Summer Youth Olympic Games 2026

[LDOG 2,418]

8 years and they can't even build a tennis court lol 

 

[intoronto 5,677]

18 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

I mean, they were given 4 more years to pull it off and we get this?

 

YOG are irrelevant now, every hist after this edition will try to cut costs by showcasing sports they don’t want to host.

Yup. Meanwhile Baseball 5 and Wushu are on the actual program 

 

It was a mistake going to Africa. there have been so many changes to accommodate Senegal.

[LDOG 2,418]

32 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Yup. Meanwhile Baseball 5 and Wushu are on the actual program 

 

It was a mistake going to Africa. there have been so many changes to accommodate 

Even within Africa it's a weird pick. Small country, quite underdeveloped (GDP per Capita lower than Palestine...). 

I guess no one else in Africa wanted it.

 

[intoronto 5,677]

2 hours ago, LDOG said:

Even within Africa it's a weird pick. Small country, quite underdeveloped (GDP per Capita lower than Palestine...). 

I guess no one else in Africa wanted it.

 

Nope. 4 cities bid in total and the IOC chose them. Gaborone, Tunis and Abuja.

[MHSN 3,632]

IOC finally announced the full list of events

 

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Youth-Olympic-Games/Dakar-2026/2024-12-Dakar-2026-Event-Programme.pdf

 

Beach wrestling 

 

no individual apparatus events in Gymnastics 

[hckošice 14,899]

Yeah, thank god Breaking is there ...

 

and instead of kayaking because why not...

 

 

[intoronto 5,677]

1 hour ago, MHSN said:

IOC finally announced the full list of events

 

https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Youth-Olympic-Games/Dakar-2026/2024-12-Dakar-2026-Event-Programme.pdf

 

Beach wrestling 

 

no individual apparatus events in Gymnastics 

Its because Senegal has a dedicated beach wrestling facility and maybe the sport is urban 

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

Since it has been so long, here's a comparison of events relative to 2018.

 

Aquatics

Diving Removed: All events; 3m springboard (M/F), 10m platform (M/F), Team (Mix)

Swimming Removed: 800m freestyle (M/F), 4x100m freestyle relay (M/F/Mix), and 4x100m medley relay (M/F/Mix)

 

Badminton

Removed: Team (Mix)

 

Baseball/Softball

Add: Baseball5 (Mix)

 

Basketball

Removed: Dunk contest (M), Shoot-out contest (F)

 

Boxing

Add: 1 women's category

Removed: 4 men's categories

 

Canoeing

Slalom Removed: All events; Obstacle C1 (M/F), Obstacle K1 (M/F)

Sprint Removed: All events; Head-to-head C1 (M/F), Head-to-head K1 (M/F)

 

Cycling

Add: Road race (M/F), Time trial (M/F)

Removed: Combined team (M/F), BMX Race (Mix), BMX Freestyle (Mix)

 

Dancesport (Breaking)

Removed: Team (Mix)

 

Equestrian

Removed: Team (Mix)

 

Fencing

Removed: Team (Mix)

 

Field Hockey

Removed: All events; Hockey5s (M/F)

 

Golf

Removed: All events; Individual (M/F), Team (Mix)

 

Gymnastics

Add: Team Artistic All-Around (Mix)

Acrobatics Removed: All events; Pairs (Mix)

Artistic Removed: Floor (M/F), Vault (M/F), Rings (M), Pommel horse (M), Horizontal bar (M), Parallel bar (M), Uneven bars (F), Balance beam (F)

Rhythmic Removed: All events; Individual all-around (F)

Trampoline Removed: All events; Individual (M/F)

Combined Removed: All events; Team (Mix)

 

Judo

Removed: Team (Mix)

 

Karate

Removed: All events; M (-61kg, -68kg, +68kg), F (-53kg, -59kg, +59kg)

 

Modern pentathlon

Removed: All events; Individual (M/F), Team (Mix)

 

Roller sports

Skateboarding Add: Street (M/F)

Speed skating Removed: All events; Combined (M/F)

 

Rowing

Add: Costal single sculls (M/F), Costal double sculls (Mix)

Removed: Single sculls (M/F), Coxless pairs (M/F)

 

Sailing

Removed: Kiteboarding (M/F), Multihull Class (Mix)

 

Shooting

Removed: All events; Air Rifle (M/F/Mix Team), Air Pistol (M/F/Mix Team)

 

Sport climbing

Removed: All events; Combined (M/F)

 

Taekwondo

Add: Team (Mix)

 

Tennis

Removed: All events; Singles (M/F), Doubles (M/F/Mix)

 

Triathlon

Removed: Relay (Mix)

 

Weightlifting

Removed: All events; M (-56kg, -62kg, -69kg, -77kg, 85kg, +85kg), W (-44kg, -48kg, -53kg, -58kg, -63kg, +63kg)

 

Wrestling

Beach Wrestling Add: M (-50kg, -60kg, -70kg, -80kg), W (-40kg, -50kg, -60kg, -70kg)

Freestyle Remove: M (-48kg, -55kg, -65kg, -80kg, -110kg), W (-43kg, -49kg, -57kg, -65kg, -73kg)

Greco-Roman Removed: M (-45kg, -51kg, -60kg, -71kg, -92kg)

 

Wushu

Add: Changquan Combined (M/F), Taijiquan Combined (M/F)

 

 

In total we have dropped from 239 to 151 events. Olympic sports Canoeing, Field Hockey, Golf, Modern Pentathlon, Shooting, Sport Climbing, Tennis, and Weightlifting will not be involved in any matter while the non-Olympic sport of Karate was also dropped. Baseball/Softball, Dancesport, and Wushu are non-Olympic sports which will get to participate in some capacity.

 

22/31 Olympic sports will be present (surfing has yet to be involved at a Youth Olympics).

 

I know we can't (or should) emulate the Olympic program, but hosts should try to include as many sports as possible, especially the relatively cheaper ones like shooting, sport climbing and weightlifting. The good thing is that it looks like the mixed NOCs events are gone (I think they mentioned this earlier).