Ua ʻike ʻia ka Pōʻalima i ka wehe ʻana o ka 8th Indian Ocean Island Games ma Seychelles. ʻO ka Pelekikena Seychelles, ʻo Mr. James Michel, ka mea i loaʻa i ka hanohano o ka wehe ʻana i kēia mau pāʻani, i hoʻopaʻapaʻa mau ʻia ma waena o kahi 1,200 mau mokupuni e hele mai ana mai Seychelles, La Reunion, Mayotte, Comores, Madagascar, Mauritius, a me nā Maldives.
ʻO ka Pelekikena o nā Maldives, ʻo Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, aia nō hoʻi i Seychelles no ka wehe kūhelu o nā pāʻani, i ukali ʻia e kahi ʻelele o nā kuhina. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Mauritius e ko lākou Kuhina no nā haʻuki.
ʻO kēia ka lua o ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ai kēia mau pāʻani ma Seychelles. ʻO ka mea e hiki mai ana e mālama ʻia ma La Reunion. Ke hana nei ʻo Maldives i kahi kauoha e hoʻokipa i nā pāʻani ma 2019.
ʻO ka pōpeku, basketball, volleyball, ʻauʻau, laser sailing, badminton, haʻi kaumaha, mokomoko, papa ʻaina, paikikala, judo, ma waena o nā aʻoaʻo ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokūkū ʻia e nā ʻelele mai nā mokupuni a pau o ka moana ʻĀina. ʻO Kuhina Vincent Meriton mai Seychelles ke kuleana no kēia mau pāʻani 2011. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me Mr. Jean-Francois Beaulieu, ka Pelekikena International no nā pāʻani.
