Athletics: Awa Diarra finishes ninth in 800m at Youth Olympic Games
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mali Actu
Malian athlete Awa Diarra finished ninth in the 800m final at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games in 2:31.29. She had improved her personal best in qualifying to 2:23.35, according to Mali Actu.
Awa Diarra, a Malian athlete competing in the 800 metres at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, finished ninth in the final on Monday in 2:31.29, according to Mali Actu. She had improved her personal best in qualifying with a time of 2:23.35, compared with 2:32 a few days earlier.
Ethiopian Netsanet Selemon won gold in 2:04.43, ahead of Philippine Naomi Marjorie Cesar, who took silver in 2:09.34, and Moroccan Khadija Elmostaqim, who won bronze in 2:10.05, according to the official results of the Youth Olympic Games organising committee.
