Summer Youth Olympic Games 2026

[uk12points 434]

Interesting video about Dakar 2022, seems like most the venues are already under construction or completed

[JoshMartini007 2,554]

3 minutes ago, uk12points said:

Interesting video about Dakar 2022, seems like most the venues are already under construction or completed

 

The Youth Olympics encourages nations to use existing venues. Overall it looks good.

[intoronto 5,769]

8 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Nah, they have another objective... It's very hard for me explain it in English, but I will try.

China starts a massive founding in Africa and they have economical agreement with 53 African states (only South Africa is excluded) and it's part of the new silk road.

China gave without any problems money to the African states with a low interest rate (around 0) but they colonize and corrupt the African agricolture system. The biggest problem is that the Chinese population want eat different foods (Mao's time when the population was content with only rice are finished) so they start the agricultural policy of monoculture and buy African products at low price. Basically they destroy all African's chance to develope in agricolture and start a new colonization. 

Welcome in the 2018, an amazing wold with too much geopolitical interests.

 

PS. (This is a simplification, I can't do more with my English :p)

Lets not forget the oil in some countries is extremely valuable to China, the development of projects also provides jobs for Chinese citizens etc.

[intoronto 5,769]

Dakar 2022 program:

 

https://www.olympic.org/-/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/News/2019/12/YOG-Dakar-2022-Event-Programme.pdf

[JoshMartini007 2,554]

Looks like they may have split canoe sprint and slalom. Cycling also has a properly done event (only road and BMX freestyle though). Sport climbing only having bouldering is an interesting choice. Also beach wrestling?

[intoronto 5,769]

21 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Looks like they may have split canoe sprint and slalom. Cycling also has a properly done event (only road and BMX freestyle though). Sport climbing only having bouldering is an interesting choice. Also beach wrestling?

Very popular in Senegal

[Olympian1010 8,053]

25 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Looks like they may have split canoe sprint and slalom. Cycling also has a properly done event (only road and BMX freestyle though). Sport climbing only having bouldering is an interesting choice. Also beach wrestling?

Beach Wrestling is essentially glorified African wrestling. Makes sense to have closest thing to the national sport on the program. Look Senegalese wrestling. The crowds that come out to some of those events are insane.

[Olympian1010 8,053]

28 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Looks like they may have split canoe sprint and slalom. Cycling also has a properly done event (only road and BMX freestyle though). Sport climbing only having bouldering is an interesting choice. Also beach wrestling?

Also worth noticing that it’s not actually Canoe Sprint, but Canoe Ocean Racing.

[intoronto 5,769]

"The IOC has also scrapped mixed National Olympic Committee events after some caused confusion for athletes and spectators at last year's Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires"

 

[Olympian1010 8,053]

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

Dakar 2022 program:

 

https://www.olympic.org/-/media/Document Library/OlympicOrg/News/2019/12/YOG-Dakar-2022-Event-Programme.pdf

Like the program overall, seems like an improvement.