Team SA went into competition on Tuesday at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics with a total of nine medals – two gold, four silver and three bronze, which is their joint most of all four such Games’ staged so far, alongside Singapore 2010. One more medal will have made it their most successful Youth Olympics ever.

There were hopes of more medals on Tuesday on a busy day where there were three codes represented – cycling, athletics and fencing.

ATHLETICS

Men’s javelin, final: Jacobus van der Merwe

Women’s 400mH, final: Megan Nieman

Women’s 1500m, final: Lara Stander

Women’s high jump, final: Malan Stander

CYCLING

Men’s Individual Time Trial: Yahyaa Martin

Women’s Individual Time Trial: Madison Bateson

FENCING

Women’s Epee, Individual Pool 2: 

Nikita Venturas vs Marie Kouassi (Ivory Coast)

Nikita Venturas vs Alina Dmytruk (Ukraine)

Nikita Venturas vs Aliyah Makena (Kenya)

Nikita Venturas vs Aleksandra Nikolajeva (Estonia)

Nikita Venturas vs Lotti Horvath (Hungary)

Nikita Venturas vs Astrid Bravo (Peru)

Possible: Table Of 15, Table Of 8, semi-finals, final

MEDALS (9)

GOLD (2)
Callum Dreyer (men’s rowing – coastal beach sprints)

Mateo le Roux (athletics, men’s high jump)

SILVER (4)
Leah Markgraaff (swimming, women’s 400m freestyle)
Chanel Veldsman (swimming, women’s 100m breaststroke)

John-Pierre Theron (athletics, men’s hammer throw)

Rugby Sevens (men)

BRONZE (3)
Chanel Veldsman (swimming, women’s 200m breaststroke)
Darius Botha (athletics, men’s shot put)
Enrique Bosch (athletics, men’s 110m H)

Photo: Frennie Shivambu