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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 Results LivestreamHistory was made on the penultimate night of racing at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games, with 17-year-old Mana Ishikawa of Japan becoming the first swimmer ever to claim four gold medals.
Racing in the final of the girls’ 50m breast, Ishikawa stopped the clock at a time of 31.76, hitting a new lifetime best to sweep the discipline.
In addition to having won the 100m and 200m breast, Ishikawa also topped the podium in the 200m IM to obtain her quartet of golds.
Lebanon got on the board, courtesy of Thea Obeid, who snagged the 50m breast silver in 32.00, as Hong Kong’s Wui Kiu Man finished a hair behind in 32.04, good enough for the bronze medal.
On her performance, Ishikawa told Olympics.com, “It was a bit tough, also after having done so many races already.
“I really wanted to win this distance. When I got into the pool for the final, I was very determined to get the win. I was just set on doing that, really.”
Earning her second gold of the meet, Daria-Mariuca Silisteanu doubled up on her earlier 100m back victory with a win in the 50m back sprint.
The Romanian produced a winning effort of 27.93, a new national record by .06.
Korean Kim Seungwon was next to the wall in 28.21, with Argentina’s Cecilia Dieleke claiming another piece of hardware with a bronze medal-worthy time of 28.83. Dieleke already earned 50m back bronze, 100m back bronze and 200m back gold as an impressive campaign here in Senegal.
According to Olympics.com, 16-year-old Kim ‘could not walk for two months at the start of the year after suffering lower back paralysis, with doctors, coaches and family all telling her to give up the sport. She refused to back down.’
“I knew there was a chance that I could become paralysed again,” said Kim, who also has a silver from the 100m backstroke. “But swimming meant so much to me that I decided to take the risk and fight for one more chance.
“I just wanted to believe in myself, in my abilities, and didn’t want to hear about what I possibly couldn’t do. I did rehabilitation and slowly got better.
“This medal shows me that I can do it… it is giving me hope for the future. But it’s also a message for other people struggling with similar injuries. They can think: she could do it, so maybe I should try again too.”
Additional Notes
We saw a tie for gold in the boys’ 50m back, as Nikolaos Papatheodorou of Greece and Miguel Reis Oliveira of Portugal touched simultaneously in an effort of 25.69 to share the top tier of the podium. Belgium’s Alexander van Hoey Billiet hit a mark of 25.91 to also get under the 26-second barrier en route to claiming 3rd place. The boys’ 50m breast saw China’s Xie Yichen double up on his 100m breast gold with another win. Xie produced a result of 28.13 to beat Iori Miyazaki, who notched 28.42. The pair have been dueling in this discipline all week, with the latter taking 200m breast gold and 100m breast silver in addition to this 50m breast silver. Belarusian Maksim Mashliakevich rounded out the podium in 28.46 as the bronze medalist. Xie was reportedly sick the day prior to this performance. Olympics.com reported Xie as saying, “I was vomiting and having the runs. It was a tough day. It’s a fact that my physical condition was not at its best. But I persevered, and I want to thank myself for not giving up. You can say that I’ve completed my mission. My timing was within expectations, but this is a precious gold medal. I still felt pretty weak this morning. It’s not ideal. My body feels rather depleted. I wasn’t able to get my body fired up during warm up, I still felt quite sluggish. I just tried to get myself pumped up, I just tried my best to adjust, and overcome. I had let go of the thought of winning or losing. It was about finishing the race healthily, safely, while still trying to fight for the title. I think I produced a decent result. The timing is not very satisfactory, but hopefully I’ll have better luck in the future.”Read the full story on SwimSwam: Mana Ishikawa Of Japan Becomes First Youth Olympic Games Swimmer Ever To Collect Four Golds
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