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![[Indian Ocean Island Games flag]](../images/i/int@jioi.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 18 August 2013
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The Indian Ocean Island Games (French: Jeux des îles de l'océan Indien) is a
multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Indian Ocean
islands. The Games was adopted by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) in
1976 and currently gather the islands of Mauritius,
Seychelles, Comoros,
Madagascar, Mayotte,
Réunion and the Maldives. The first Games was held in 1979
in Saint Denis,
Réunion.
The objectives of the games is to contribute to regional cooperation through the
development of sport in the region, build friendship and mutual understanding
between the peoples of the islands of the Indian Ocean, in the spirit of
Olympism. Allow athletes to have every four years, a competition whose interest
and level are commensurate with the real sport of the region, create a regional
event whose repercussions will ensure the infrastructure development of
countries in the area that lags far behind.
Zoltan Horvath, 18 August 2013
Its flag is light blue with its logo, which consists of white and grey letters
of Games name abbreviation, and four interlaced rings coloured red and green
placed over the letters.
Mayotte athletes marched under JIOI flag:
http://wongo.skyrock.com/3021989906-Ouverture-reussie-de-la-8eme-edition-des-jeux-des-iles-de-l-ocean.html
Images of flag:
http://196.1.120.228/virtual5/images/stories/cij.jpg
http://www.lamydeloceanindien.com/fr/actualite/13/seychelles/139/les-8emes-jeux-des-iles-de-l-ocean-indien?lamydeloceanindien=rcfsbu21bifrkm4bkmg9tsjfc0
Zoltan Horvath, 18 August 2013
