By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Soleil
Senegalese wrestlers Elizabeth Diatta, Maguette Diop and Ndèye Khady Anna Diatta won three Olympic titles in Saly, in their respective 55, 80 and 45 kg categories, while Abdoulaye Diouf secured bronze in the 90 kg category. These results complete Senegal's sporting record at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, according to Le Soleil.
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8 NovTaekwondo: Abdellatif Ladimat wins bronze for Morocco at Youth OlympicsÉlisabeth Diatta won the under-55 kg final 4-1 in beach wrestling against Japan's Kojima Reisa in Saly, giving Senegal its first gold medal at the Dakar 2026 YOG and the first youth Olympic title in its history, according to France 24. Maguette Diop then won gold in the under-80 kg category, taking Senegal's total to three medals.
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Four Senegalese wrestlers are competing on Sunday 8 November in the beach wrestling events at Dakar 2026 YOG in Saly Beach West, seeking to add to the host country's tally after Élisabeth Diatta and Maguette Diop won two gold medals the previous day. The discipline is appearing on the Olympic programme for the first time, according to Le Soleil.
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Élisabeth Diatta, in the -50 kg category, and Maguette Diop, in the -80 kg category, have qualified for the wrestling finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Senegal is thus guaranteed at least two silver medals, according to Le Soleil.
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Young Senegalese athletes won two gold medals in beach wrestling and a bronze medal in judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Élisabeth Diatta, Maguette Diop and Matar Diop were congratulated by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, according to Senego.
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U17 women's football: Nigerian champions arrive in AbujaNigeria's Flamingos, world champions in U17 women's football, arrived in Abuja on Monday after their 2-1 win over Japan in the final. Nigeria became the first African country to win this global youth competition, Channels TV reports, cited by Punch.The week in Africa
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