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JOJ Dakar 2026: The Gold Medal for the Lions of Senegal in Basket 3x3

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What a scenario! The Senegalese Lions are Olympic champions of the youth in basketball 3x3. In the final of the Dakar 2026 Olympics, they beat Lithuania on the score from 14 to 13, in overtime, at the end of a suspense game. Long held in check, the Senegalese saw the victory elude them for most of the regulatory time. Led in the last moments, they managed to pull the equalization to 3 seconds of the siren, to bring the score to 12-12. This baske…
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The Lithuanian triple jump team did not put the icing on the cake at the Youth Olympic Games, but they will return home with their heads held high after winning silver medals. The guys, coached by European champion Donatas Slanina, lost to the Senegalese team in Dakar in the final of the competition in overtime 13:14. During extra time, our team had taken the lead 13:12, but did not use their chance to close the match. Frederic Mane had the last…

The Lithuanian youth triples basketball team was forced to settle for silver medals after a dramatic battle in the final of the Youth Olympics.

·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The men's and women's basketball tournaments 3×3 were concluded in Dakar and on a day full of emotions were Senegal and Poland to celebrate. After three days of games, in fact, the two teams won the men's and women's gold medal, surpassing in the final respectively Lithuania and China. In the men's tournament [...]

The Polish 3x3 basketball team won the gold medal at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar! In the final, the Polish national team defeated China 12-11.

The Lions are in the final of the 3x3 basketball tournament of the Dakar 2026 JOJ! After a particularly contested semifinal, Senegal took the lead over Germany on the narrow score of 16-15. Thanks to this precious victory, the young Senegalese basketball players offer themselves a place in the final and are approaching a consecration in front of their audience.

(wiwsport) Senegal qualified for the final of the men's 3×3 basketball tournament of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games by finishing Germany (16-15), this Monday, at the end of an irrespirable semifinal. The Senegalese had to fight to the end to win their ticket. Equal with the Germans at the end of the time [...] This article was originally published on wiwsport: site #1 of the sports news of Senegal (wiwsport.com). Source article: OJJ Dakar 20…

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wiwsport broke the news on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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