President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and First Lady Fazna Ahmed observed and met with athletes participating in the Athletics event at the Indian Ocean Island games 2019 in Mauritius.

The First Couple also signed the shoes of the athletes competing in the half marathon and full marathon events.

The First Couple attended multiple sporting events involving Maldivian teams yesterday, observing and encouraging several teams including our Women's Table Tennis team, Men's Volleyball team and our Women's and Men's Badminton teams in their respective matches against opponents from different countries.

Our Women's Table Tennis team successfully progressed to the finals and won the Gold Medal while our Men's Badminton team secured a bronze medal. The Maldives team also won a Silver medal in Men's Volleyball, and a Bronze medal in the 100m Para Athletics event.