The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games enter their third day of competition on Tuesday with action scheduled across swimming, judo, beach sprint rowing, rugby sevens, and wushu, following two initial days that saw several delegations claim medals and crown their first champions.
The multi-sport event, running through November 13 across venues in Dakar, Diamniadio, and Saly, opened its sports program on Sunday, November 1.
In beach sprint rowing—a discipline set to make its full Olympic debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Games—China’s Liu Lili and Su Juntao captured gold in the mixed doubles event on Monday, November 2, ahead of Austria’s Lukas Schoenhuber and Alena Lux, while France’s Raphaël de Boussac and Elisa Guilloton secured third place. Tuesday’s rowing slate features the individual men’s and women’s beach sprint finals.
At the pool, Croatia’s Ana Bobanović claimed the women’s 100m freestyle title ahead of New Zealand’s Alyssa Lawson and India’s Dhinidhi Desinghu, while Russia’s Bogdan Toropkin earned victory in the men’s 100m freestyle. Egypt’s Zain Ali delivered an African victory by winning the men’s 100m butterfly. Swimming action continues Tuesday with key events including the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke finals.
Judo competition delivered medals across multiple weight classes, with Kazakhstan’s Fatima Supygaliyeva taking the women’s under-52kg title, Slovakia’s Vivien Vadovica winning the men’s under-81kg category, and Germany’s Jolina Reinhold capturing the women’s under-63kg event. Host nation Senegal earned its first medal of the Games through Matar Diop’s bronze finish in the men’s under-66kg division, while Egypt’s Aly Elramly secured bronze in the men’s under-81kg category. Judo concludes its program on Tuesday with finals in the women’s under-78kg and men’s under-100kg divisions.
In team sports, France claimed the men’s rugby sevens tournament by defeating South Africa 26-19 in the final, with Argentina rounding out the podium in third place. The women’s rugby sevens tournament reaches its climax on Tuesday with final medal matches. The day’s extensive schedule also features wushu taolu, table tennis, baseball5, futsal, and beach volleyball.
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