Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 29, 2026: Saudi Arabia will be represented by 14 athletes at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games which gets underway on Saturday.
The Saudi team will comprise of both male and female athletes who will compete in nine sports – athletics, beach volleyball, boxing, fencing, judo, rowing, swimming, taekwondo and triathlon.
The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee stated that the athletes were picked based on their technical levels and sports results.
The Kingdom has participated in all three previous editions of the Youth Olympic Games – Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014 and Buenos Aires 2018.
Team Saudi achieved its best results in 2018 when it returned home with one gold and two bronze medals.