Nigeria Ends Dakar Youth Olympics Campaign With Record Three Gold Medals

Nigeria has completed its Youth Olympic Games campaign in Dakar, Senegal with three gold medals, its best showing since it began competing at the Games, according to the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

Gift Bright and Rosemary Nwankwo won the 100 metres finals, while Praise Ugoh took gold in the women’s 400 metres, News About Nigeria reports.

Bright, 15, became the first Nigerian to win the men’s 100 metres at the Youth Olympics.

He ran 10.34 seconds in his semi-final and lowered that mark to a Games record of 10.28 seconds in the final.

Nwankwo completed the sprint double in 11.16 seconds, finishing ahead of the United Arab Emirates’ Arwa Ali and Qatar’s Dana Salem.

Her race had a tailwind of 2.4 metres per second, making the time wind-assisted.

Ugoh ran a personal best of 52.76 seconds to become Nigeria’s first Youth Olympic champion in the women’s 400 metres.

The closing ceremony is scheduled for Friday, 13 November.

The International Olympic Committee says Dakar 2026 is the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa, bringing together about 2,700 athletes across 25 sports.