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The Games will take place from late October into November in Senegal.
A ceremonial send-off for the Ukrainian national team to the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games was held in Kyiv. The Games will be held from 31 October to 13 November 2026 in Dakar (Senegal). ZN.UA’s staff photographer Vasyl Artyushenko attended the event.
The event was attended by the president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine and Olympic champion Vadym Huttsait, Olympic bronze medalist in athletics Mykhailo Kokhan, mission chief Anna Ryzhykova, as well as Olympic handball medalists Olena Tsyhytsia and Olena Yatsenko. Other well-known Ukrainian athletes, representatives of national federations, and future participants of the Games also took part in the discussions.
During the event, participants watched the official promo video for the Dakar-2026 Youth Olympic Games, spoke with the future competitors, and joined a teleconference. A separate part of the program was the presentation of the official handbook of the Olympic Team of Ukraine.
The climax of the send-off was the ceremonial handing over of the Ukrainian national flag to the future participants of the Games. Athletes from athletics, boxing, wushu, gymnastics, and 3x3 basketball are expected to take part in the competitions.
The IV Summer Youth Olympic Games will take place in Dakar from 31 October to 13 November 2026. This will be the first event of this scale in the history of the Olympic movement among the Youth Games on the African continent.
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