What will the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games medals Part of the answer may lie in your mind! A competition was launched on Tuesday, September 2nd to design the obverse of these medals. Participation is open to all, provided they are of legal age. Candidates can send their proposal until October 7.
A toolkit is available online with technical specifications and guidelines. Proposals will be judged on five criteria: creativity, originality, relevance to the YOG narrative, feasibility and written descriptionA jury composed of the Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission, Humphrey Kayange, the winner of the Gangwon 2024 medal design competition, Dante Akira Uwai, and Olympian artist Annabel Eyres, will establish a ranking and share its recommendations to the IOC Executive Board for approval.
The opportunity to design the obverse of the medal was first offered for the Singapore 2010 YOG, when Japan's Setsuko Fukuzawa won the award. Since then, young designers from Slovakia, Romania, Indonesia, New Zealand and Brazil have seen their creations presented to athletes on the YOG catwalks. ", underlines the IOC.
