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Senegal won two gold medals in beach wrestling at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. Elisabeth Diatta won gold in the -55 kg category, the host country’s first gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games. Her compatriot Maguette Diop followed suit, taking gold in the -80 kg category.
Senegal won two gold medals in beach fight at the Olympic Youth Games in Dakar. Elisabeth Diatta won the gold in the -55 kg category, the first in the host country at the YOG. She was imitated by her compatriot Maguette Diop, sacred among the -80 kg.
Élisabeth Diatta offers Senegal her first Olympic gold medal, this Saturday In the beach wrestling final. A pride for his coach Isabelle Sambou, former Senegal flag holder at the Rio Olympics, who had never been able to bring back an Olympic medal.
In #Sally, the beaches welcome six #JOJ disciplines and offer new sports spaces to young people. But just a few kilometres away, in #Mbour, coastal erosion disappears beaches, playgrounds and homes, reminding of the urgent need to preserve the Senegalese coast.
At the JOJ Dakar 2026, a father travelled from Gabon to support his swimming son. From the podiums of the Olympic pool, he lives every race at the rhythm of his child.
A historic ceremony for Senegal and Africa. On October 31, 2026, Dakar hosted the opening of the first Olympic Youth Games on the African continent. Through "L'Envol de Sitoé", a show combining dance, music, traditions and contemporary creation, the artists told an Africa proud of its history and turned towards the future. How was this show imagined? Why did you choose to tell Africa through the eyes of a little girl? And what legacy for African creators? Khady Niang, Director of Ceremonies
This is a first in the history of the Youth Olympic Games. An Olympic refugee team takes part in the competition. Six young people, six different routes and one pride. To wear the colours of the Olympic Refugee Team and take their place among the best young athletes in the world.
On the occasion of the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, the International Olympic Committee proposed that Judokate Clarisse Agbengenou be a model athlete. A role she has accepted with pleasure to encourage, mentor and advise high-performance young athletes.
The medals are already being won at Dakar 2026. But beyond the scores and the celebrations, some athletes have overcome far greater challenges. Members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team, now living in Uganda and Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp after fleeing conflict, are proving that the Games are about much more than sport.
At the JOJ Dakar 2026, the young Moroccan rider Ghali Bougja illustrates in the jump of obstacles, a discipline that requires precision, control and complicity with his mount. Discovering a Moroccan nugget that feeds great ambitions in riding.
