The Youth Games open on Saturday with almost 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 from 204 national Olympic committees taking part. (Olympic pic)DAKAR: The first Olympic sporting event ever to be held in Africa has been a long time in the making but the Dakar Youth Olympics are ready to deliver despite a four-year postponement, International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry said on Thursday.
Senegal is the first African country to host an Olympic sporting event, with the Youth Games opening on Saturday with the participation of almost 2,700 athletes, aged 14-17, from 204 national Olympic committees.
The Games, running to Nov 13, were initially set for 2022 but had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
