Mixed-gender Cuba team break new ground with gold in Baseball5 at Youth Olympic Games
  • Title Mixed-gender Cuba team break new ground with gold in Baseball5 at Youth Olympic Games
  • Publication Date 3rd November 2026
  • Languages ES
  • Location Complexe Tour de l’Oeuf, Dakar, Senegal
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  • Press Release https://www.olympics.com/en/dakar-2026
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    The young Baseball5 players of Cuba have won an historic gold medal at Dakar 2026, the first time a baseball or softball event has taken place at any Youth Olympic Games. Cuba won the final against Chinese Taipei in straight sets at the Complexe Tour de L’Ouef. After winning the first set 2-1, a superb ‘double play’ in the second set, set Cuba on the way to winning it 7-1 and taking the gold.
  • Games Edition Dakar 2026 (YOG)
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