Nigeria claimed its first medals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Sunday, sweeping the men’s and women’s 100m titles as African athletes enjoyed a successful day of competition.

Rosemary Nwankwo won the women’s race in 11.16 seconds, while Gift Bright claimed the men’s title in 10.28 seconds, a new Youth Olympic Games record. 

Kenya secured a distance-running double at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Enock Tuitoek won the men’s 3,000m in 8:07.69, while Abigael Kosgei claimed the women’s 2,000m steeplechase in a personal best of 6:30.24. The victories raised Kenya’s gold medal tally to three, including its earlier triumph in women’s rugby sevens.

Hosts Senegal also celebrated gold through Ndeye Khady Anna Diatta, who won the women’s 45kg beach-wrestling title with a 3–1 victory over Mexico’s Karen Araceli Rios Silva. Ablaye Diouf added bronze in the men’s 90kg category.

Senegal also advanced to the 3x3 basketball semi-finals in both the men’s and women’s competitions. The women beat Chile 13–11, while the men defeated Mongolia 20–11 in their quarter-final matches.

Egypt added another African gold in taekwondo, with Youssef Hassan Kamal defeating France’s Maxence Botta 2–0 to win the men’s under-48kg title. Burkina Faso’s Zalissa Zongo claimed bronze in the women’s triple jump.

Egypt led the African medal standings with five gold medals and ranked fourth overall, behind China, Japan and Russia. Senegal and Kenya were second and third among African nations, with three gold medals each, ranking eighth and ninth overall, respectively.

Athletics continues on Monday, with 12 finals scheduled from 14:00 Dakar time.

(Story compiled with input from Olympics.com)