~ Shan delivered a fencing showcase to win Canada's first gold of these Youth Olympic Games, while Ameth Diop brought Senegal further joy with taekwondo bronze on Wednesday, 11 November.
"VAN" (Sports Desk - 12.11.2026) :: Canada's Simon Shan won the men's épée individual title at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Wednesday, 11 November, running the full length of draw and besting Serbia's Vukan Radjenovic 15–9 in the gold-medal bout.
His victory marked the first time a Canadian athlete had stood atop the podium at Dakar 2026, where he was joined by Belgium's Wout van Laecke, who won the bronze-medal bout 15–12 against Romania's Stefan Popa.
There was also cause for more celebration amongst the local fans, as Senegal's Ameth Diop took men's taekwondo 73kg bronze, after a 2–0 semi-final loss to eventual silver medallist Adil Kazımlı of Azerbaijan.
Kazımlı, in turn, lost 2-0 to Jordan's Ahmad Aldahamsheh, who beat bronze medallist Jorge Octavio Martínez Martínez of Mexico 2-0 in the semi-finals at CID Arena in Complexe Iba Mar Diop.
Benyamin Soltanian of the Islamic Republic of Iran won the men's +73kg taekwondo title, defeating Spain's Iván Lysenko Serrano 2–0, following his victory over Jang Jun Won of the Republic of Korea in the semi-finals, who took bronze with the Russian Federation's Bashir Adzhiev.
Serbia's Ema Zecirovic won the women's +63kg title, the final individual title in taekwondo at Dakar 2026, besting Alice Bínová of Czechia 2–0 in the gold medal contest, with France's Meriem Benyoub and Lyubov Yun of Kazakhstan taking bronze.
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