Mauritius National SAMBO Grand Prix was held in Central Flacq

The Mauritius National SAMBO Grand Prix 2019 was held on September 15 in Central Flacq under the supervision of Parsad Balkissoon, President and Founder of the Mauritius National SAMBO Federation. A good number of participants coming from eight regions took part in this event, namely: Bel Air Rivière Sèche, Bramsthan, Ecroignard, Grand River South East, Grand Sable, Poste de Flacq, Quatre Soeurs and Sebastopol.

Nine categories were on the program which included categories for Kids, Cadets, Youth, Men and Women (Sport SAMBO). The gold medals were won by Rehaan Gopal, Suryaveersing Khedoo, Heshaan Gopaul, Divyum Kaseeran, Nilesh Jungy, Chandraveer Lutchmun, Shubham Ramsahye, Bhavna Goheeram and Lidesh Jungly.

The competition served as a selection exercise for the upcoming World SAMBO Championships scheduled to be held in South Korea in November. Earlier this year, Mauritius ranked 9th at the African SAMBO Championships 2019 held in Casablanca, Morocco with 2 bronze medals won by Sarvesh Lutchmun and Lidesh Jungly.