Dakar 2026 Closes With The Gambia's First Olympic Medal of Any Kind: Mustapha Jadama's 400-Meter Silver and Africa's 27 Golds

Dakar 2026 Closes With The Gambia's First Olympic Medal of Any Kind: Mustapha Jadama's 400-Meter Silver and Africa's 27 Golds

The first Olympic event held in Africa ended Friday in Senegal. Gambian sprinter Mustapha Jadama won his country's first Olympic medal, and African athletes took a record 27 golds.

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The Gambia had never won a medal at an Olympic event, senior or youth, in any sport. Mustapha Jadama changed that in 46.93 seconds.

The teenage sprinter took silver in the men's 400 meters at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, which closed Friday night in Diamniadio, Senegal. Olympics.com reported that Jadama was hurt late in the race and held on anyway. Saeed Omar of the United Arab Emirates won in 46.40, and China's Liu Han was third in 47.16.

Dakar 2026: The First Olympic Event Held in Africa

The Games ran from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13 and were the first Olympic event of any kind staged on the continent. African athletes made the most of it. They won 27 gold medals and more than 70 medals overall, according to K24, well past the 56 the continent collected at Buenos Aires 2018.

Kenya's women won rugby sevens, the first African gold in that sport at a Youth Olympics. Host Senegal, which had never won a Youth Olympic medal, finished with five golds, Daily News Egypt reported, including one in men's 3x3 basketball.

Team USA in Dakar: Archery Gold From Two 16-Year-Olds

The United States left with six medals, two of each color, per Panam Sports. One of the golds came in archery's mixed team event, where 16-year-olds Aarya Arun and Grace Whang beat France 5-1 in the final on Nov. 10, according to World Archery and USA Archery.

China finished on top of the medal table with 18 golds, Panam Sports reported.

The last medals were handed out in breaking on Friday, with China's B-Boy Holy Rain and Japan's B-Girl Hiyo taking the golds before the closing ceremony.

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