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Dakar 2026 YOG: Babacar Mbaye and Élisabeth Diatta remain unbeaten

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Dakar 2026 YOG: Babacar Mbaye and Élisabeth Diatta remain unbeatenM.GADJ! · CC BY-SA 4.0

Senegalese wrestlers Babacar Mbaye (60 kg) and Élisabeth Diatta (55 kg) won their first two beach wrestling bouts at the Dakar 2026 YOG. They remain in contention for the semi-finals, to be contested on the afternoon of 7 November, according to Seneweb.

Senegalese wrestlers Babacar Mbaye (60 kg) and Élisabeth Diatta (55 kg) each won their first two preliminary bouts in the beach wrestling tournament at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), Seneweb reports. The two victories keep them in contention for a place in the semi-finals.

The two athletes will return to the arena from 15:25 to try to secure their place in the last four.

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