Team Guam Arrives in Dakar for 2026 Youth Olympic Games
The six-athlete Refugee Olympic Team will make its Youth Olympics debut under mentor Eliud Kipchoge, with Arno Yafunga Botay competing in judo.
- Nigeria will send 19 athletes across six sports to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, beginning October 31 in Senegal, marking the first Olympic event hosted on African soil.
- The Refugee Olympic Team makes its Youth Olympics debut at Dakar 2026, featuring six athletes including 15-year-old judoka Arno Yafunga Botay, mentored by two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge.
- Yafunga Botay competes in the under-55kg category after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo at age six; he promised his father Arnold, "I'll bring the gold medal back."
- Judo instructor Lawrence Karisa Nyundo said the selection has "changed perceptions" of the sport in Kenya's refugee community, while Yafunga Botay aims to teach the discipline in Kakuma refugee camp.
- The Games will run until November 13 across three host zones in Senegal, with delegations from nations including Guam participating in an event centered on friendship and cultural exchange.
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The official presentation of Team Romania for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 took place on Wednesday at the Olympic House in Bucharest.
The Romanian Olympic and Sport Committee (COSR) presented the Romanian Lot that will participate in the Olympic Youth Games in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The tricolors lot includes 16 athletes, who will compete in 10 disciplines. After that, in 2018, in the previous summer edition of the Olympic Youth Games, organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Romania won 8 medals (two gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze), tricolors prepare for a new edition. ...
Team PNG departs for historic Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games
Papua New Guinea — Swimmer Roxanne Kirarock, 15, and sprinter Kabake Lansana, 17, departed on 28 October to represent Papua New Guinea at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. To access this post, you must purchase Web, Web – One-Day, Web – 14-Day, Web – One-Month, Web – Three-Month, Web – Six-Month, Web – Annual, Web & eBook, Web & eBook – One-Day, Web & eBook – 14-Day, Web & eBook – One-Month, Web & eBook – Three-Month, Web & eBoo…
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