Senegal opens the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympics on African soil
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The 2026 Youth Olympic Games opened with a ceremony on Saturday in Dakar, Senegal’s first time hosting an Olympic event and the continent’s first Olympics. About 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 will compete through 13 November in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. Hundreds of dancers marked Senegalese and African culture under the motto “Africa welcomes, Dakar celebrates”; ambassadors Omar Sy and Khaby Lame were among those expected at the opening.
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