Senegal counts down to start of Youth Olympic Games 2026

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Senegal counts down to start of Youth Olympic Games 2026  The Dakar en Jeux Festival brought together thousands of people across the Dakar 2026 host sites to celebrate youth, sport and culture, rounding off a week of activities marking one year to go to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2026  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/11/10/senegal-counts-down-to-start-of-youth-olympic-games-2026  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00the festival which brought together thousands of young people across the daca 2026 host cities

00:08comes just a year before the youth olympic games 2026 the international futsal tournament in jam

00:15nagyo was one of the festival's highlights eight under 17 men's teams and women's teams from africa

00:22europe and south america competed including senegal morocco portugal and brazil in the

00:29men's event namibia and guinea featured in the women's category i think that the tournament is

00:37proving to be a very enjoyable competition the senegalese people are very welcoming and try to

00:42help as much as possible and make sure we don't lack anything of course there are still things to

00:48improve but overall i think the organization is good and honestly i think they are ready for the

00:542026 olympic games here in dakar delivered by the daca 2026 organizing committee dakar on joe

01:04kept a week of activities celebrating the one year to go milestone for the youth olympic games

01:10there are many awareness raising themes discussed here all of them extremely important it really

01:18moved me because i saw young people who were shy at first but later they opened up they were eager to

01:24talk and to share their thoughts and that was wonderful to witness this activity is perfectly

01:34aligned with the ministry of health strategies because we know that many diseases are directly

01:40linked to lifestyle and environment sport plays a crucial role when it comes to preventing certain

01:46illnesses especially non-communicable diseases this activity can cause this initiative training young

01:55people who will later act as community ambassadors raising awareness about the importance of physical

02:00activity and promoting healthy living is truly significant the youth olympics will bring together two

02:10thousand seven hundred of the world's best young athletes aged up to 17

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