Evie Pritchard of Nanaimo, British Columbia has won Canada’s second medal at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal. On Thursday, Pritchard posted a third place score of 137.79 points to win the bronze medal in the women’s street skateboarding competition.
Yuanling Zhu of China won the gold medal with a score of 149.82 points. Duda Ribeiro of Brazil won the silver medal with 138.28 points. Pritchard reached the podium by 21.37 points. Mariia Ozhigova of Russia finished in fourth place with a score of 116.42 points.
Pritchard had the second best run score of 65.26 points. Only Zhu was better at 67.44 points. Pritchard had the third best trick score of 72.53 points. She was only behind Zhu at 82.38 points and Ribeiro at 73.64 points.
While the tournament was dominated by Zhu, there was a significant battle going on for the silver medal. Ribeiro defeated Pritchard by 0.49 points.
This is the second major competition Zhu has won over the last three months. She also won the gold medal in women’s street skateboarding at the 2026 Asian Games in Tokoname, Japan.
Canada has now won two medals at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games. Anes Mati of Montreal, Quebec won the silver medal in the men’s 66 kilogram judo division on Sunday. Canada is tied for 31st place in the overall medal standings with Australia, Colombia, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela. Japan leads the overall medal standings with 14.
