The 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal concluded on Friday with the closing ceremonies. The Canadian flag bearers were Simon Shan of West Vancouver, British Columbia and Mehreen Khakh of Peterborough, Ontario. Shan and Khakh both won their medals on Remembrance Day, this past Wednesday. Shan won the gold medal in the men’s epee fencing competition, and Khakh won the bronze medal in the women’s 51 kilogram boxing division.
Shan was the only Canadian gold medalist at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games. He defeated Vukan Radenovich of Serbia 15-9 in the gold medal bout. Shan was the third seed and Radenovich was the fourth seed.
In all, Canada won five medals at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. Anes Mati of Montreal, Quebec won the silver medal in the men’s 66 kilogram judo division, Evie Pritchard of Nanaimo, British Columbia won the bronze medal in the women’s street skateboarding competition, and Lisandro Garcia Rebelo of Mississauga, Ontario won the bronze medal in the boys’s 55 kilogram boxing division.
Canada finished in 40th place in the overall medal standings. China finished in first place with 18 gold medals and 33 medals overall. China also had eight silver medals and seven bronze medals. The 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games were the first Olympic Games of any kind held in Africa.
