The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games schedule from 31 October to 13 November 2026, with the opening ceremony shown on 31 October and the closing ceremony on 13 November. The competition programme lists 25 disciplines: 3x3 Basketball, Archery, Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball5, Be…
India’s 17-year-old hurdler Shourya Ambure won the women’s 100m hurdles bronze at Dakar 2026 in a personal-best 13.59 seconds, months after undergoing surgery for a torn ACL. She became the first Indian female track athlete to medal at the Youth Olympics.
Rajkumari Lanchenbi Chanu won bronze in the women's changquan combined at Dakar 2026, adding another medal for India at the Youth Olympic Games. The Manipuri athlete had qualified second for the final with 17.982 points.
Bengaluru teenager Dhinidhi Desinghu became the first Indian swimmer to win a Youth Olympic Games medal, taking bronze in the women's 100m freestyle at Dakar 2026 with a national-record 56.27 seconds.
India’s Khushbu Rajbhai Darjada claimed the silver medal in the women’s under-63kg judo event at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Germany’s Jolina Reinhold won gold, while Indonesia’s Sashenaka Fatimah and Kyrgyzstan’s Aisha Kyalbekova shared bronze.
Dakar 2026 runs from October 30 to November 13, with Baseball5 opening competition before the October 31 ceremony. The fixture chart maps 25 disciplines across Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly, with medal events scheduled through the closing day.
Dakar 2026 will be the first Olympic event held in Africa, but the Youth Games arrive amid debate over Russian athletes competing under national symbols and human rights concerns in host Senegal.
