Mauritius at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Mauritius at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Mauritius at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Mauritius
CGF code	MRI
CGA	Mauritius Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	54 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Rhikesh Taucoory (opening)
Medals; Ranked 34th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Mauritius competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Table tennis athlete Rhikesh Taucoory was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Marie Ranaivosoa	Weightlifting	Women's −48 kg	April 5

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	3	8
Badminton	3	3	6
Boxing	7	0	7
Cycling	4	2	6
Squash	1	0	1
Swimming	4	1	5
Table tennis	3	3	6
Triathlon	1	0	1
Weightlifting	5	5	10
Wrestling	2	2	4
Total	35	19	54

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marie Jean-Yann de Grace	100 m	10.53	4	Did not advance
Marie Jean-Yann de Grace	200 m	21.18	4	Did not advance
Mohammad Dookun	1500 m	3:53.43	9	—	Did not advance
Jérôme Caprice	20 km walk	—	1:33:12	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Jonathan Drack	Long jump	7.37	19	Did not advance
Jonathan Drack	Triple jump	16.14	9 q	16.28	6
Henry Baptiste	Shot put	17.20	13	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joanilla Janvier	100 m	12.47	5	Did not advance
Marie Emmanuelle Anaïs Alphonse	1500 m T54	—	3:51.99	7
Marie Emmanuelle Anaïs Alphonse	Marathon T54	—	2:11:59	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Selma Rosun	Javelin throw	49.09	7

Badminton

Mauritius participated with six athletes (three men and three women)

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aatish Lubah	Men's singles	Ayittey (GHA) W 2 - 0	Kidambi (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Julien Paul		Bye	Vijayanath (RSA) W 2 - 0	Karunaratna (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Christopher Jean Paul		Malcouzne (SEY) W 2 - 0	Kumar (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Aurélie Allet	Women's singles	Bailey (JAM) W 2 - 0	Gilmour (SCO) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Nicki Chan-Lam		Bashir (PAK) W 2 - 0	Tam (CAN) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Kate Foo Kune		Bye	Ambalangodage (SRI) W 2 - 0	Tam (CAN) L 1 - 2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Aatish Lubah Christopher Jean Paul	Men's doubles	—	Adeoye / Clark (FAI) W W/O	Rankireddy / Shetty (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Aurélie Allet Nicki Chan-Lam	Women's doubles	—	Bangi / Nakiyemba (UGA) W W/O	Ambalangodage / Beruwelage (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Aurélie Allet Julien Paul	Mixed doubles	Bhatti / Bashir (PAK) W 2 - 1	Chan / Goh (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Nicki Chan-Lam Aatish Lubah	Mixed doubles	Coetzer / Butler-Emmett (RSA) L 1 - 2	Did not advance

Mixed team

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	630	308	+322	3	Knockout stage
2	Mauritius	3	2	1	10	5	+5	20	13	+7	603	542	+61	2	Knockout stage
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	23	−10	540	675	−135	1
4	Zambia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	3	30	−27	435	683	−248	0

Source: GC2018

Mauritius
5

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
5 April

Zambia
0

		1	2
1	Julien Paul Kalombo Mulenga	21 19	22 20
2	Kate Foo Kune Ogar Siamupangila	21 15	21 8
3	Aatish Lubah / Christopher Jean Paul Kalombo Mulenga / Chongo Mulenga	21 10	21 15
4	Kate Foo Kune / Aurélie Allet Ogar Siamupangila / Evelyn Siamupangila	21 15	21 18
5	Julien Paul / Aurélie Allet Chongo Mulenga / Evelyn Siamupangila	21 9	21 16

Mauritius
5

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
5 April

Jamaica
0

		1	2	3
1	Julien Paul Samuel Ricketts	18 21	21 17	21 14
2	Kate Foo Kune Alana Bailey	21 7	21 6
3	Julien Paul / Aurélie Allet Anthony McNee / Katherine Wynter	21 19	18 21	21 13
4	Kate Foo Kune / Nicki Chan-Lam Alana Bailey / Katherine Wynter	17 21	21 14	21 5
5	Aatish Lubah / Christopher Jean Paul Anthony McNee / Dennis Coke	21 14	21 15

Singapore
5

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
6 April

Mauritius
0

		1	2
1	Terry Hee / Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Aatish Lubah / Christopher Jean Paul	21 13	21 11
2	Yeo Jia Min Kate Foo Kune	21 15	21 16
3	Loh Kean Yew Julien Paul	21 14	21 15
4	Ren-ne Ong / Crystal Wong Kate Foo Kune / Aurélie Allet	21 9	21 12
5	Terry Hee / Tan Wei Han Aatish Lubah / Nicki Chan-Lam	21 10	21 14

Quarterfinals

India
3

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast
7 April

Mauritius
0

		1	2
1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty Aatish Lubah / Christopher Jean Paul	21 12	21 3
2	Ashwini Ponnappa / N. Sikki Reddy Aurélie Allet / Nicki Chan-Lam	21 8	21 7
3	Srikanth Kidambi Julien Paul	21 12	21 14
4	Saina Nehwal Kate Foo Kune			not played
5	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / N. Sikki Reddy Julien Paul / Aurélie Allet			not played

Boxing

Mauritius participated with a team of 7 athletes (7 men)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sharvin Beedassee	−49 kg	—	Bye	Yafai (ENG) L ABD	Did not advance
Jordy Vadamootoo	−56 kg	—	Mokhotho (SLE) L 2 - 3	Did not advance
Jean John Colin	−60 kg	Bye	Vea (TGA) W 4 - 0	McGivern (NIR) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Louis Colin	−64 kg	Davule (FIJ) W 5 - 0	Colin (GHA) L 2 - 3	Did not advance
Merven Clair	−69 kg	Quartey (GHA) W 5 - 0	Bwogi (UGA) L 2 - 3	Did not advance
Jean Alberte	−75 kg	Docherty (SCO) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Louis Olivier	−81 kg	—	O'Reilly (CAN) L 0 - 5	Did not advance

Cycling

Mauritius participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexandre Mayer	Road race	4:07:59	49
Alexandre Mayer	Time trial	55:08.45	30
Dylan Redy	Road race	DNF
Christopher Rougier-Lagane	Road race	3:59:11	30
Christopher Rougier-Lagane	Time trial	55:05.59	29
Gregory Rougier-Lagane	Road race	DNF
Gregory Rougier-Lagane	Time trial	58:13.65	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Aurelie Halbwachs	Road race	3:12:57	33
Aurelie Halbwachs	Time trial	40:23.21	12
Kimberley Le Court De Billot	Road race	3:10:59	30

Squash

Mauritius participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Xavier Koenig	Men's singles	Mansaray (SLE) W 3 - 0	Malhotra (IND) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Swimming

Mauritius participated with 5 athletes (4 men and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gregory Anodin	50 m freestyle	24.52	39	Did not advance
Bradley Vincent	50 m freestyle	22.50	11 Q	22.60	13	Did not advance
Gregory Anodin	100 m freestyle	52.97	36	Did not advance
Mathieu Marquet		51.71	31	Did not advance
Bradley Vincent		49.93	17	Did not advance
Gregory Anodin	200 m freestyle	1:58.92	25	—		Did not advance
Mathieu Marquet	200 m freestyle	1:53.27	22	—		Did not advance
Mathieu Marquet	400 m freestyle	4:09.79	14	—		Did not advance
Jonathan Chung Yee	50 m breaststroke	31.25	27	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.92	21	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.71	13	—		Did not advance
Gregory Anodin	50 m butterfly	27.09	42	Did not advance
Bradley Vincent	50 m butterfly	25.30	26	Did not advance
Gregory Anodin	100 m butterfly	1:00.98	26	Did not advance
Bradley Vincent Gregory Anodin Jonathan Chung Yee Mathieu Marquet	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:34.58	9	—		Did not advance
Bradley Vincent Jonathan Chung Yee Mathieu Marquet Gregory Anodin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.51	8 Q	—		3:57.29	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elodie Poo Cheong	50 m freestyle	27.63	24	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.69	23	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	28.63	16 Q	28.43	15	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:04.39	18	Did not advance

Table tennis

Mauritius participated with 6 athletes (3 men and 3 women).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brian Chan Yook Fo	Men's singles	Spencer (SVG) W 4 - 0	Franklin (GUY) W 4 - 1	1 Q	Bye	Aruna (NGR) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Rhikesh Taucoory		Howieson (SCO) L 0 - 4	Dowell (BAR) W 4 - 2	2	Did not advance
Akhilen Yogarajah		Khawaja (PAK) W 4 - 2	Sultan (SEY) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Abrefa (GHA) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Elodie Ho Wan Kau	Women's singles	Qwea (VAN) W 4 - 1	Thakkar (KEN) W 4 - 0	1 Q	—	Das (IND) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Ruqayyah Kinoo		Madurangi (SRI) L 1 - 4	Payet (ENG) L 0 - 4	3	—	Did not advance
Sanjana Ramasawmy		Cote (CAN) L 0 - 4	Greaves (GUY) W 4 - 1	2	—	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rhikesh Taucoory Akhilen Yogarajah	Men's doubles	Bye	Gao / Pang (SGP) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Ruqayyah Kinoo Sanjana Ramasawmy	Women's doubles	—	Mukherjee / Sahasrabudhe (IND) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Sanjana Ramasawmy Akhilen Yogarajah	Mixed doubles	Rizal / Tee (MAS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Ruqayyah Kinoo Brian Chan Yook Fo		Abrefa / Kwabi (GHA) L 1 - 3	Did not advance
Elodie Ho Wan Kau Rhikesh Taucoory		Rameez / Khan (PAK) W 3 - 0	Wu / Yee (FIJ) W 3 - 0	Shetty / Patkar (IND) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brian Chan Yook Fo Rhikesh Taucoory Akhilen Yogarajah	Men's team	Singapore (SGP) L 0 - 3	Barbados (BAR) W 3 - 2	2 Q	Northern Ireland (NIR) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Elodie Chan Yook Fo Ruqayyah Kinoo Sanjana Ramasawmy	Women's team	Australia (AUS) L 0 - 3	Canada (CAN) L 0 - 3	3	—	Did not advance

Triathlon

Mauritius participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Timothee Hugnin	Men's	10:09	0:39	30:48	0:28	18:20	1:00:24	27

Weightlifting

Mauritius participated with 10 athletes (5 men and 5 women).^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Jack Dorian Madanamoothoo	−56 kg	85	8	110	8	195	8
Marc Coret	−62 kg	105	11	135	10	240	11
Dinesh Pandoo	−69 kg	105	13	135	10	240	10
Jack Anthony Madanamoothoo	−77 kg	120	12	153	12	273	12
Alvin Jooron	+105 kg	105	11	140	12	245	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Marie Ranaivosoa	−48 kg	76	2	94	2	170
Ketty Lent	−58 kg	72	8	91	9	163	8
Emanuella Labonne	−69 kg	85	7	100	8	185	8
Alison Sunee	−75 kg	68	11	90	11	158	11
Shalinee Valaydon	+90 kg	95	7	110	7	205	7

Wrestling

Mauritius participated with 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Repechage Format

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean Guyliane Bandou	Men's -65 kg	Bye	Kun (NRU) W 4 - 0	Charig (WAL) L 0 - 4	Bye	Bowling (ENG) L 0 - 4	5
Jean Frederic Marianne	Men's -74 kg	Khullar (NZL) L 0 - 4	Did not advance				15
Katouskia Pariadhaven	Women's -76 kg	—	Onyebuchi (NGR) L 0 - 4	Did not advance	—	Kiran (IND) L 0 - 5	5

Group stage Format

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noellancia Genave	Women's -57 kg	Essombe Tiako (CMR) L 0 - 5	McDaid (NIR) L 0 - 5	Adekuoroye (NGR) L 0 - 4	4	Did not advance		7

Controversy

Mauritius chef de mission Kaysee Teeroovengadum, indecently assaulted a Mauritian female athlete on the Gold Coast one day out from the opening ceremony.^[4] At that night, after meeting with the member of the Olympic Committee and listening to the versions of the two people concerned, Teeroovengadum made the decision to stand down from his post.^[5]

References

^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ "Mauritius Chef de Mission Denies Allegations of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour at Athletes Village". thesydney.news. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
^ "Mauritius chef de mission accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour". news.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[3] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[4] "Mauritius Chef de Mission Denies Allegations of Inappropriate Sexual Behaviour at Athletes Village". thesydney.news. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

[5] "Mauritius chef de mission accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour". news.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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