The first group of Greece’s Youth Olympic Team departed for Senegal on Wednesday, October 28, to represent the country at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, which will run from October 31 to November 13 for athletes aged 18 and under.
The first group includes seven athletes competing in coastal rowing, judo, beach volleyball, badminton and swimming.
The athletes are Iason Mouselimis (coastal rowing), Io Eirini Papadotheodorou (judo), Angeliki Charissaki and Grigoria Anna Margaritopoulou (beach volleyball), Ioannis Saourgiannidis (badminton), and Nikolaos Papadotheodorou and Eirini Zervou (swimming).
Dakar 2026 marks a milestone for the Youth Olympic Games, as an African country will host an Olympic sporting event for the first time.
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Organisers expect approximately 2,700 athletes from around the world to compete across 25 sports, with 153 medal events scheduled.
(Source: AMNA)