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2026 SUMMER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
Sunday, November 1st – Friday, November 6th (pool swimming) Dakar, Senegal LCM (50m) Meet Central Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap | Day 3 Recap | Day 4 Recap | Day 5 Recap Results LivestreamThe final night of action unfolded at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games taking place in Dakar, Senegal. The girls’ and boys’ 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly events took up the agenda, with several stars breaking the mold and staking their claim on history.
In the girls’ 200m free, it was China’s Chang Mohan, just 15 years of age, who topped the podium, ripping a time of 1:59.59 as the sole swimmer of the field to delve under the 2:00 barrier.
Behind her was Croatia’s multi-medalist Ana Bobanovic, who touched in 2:01.17 to add another silver to her treasure chest.
Rounding out the podium was India’s Dhinidhi Desinghu, with the 16-year-old turning in a time of 2:02.28 for the bronze.
Then in the girls’ 200m fly, Chang remarkably got it done again, reaping gold in a result of 2:09.93.
She obliterated the field, with Brazilian Ana Julia Aguiar as the next-closest competitor in 2:13.01, and Indonesia’s Michelle Fang rounding out the podium in 2:14.10.
Fang’s performance rendered her the first-ever Indonesian swimmer to earn a Youth Olympic Games medal.
Fang was in tears after the race. “My emotions… I’m just thankful that God gave me this result. I’m just really happy for myself because I got this medal for my country.
“For me, this is a start for Indonesia swimming. I hope this will lead other younger swimmers to do better than me.
“I’m just really thankful that God gave me this. I did think that it was possible for me to get a bronze, but I didn’t know what was going to happen.
“The heat was really unbearable in Dakar, it was hotter than I expected.
“I just swam with my heart and the results were amazing.” (Olympics.com)
Chang is already a multiple medalist at this competition, with these two golds added to the silvers she earned in the 200m breast and 200m IM events to demonstrate the budding star’s versatility.
On her performances, Chang told Olympics.com, “Today was a great challenge for me, especially after so many days of racing.
“I haven’t been able to stand on the top step of the podium here so far, and I really felt a burning desire to earn that gold. I really wanted it. I told myself to just go for it in the 200m free, give it my all and secure that first.
“I was definitely a bit emotional after that. For the 200m fly, I tried to focus, believe in my abilities.”
She continued, “I saw where I’m lacking. I will go back and work hard on my shortcomings… improve and get better.
“But overall, I think I’ve done well here, especially given the circumstances. This was a very good challenge for me.”
For multi-medalist Bobanovic, she said, “I did so well at these Olympic Games. I am super happy, my coach is happy and my family is happy. I can’t wait to go back to Croatia and celebrate the medal with my family.
“The 200m freestyle was on the last day and I’m super tired and I’m so happy. I’m done with this competition (laughs).”
As for the boys’ 200m free, Russian Bogdan Toropkin made his presence known once again, clocking a speedy result of 1:47.78.
Although that was well outside his lifetime best of 1:46.15 from taking bronze at this year’s European Junior Championships, it was enough to hold off the minor medalists, Oliver Papai of Hungary and Daniel Soborio Grillo of Mexico.
The former produced an outing of 1:48.43 as the runner-up, with the latter also clearing the 1:50 barrier in 1:49.68 as the bronze medalist.
Speaking to Olympics.com, Toropkin said, “Once again, things didn’t go according to plan. I wanted to do better. So, I will try to improve my times during the next long course season. Now, I am going back to Russia, where we have Russian nationals, so let’s see how that goes.
“I am very happy to have won that gold medal. Of course, the competition was strong, but not unbeatable.”
On his favourite medal of these Games: “I think all of my medals are the best ones. After all, I did my best. But yes, I feel like I didn’t try my hardest.
“I don’t think those medals will have much influence on my future, other than perhaps making people bother about me more.”
Finally, Egyptian athlete Zain Ali successfully completed his sweep of the butterfly discipline at these Games, registering a solid performance of 1:57.88.
That marked the sole time of the field under the 2:00 threshold, with Vietnam’s Van Hoang Quy Duong next to the wall in 2:00.32, followed by India’s Tirthank Pegu, who clocked 2:01.25 for a 3rd-place finish.
Ali was confident on his victory, telling Olympics.com, “It was [the sweep] absolutely my goal from the start. This was what I trained for. I set a plan to do all this stuff. I was confident from the start, 100%.”
At the conclusion of the competition, Japan wound up atop of the overall swimming medal table, having hauled in 8 pieces of hardware comprised of 6 golds and 2 silvers.
China was next in line with 4 golds, with Russia taking 3rd place with 4 golds, but a smaller total of 5 medals overall.
Final Swimming Medal Table at the 2026 Youth Olympic Games
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