Dakar en Jeux Festival lights up Senegal four years ahead of Youth Olympic Games 2026
  • Title Dakar en Jeux Festival lights up Senegal four years ahead of Youth Olympic Games 2026
  • Publication Date 7th November 2022
  • Languages EN, FR
  • Location Dakar, Saly & Diamniadio, Senegal, Africa
  • Press Release https://olympics.com/ioc/news/-dakar-en-jeux-lights-up-senegal-four-years-ahead-of-youth-olympic-games-dakar-2026
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    The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. STORY SCRIPT: The Dakar en Jeux festival has brought a week of celebration to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) host areas of the first ever Olympic event on the African continent. A series of events created by and for young people, including sports demonstrations, music concerts and cultural activities took place in Senegalese cities Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. Over eight days more than 1,500 athletes took part in 26 sports initiations and demonstrations, and around 30 artists performed at concerts and cultural activities. Tens of thousands of people attended the festivities.
  • Games Edition Dakar 2026 (YOG)
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