Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: Senegal reaches 10 medals, five gold
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego and Mali Actu
Senegal has won ten medals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics, including five golds, and remains sixth overall after Ameth Diop’s bronze in taekwondo in the under-73kg category, according to Senego. China leads with 30 medals ahead of Japan on 26, while Egypt is fourth with 12 medals.
Senegal has ten medals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), including five golds and five bronzes, and remains sixth overall after Ameth Diop’s bronze in taekwondo in the under-73kg category, according to Senego.
The standings as of Wednesday 11 November put China top with 30 medals, including 16 golds and eight silvers, ahead of Japan (26 medals, including nine golds) and Russia (14 medals, including eight golds). Egypt, fourth with 12 medals (six golds, one silver and five bronzes), is ahead of Ethiopia, fifth with eight medals (five golds and three silvers). Five African countries feature in the Top 10: alongside Senegal, Egypt and Ethiopia, Kenya is eighth with six medals, including four golds, and South Africa is ninth with 11 medals, including three golds. Nigeria is 13th with three titles.
France is seventh with 13 medals (four golds, five silvers and four bronzes), ahead of Germany (18th) and the United States (19th). Its four titles were won by the men’s rugby sevens team on 2 November, Mael Lamouret in individual archery and Julie Bourgis in pole vault on 8 November, and Axel Faye in pole vault on 10 November.
Ameth Diop’s bronze completes Senegal’s tally after the three beach wrestling titles and Marie Sarr’s women’s taekwondo title, as well as Matar Diop’s bronze in judo on 1 November. Morocco has three medals, Niger two bronzes and Uganda three bronzes. In women’s futsal, Ukraine took gold ahead of Venezuela, the two teams that had shared Group A with Senegal; in fencing, Canada’s Simon Shan won the men’s individual épée ahead of Serbia’s Vukan Radjenovic.
Update of 12 November 2026: Read: Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: Dakar Autonomous Port assesses its arrangements.
