SportsNovember 14, 2026
Türkiye finishes the Dakar Youth Olympics with 9 medals, including its first fencing gold
At the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, Türkiye won 9 medals: 3 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze. The country sent 34 athletes in 16 sports. Youth and Sports Minister Osman Askin Bak congratulated the medallists.
The standout result came in fencing. Candeniz Berrak beat Georgia's Giorgi Urushadze 15-11 in the men's sabre semifinal and then defeated Kazakhstan's Aibar Kaiym 15-6 in the final. According to the Turkish Fencing Federation, it is Türkiye's first fencing gold in the history of the Summer Youth Olympics.
The other golds came from archer Dunya Yenihayat and judoka Sema Nur Yuksel. Yenihayat's medal is described as Türkiye's first Youth Olympic medal in archery. The taekwondo team took silver.
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