Weekly Island Round-Up - 26th Jul 2021
Here are 3 things happening in Mauritius this week!
1) The Mauritian Open Air Festival – the largest celebration of Mauritian music and culture outside of the island itself- takes place in London
2) Mauritius represented across several sports from boxing to badminton in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
8 athletes are representing Mauritius across several sporting disciplines for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They are:
Richarno Colin (Boxing)
Merven Clair (Boxing)
Rémi Feuillet (Judo)
Roilya Ranaivosoa (Weightlifting)
Julien Paul (Badminton)
Mathieu Marquet (Swimming)
Alicia Kok Shun (Swimming)
Jérémie Lararaudeuse (Athletics)
3) Schools closed in Mauritius as over 300 positive cases of Covid-19 are recorded in a single day
SOURCES
https://www.archysport.com/2021/07/2020-olympics-mauritian-athletes-to-follow/
https://www.lemauricien.com/jeux-olympiques-tokyo-2020/
https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/urgent-covid-19-368-nouveaux-cas-positifs-detectes/435984/
https://www.lexpress.mu/keyword/covid-19/1
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