The Gambia to send seven athletes to Dakar Youth Olympics
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kerr Fatou
The Gambia will send seven athletes in five sports to the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 31 October to 13 November 2026. The Gambian Olympic committee says preparations are about 95% complete and several teams are already training abroad, according to its communications officer Muhammed L. Saidykhan, quoted by GRTS.
The Gambia will send seven athletes in five sports to the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, scheduled for 31 October to 13 November 2026. Muhammed L. Saidykhan, communications officer of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), told state broadcaster GRTS on Tuesday that preparations were about 95% complete, according to Kerr Fatou.
Gambian teams in judo, boxing, swimming, athletics and beach volleyball are preparing between The Gambia and Senegal. The judokas are training in Senegal and are due to take part in a competition in Kazakhstan before the Games, while the boxers travelled to Dakar this week. The swimmers and athletes are benefiting from an ECOWAS-backed programme in Saint-Louis, and the beach volleyball team is due to join them in Saly after a local training camp, reports Kerr Fatou.
The Games will bring together about 2,700 young athletes from 206 countries, with an expected split of 1,350 boys and 1,350 girls. According to Muhammed L. Saidykhan, The Gambia’s seven places result from the quotas and qualification routes established by the International Olympic Committee, despite the 29 sports associations affiliated to the GNOC.
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