Mauritius at the 2016 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

IOC codeMRI
NOCMauritius Olympic Committee
Competitors12 in 8 sports
Flagbearer Kate Foo Kune[1]
Mauritius at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeMRI
NOCMauritius Olympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors12 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Kate Foo Kune[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Mauritius competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Mauritius Olympic Committee confirmed a team of 11 athletes, five men and six women, to compete in eight sports at the Games.[2] The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was relatively larger than those sent to both Beijing 2008 and London 2012 by a single athlete. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Mauritius marked its Olympic comeback in badminton and weightlifting after an eight-year absence.

Three Mauritian athletes returned from the previous Games, including judoka Christianne Legentil (women's 52 kg), freestyle swimmer Heather Arseth, and triathlete Fabienne St. Louis, who was able to compete despite being diagnosed with salivary gland cancer eight months earlier.[3] Meanwhile, Africa's top-ranked badminton player and 2010 Youth Olympian Kate Foo Kune was selected by the committee to carry the Mauritian flag at the opening ceremony.[1]

For the second consecutive time, Mauritius left Rio de Janeiro without a single Olympic medal. Unable to reach the final, Legentil managed to reproduce her seventh-place feat from London 2012 as the most successful finish for the Mauritians at these Games, losing the match to Russia's Natalia Kuziutina in the repechage round.[4]

Mauritian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5][6]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
David Carver Men's marathon — 2:26:16 102
Aurelie Alcindor Women's 200 m 24.55 7 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Jonathan Drack Men's triple jump 16.21 28 Did not advance

Badminton

Mauritius has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. Kate Foo Kune picked up a continental berth as Africa's top shuttler based on her performance in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016, signifying the country's return to the sport after a 16-year hiatus.[7]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kate Foo Kune Women's singles  Buranaprasertsuk (THA)
L (7–21, 18–21)		  Chen H-y (AUS)
W (21–16, 21–19)		 2 Did not advance

Boxing

Mauritius has entered two boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Merven Clair and top seeded boxer Kennedy St-Pierre had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[8]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Merven Clair Men's middleweight  Abdin (EGY)
L 0–3		 Did not advance
Kennedy St-Pierre Men's heavyweight Bye  Bouloudinat (ALG)
W 2–1		  Levit (KAZ)
L 0–3		 Did not advance

Judo

Mauritius has qualified one judoka for the women's half-lightweight category (52 kg) at the Games. London 2012 quarterfinalist Christianne Legentil earned a continental quota spot from the African region as Mauritius' top-ranked judoka based on points in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Christianne Legentil Women's −52 kg  Fahmy (KSA)
W 100–000		  Cohen (ISR)
W 001–000		  Kelmendi (KOS)
L 000–000 S		 Did not advance  Kuziutina (RUS)
L 000–100		 Did not advance 7

Swimming

Mauritius has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[10][11][12]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bradley Vincent Men's 100 m freestyle 50.89 49 Did not advance
Heather Arseth Women's 100 m freestyle 58.89 37 Did not advance

Triathlon

Mauritius has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Fabienne St Louis was selected as the highest-ranked triathlete from Africa in the women's event based on the ITU Points List.[13]

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Fabienne St. Louis Women's 25:30 Did not finish

Weightlifting

References

External links

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI