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Dakar 2026 YOG: 6,000 volunteers collect their equipment

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Less than two weeks before the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, 6,000 Senegalese volunteers are collecting their accreditations and equipment at the Kër Ayo site in Ouakam, Dakar. They will be distributed across six competition venues, including the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium and Dakar Arena, to help organise the events, reports Le Soleil.

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