The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee has unveiled the official video of the event! Lasting two minutes and 47 seconds, it shows Senegalese youth in the streets and on the beaches of the capital, indulging in the different sports that will be represented next year. Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal's only Olympic medalist, also makes an appearance, at the beginning and end of the video, as if he were accompanying the youngest on this journey.
For a long time, we were looked at without being seen. This time, we are the ones telling the story. Dakar 2026 starts here 🔛
— Dakar 2026 (@jojdakar2026) June 12, 2025
Watch, vibrate, share and see you in 2026 to be part of history 💫🇸🇳
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« Africa, the cradle of humanity, land of belief and resilience, is ready to make sports history. Around the Youth Olympic Games, Senegal is united. For sport and for the future. Fourteen days of competition that will thrill the whole world. 2700 athletes from all corners of the globe will compete, always with respect and humilityAnd when all seems lost, hope remains. Africa will shine and adorn with gold those who stand out. ", we hear throughout the video. The Organizing Committee will present the mascot for this edition very soon, by the end of the month.
