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Archives for August 2004

Mauritians at Athens 2004 Olympics

20 August 2004 By Avinash Meetoo 10 Comments

Like most people in the world, I am watching Athens 2004 on TV at home. And like most Mauritians, I really don’t want to miss the 52 Mauritian athletes on TV (especially that we really can win a medal or two this time…)

This webpage shows at what time our athletes will be live on TV. All given times are Mauritian time (GMT+4).

Stéphane BUCKLAND

200m Round 1 Heat (24 Aug at 11:20-11:58)

Stéphane has qualified for the Round 2 Heat with an excellent time of 20.29s and, better still, a reaction time of only 0.185s !!! Will Stéphane win his first olympic medal ? Only time will tell… Alé Maurice !

200m Round 2 Heat (24 Aug at 21:00-21:23)

Stéphane has qualified for the Semifinal coming out second just after Francis Obikwelu with a good time of 20.36s.

200m Semifinal (25 Aug at 23:50-00:00)

Stéphane has done it again ! He is in the finals of the 200m of the XXVIII Olympiad !!! He qualified with a good time of 20.37s just behind Justin Gatlin and Francis Obikwelu and with the best reaction time of the whole lot (0.183s). My prediction is that Stéphane will be among the best three if he leaves the starting block as quickly as he done in his previous runs. Alé Maurice !

200m Final (26 Aug at 23:50-23:52)

Stéphane came out sixth of the final with an excellent time of 20.24s but with a relatively slow reaction time of 0.294s owing to the fact that he had had a false start already (he must have been distracted by the noise in the stadium…)

Final results: (1) Shawn Crawford (USA) 19.79s (2) Bernard Williams (USA) 20.01s (3) Justin Gatlin (USA) 20.03s (4) Frank Fredericks (NAM) 20.14s (5) Francis Obikwelu (POR) 20.14s (6) Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.24s (7) Tobias Unger (GER) 20.64s (8) Asafa Powell (JAM) –

Thanks, Stéphane, for giving us the opportunity to watch a Mauritian in a final of the Olympic Games ! Good luck for next time !

Jonathan CHIMIER

Long Jump Qualifying Round (24 Aug at 20:45-22:00)

Wonderful jump of 8.28m (which is the new national record by the way :-) to put Jonathan in the Final ! Do we start to dream of a medal here ??? By the way, the American Dwight Phillips leaped at 8.60m during this qualifying round.

Long Jump Final (26 Aug at 21:20-23:05)

Jonathan came out 10th of the finals after having done 8.03m at his first attempt with a wind of +1.4. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to leap like he did in the qualifying round.

Dwight Philips (USA), as expected, came out first with an excellent jump of 8.59m with a wind of +1.0. He is really good this guy as he was 49cm ahead of the second, John Moffitt (USA).

Congratulations to Jonathan, nevertheless, for providing us such intense pleasure to watch a Mauritian participating in the Games !

Eric MILAZAR

400m Round 1 Heat (20 Aug at 22:10-22:58)

Eric ran at 45.34s (and came out third) in the 400m Round 1 Heat and qualified for the Semifinal being among the fastest.

400m Semifinal (21 Aug at 22:15-22:31)

Eric did 45.23s and came out fourth in the Semifinal but that was not sufficient to go to the final. His reaction time was only 0.268s which perhaps is an explanation. But, still, congratulations to Eric for having been in the Semifinal. Alé Maurice.

Other Mauritians at the Athens 2004 olympics

ADAM Sebastien Gael (Swimming), ALEXIS Jean Yues Gaiero (Wrestling), ANDRE Francois Xavier (Wrestling), AUGUSTIN Fernando (Athletics), AZA Meruin (Boxing), BABET Jean Marie (Archery), BEEHARRY Stephan (Badminton), BHAGEEA Michou (Triathlon), BUNDHUN Yehya (Archery), CASQUETTE Jean Paul Arnaud (Athletics), COLLET Laual (Judo), DALOU Marie Jesika (Weightlifting), DAVID Yanick (Judo), DEGRACE Jean Francois (Athletics), DESSCANN Rajessen (Table Tennis), EDOUARD Alain (Wrestling), ETIENNETTE Diane (Swimming), EVENOR Claudia (Wrestling), FELICITE Antonio (Judo), FOO KUNE Eileen Karen Lee Chin (Badminton), GULRAJANI Aarti (Table Tennis), HACKEL Chris (Swimming), IYEMPERMAL Moorougessen (Taekwondo), JUHEL Lensley (Athletics), KNUBLEY Sharon Micheline (Table Tennis), KOWLESSUR Ommanandsingh (Athletics), LEE BAW Nathalie (Swimming), LIEUTIER Selwin (Athletics), LIN WEN YING Christophe (Swimming), LOUIS Enrico (Athletics), MACAQUE Michael (Boxing), MAHADNAC Yogesh (Badminton), MATHURAH Amanoula (Archery), MEDOR Michael (Boxing), MOUNAWAH Mike (Judo), NAIKO Khemraj (Athletics), NAMASEVAYEN Dolly (Judo), RAFFIN Yolene (Athletics), RAVINA Bernadette (Athletics), ROSE Prisca (Swimming), ROUSSETY Clairmene (Wrestling), SAWARAM Amrita (Badminton), SAWARAM Vishal (Badminton), SOPHIE Jacques Gilbert (Triathlon), SOUCI Gael (Swimming), TAUCOORY Rhikesh (Table Tennis), VEEREN Vishwanaden (Wrestling), VICTOIRE David (Athletics), VINCENT Melissa (Swimming)

Filed Under: News, Sports

Liverpool confirm new squad numbers

12 August 2004 By Avinash Meetoo 4 Comments

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Liverpool has confirmed new squad numbers for the 2004-2005 season.

Of (very) noticeable interest,

El-Hadji Diouf (who for the past month didn’t have a number – is that an indication that he is staying?) has number 19,

Paul Harrison (who is a very promising goalkeeper) has been promoted to the first team and has number 40,

and, Stephen Warnock has now number 28 (which is the number Bruno Cheyrou weared last season) which seems to indicate that he’ll play an active part in our first team (he is a very good left-sided fullback or winger).

Filed Under: Sports

Wish List for our coming baby boy

5 August 2004 By Avinash Meetoo 4 Comments

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These are the things our coming baby boy (expected on the 20th of September) would like (if ever you want to give him a little welcome gift :-)

– Padded changing mat
– Changing bag
– 3 mini bottles Avent
– 3 midi bottles Avent
– 1 quilt (preferably around 1m50 X 1m)
– 1 small pillow + 2 traversins
– 3 large towels
– 6 small face towels

also welcome:

– Disposable nappies (Huggies or Pampers for newborn)
– Wipes

Thanks in anticipation.

Filed Under: News

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