The Dakar Youth Olympic Games are set to make history as the first Olympic sporting event hosted on African soil, with organizers expressing confidence that preparations are complete despite a four-year delay.
After eight years of investment and transformation, the country is ready to host the 4th Olympic Youth Games on 31 October, but the event will be held in an economic and social context, to say the least, morose.
With the Olympic Youth Games in Dakar, Olympic competitions will take place for the first time on the African continent. Numerous young German talents are also fighting for medals in Senegal.