Taekwondo at YOG: Ameth Diop wins bronze for Senegal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
Senegalese taekwondo athlete Ameth Diop won the bronze medal in the under-73 kg category at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Beaten in the semi-final by Azerbaijan’s Adil Kazimli, he had earlier eliminated Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Almasaari in the quarter-final, SeneNews reports.
Senegalese taekwondo athlete Ameth Diop won the bronze medal in the under-73 kg category at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Wednesday 11 November at the Iba-Mar-Diop complex in Dakar, SeneNews reports. He beat Saudi Arabia’s Fawaz Almasaari in the quarter-final before losing to Azerbaijan’s Adil Kazimli in the semi-final, two rounds to zero.
The medal brings Senegal’s provisional tally at the YOG to ten, including five gold titles and five bronze medals, according to SeneNews. Taekwondo is thus contributing to the host country’s medal haul in the competition.
The medal comes after Moroccan Abdellatif Ladimat won bronze in taekwondo on 8 November and Senegalese Marie Sarr won gold on 10 November. Senegal had also won three Olympic titles in beach wrestling on 11 November.
