Dakar 2026: Maguette Diop and Babacar Mbaye reach beach wrestling semi-finals
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Senegalese wrestlers Maguette Diop (80kg) and Babacar Mbaye (60kg) qualified for the beach wrestling semi-finals at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after three wins in three bouts each, including victories over Ukrainians Dmytro Holovenko and Kiril Nahirnyi. Both representatives finished the preliminaries unbeaten, according to Seneweb.
Maguette Diop, competing in the 80kg category, and Babacar Mbaye, in the 60kg category, qualified for the beach wrestling semi-finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after three preliminary-round victories each, Seneweb reports. Both Senegalese wrestlers finished their groups unbeaten.
Babacar Mbaye, competing in Group C of the 60kg category, secured his third victory against Ukraine’s Kiril Nahirnyi. Maguette Diop, in Group B of the 80kg category, beat Ukraine’s Dmytro Holovenko in his third bout, according to Seneweb.
The two qualifications came on 7 November, the same day Seneweb reported that Babacar Mbaye and Élisabeth Diatta remain unbeaten in beach wrestling. Two Senegalese wrestlers also qualified for a final in Dakar on 7 November.
