Commonwealth of Nations and Games (Seychelles)
Seychelles
Seychelles (island country in Africa) has been a member of the Commonwealth of Nation since June 28th, 1976. That same year, the country became independent from the United Kingdom and became a republic. In 1977, France Albert René made a coup d´état, ousting the first president of the country, James Mancham. During that time, Seychelles had become a visited country, but René was against that tourism so he declared that Seychelles had to be kept for the Seychellois only.
Before all that, this country had always been inhabited, and it was the Europeans who arrived with enslaved Africans who changed that in the 18th century. That´s when it became a British colony from 1814 until (like it´s been explained) 1976. Years before, Vasco da Gama (portuguese explorer and the first person to arrive to India by sea) and his armada discovered the islands on 15 March 1503.
Seychelles has been competing in the Commonwealth Games since 1990. It´s only won 7 medals in total, which seems small comparing to places like Australia and England, which have more that 2000 each. Seychelles won its first Bronze medal in 1994 and its first 2 silver medals in 1998. The National Sports teams of Seychelles have played (and play) many sports such as badminton, basketball, cricket football, beach soccer and more. Actually, the Seychelles National beach soccer team will participate in the FIFA Beach Soccer Word Cup for the first time in 2025.
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