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Senegalese Female Wrestler Wins the Nation’s First Olympic Gold at Dakar Youth Games

Two 16-year-olds won Senegal’s first Olympic gold medals in beach wrestling, with Elisabeth Diatta and Maguette Diop triumphing before home fans.

Senegal is celebrating its first ever gold medal in an Olympic event in the country's national sport, beach wrestling. Elisabeth Diatta, aged 16, has defeated Japan's Reisa Kojima at the Youth Olympic Games in front of home fans. The local…

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Senegalese female wrestler wins the nation’s first Olympic gold at Dakar Youth Games

Senegal is celebrating its first ever gold medal in an Olympic event in the country’s national sport, beach wrestling

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A few minutes after the title of Élisabeth Diatta, the Senegalese wrestler won the less than 80 kg in Sally. The host country signed a gold double on the sand of Sally Beach West. Senegal continued its harvest at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. This Saturday, November 7, Maguette Diop won the final of the category of less than 80 kg in beach fight and offered the delegation his second gold medal of these Games. The young wrestler thus joined…

(wiwsport) The Senegalese wrestler Maguette Diop won the final of the JOJ Dakar 2026 in front of Azerbaijan's Suleymanli Nihad in front of the Olympic gold medallist in his category in Beach Wrestling. Maguette Diop is on the roof of the world. The Senegalese wrestler imitated Elizabeth Diop who for a few moments had won gold in the [...] This article was originally published on wiwsport: site n°1 of the sports news of Senegal (wiwsport.com). So…

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wiwsport broke the news on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
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