnaises were already leading 53 to 23. The final will take place tomorrow, Saturday at 3 p.m. They will also face Madagascar.
The basketball players from Reunion were already silver medalists four years ago in Mauritius.
Reunionese basketball players at the Games of the Islands in Madagascar. • ©Harry Amourani
Reunionese Esther Condé Turpin wins the silver medal in the long jump with 6’01. “I’m a little disappointed because I wanted the gold medal, she said on Réunion La 1ère. I didn’t have enough warm-up time, but that’s how it is, you have to get used to it”.
Watch the report from Réunion La 1ère:
JIOI – Athletics Summary • ©Réunion la 1ère
In the 200m, Hajatiana Randrianasolo finished second and won the silver medal. Just like Emma Métro on the 5000 m.
Reunion also brought back a silver medal in the men’s 4x100m relay.
Esther Condé Turpin on the long jump final in athletics at the Island Games. • ©Delphine Poudroux
Reunionese Tony Pausé won the silver medal in the Men’s 800m Sport Adapte.
The finals take place from 11 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., click here to find the fights. Eight Reunionese were in the finals.
Reunionese Dylan Clerville won the gold medal this afternoon in less than 63.5 kg.
Dylan Clerville, gold medal at the Games of the Islands. • ©Florent Marot
In the process, Julien Testan also won l’or in less than 71 kilos.
This morning, defeat of Brunela Araux in the final against her Malagasy opponent, so she leaves with the silver medal in less than 48 kilos. Defeat also in the final for Cédric Passeret in less than 54 kilos, he leaves with the silver medal. Brice Vallant also leaves with the silver medal in less than 60 kilos after a defeat against his Malagasy opponent. Samuel Javegny in less than 67 kilos and Boris Siva in less than 75 kilos, also leave with a silver medal each.
Kickboxing competitions at the Games of the Islands in Madagascar. • ©Florent Marot
The semi-finals will take place tomorrow, Saturday 2 September. Among women, Reunion will face Mayotte and Madagascar against Mauritius. For men, Reunion will face Mauritius, and Madagascar will face Mayotte. The finals will follow.
Below are the results of the mixing phases:
WOMEN
Mada-Mayotte 33-0
Mauritius-Reunion 14-40
Subject-Maurice 43-0
Reunion-Mayotte 26-0
Madagascar-Reunion 31-0
Mauritius-Mayotte 12-14
MEN
Mada-Mayotte 19-5
Mauritius-Reunion 7-19
Topic-Maurice 19-7
Reunion-Mayotte 19-12
Madagascar-Reunion 31-14
Mauritius-Mayotte 12-5
Rugby at the Games of the Islands. • ©Stéphane Enilorac
In table tennis, it was the last day of the tournament with the men’s and women’s singles finals.
The end is bitter for the Reunionese table tennis players who did not pass the eighth of the finals. Only two girls made it to the quarters, Marion Mouflet and Solène Almery, without qualifying for the next round.
The disappointment of the Reunionese in table tennis. • ©Olivier Delarichaudy
In badminton, the quarter-finals were played this Friday. The Reunionese won two bronze medals in men’s doubles with Thibaud Cougouille and Loïc Nanicaoudin, and in women’s doubles with Lyhoa Chai and Marina Bielle.
In the men’s doubles, the pair Xavier chane fung ting and Aaron Assing are in the final tomorrow, Saturday.
The mixed doubles semi-final is underway with Xavier Chane Fung Ting and Lyhoa Chai.
Badminton at the Games of the Islands. • ©Olivier Delarichaudy
The men’s and women’s triplet semi-finals and finals.
2023-09-01 15:45:10
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