China leads Dakar Youth Olympics medal table as Kenya wins rugby gold
Japan was second in the standings, with 17-year-old swimmer Mana Ishikawa contributing four gold medals.
China’s nine gold medals put it atop the standings at the close of the opening week of the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. The Chinese medal haul also included three silver and two bronze.
Second-placed Japan had collected eight gold medals, along with two silver and four bronze. Four of its gold medals came from swimmer Mana Ishikawa, who is 17.
Among the African nations, Egypt occupied fourth place with five medals overall, four of them gold. South Africa’s athletes had earned one gold medal as well as three silver medals and one bronze.
Kenya’s victory in women’s rugby sevens made it the first African nation to win that tournament. Australia took silver, while Madagascar’s bronze in the same competition gave the country its first Olympic medal.
Senegal, the host nation, had won a judo bronze and was still seeking its second medal of the Games.
