Judex Lefou was the first mauritian sprinter to become No 1 in the African continent in 110m hurdles race more than a decade ago.
Richard Sunee was the first mauritian boxer to obtain a gold medal in the Commonwealth games.
Then in year 2000, two other athletes Stephen Buckland (200m race) and Eric Milazar (400m race) were the first mauritians to run an Olympic final in Sydney. They didn't get an olympic medal but they were able to show the world that Mauritius also has its place in sports at international level.
Although Mauritius has a small population with limited sports ressources and facilities compared to other countries, we have great hope that one day, one of our citizens will finally break that psychological barrier to become an olympic medalist.
And our national boxer Bruno Julie did it two days ago in Beijing... Words are not enough to describe the feelings of every mauritian about this amazing performance.
CONGRATULATIONS Bruno !!!
Alain Fok
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