2026 Summer Youth Olympics

Originally scheduled for 2022, the International Olympic Committee decided at its 127th session in Monaco to postpone the organization of the future YOG to a non-Olympic year, namely 2023. However, in June 2020 the IOC Executive Board ultimately decided to move the YOG back to 2026. ==Development and preparations==

Organisation However, on 15 July 2020, the IOC and Senegalese government agreed to postpone the games to 2026 due to the operational and economic consequences of the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 141st IOC Session, the committee provided an update, including a detailed schedule for the required upgrades, which are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2024. Infrastructure preparations for the Games remain on track, with refurbishment work launched at key urban venues in Dakar and construction progressing at the equestrian centre and the Youth Olympic Village in Diamniadio. The completed venue master plan includes seven venues across the three host zones that will accommodate competition sites. Venues and infrastructure Senegal proposes to organize the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in three distinct areas, Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. ====Dakar==== All engagement sports will be played in yet to be determined venues in the Corniche West. ==== Diamniadio ==== ====Saly==== ==The Games==

Sports The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will feature 154 events in 25 sports. Breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and karate will join the 21 core sports. There will be no mixed team events (NOCs) for the first time, 1 open event (equestrian), 76 men's events, and 76 women's events. Baseball5 and wushu were subsequently added as optional sports. In June 2024, the IOC Executive Board approved a new sports program proposed by the IOC’s Olympic Programme Commission to better fit it into the local context. An amendment to the program kept 25 of the original 35 sports in the competition program and moved 10 sports to the engagement program. The change also limits each sport to one discipline only, reducing the overall number of athletes while ensuring gender parity. The events and athlete quotas were confirmed on 3 December 2024. Participating National Olympic Committees Competition program • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Engagement program • • • • • • • • • • == Calendar ==

The schedule was released on 2 February 2026. :All times and dates use Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) ==Marketing==

The organising committee has announced ambassadors for the Games, who include Omar Sy and Khaby Lame. Mascot Ayo, the official mascot, was unveiled on 31 October 2025 at Grand Théâtre National de Dakar. His name means "joy" in Yoruba. == Broadcasting rights ==

• Brazil – Grupo Globo • China - CMG • South Korea – JTBC • Thailand – Plan B • Europe – Eurosport and European Broadcasting Union Notes ==References==