达喀尔青奥会开幕：奥运赛事首次来到非洲、约2,700名青少年运动员参赛
第四届夏季青年奥林匹克运动会周六（10月31日）在塞内加尔首都 Dakar 近郊 Diamniadio 的 Abdoulaye Wade Stadium 开幕。自 1896 年现代奥林匹克运动会创办以来，奥运赛事第一次来到非洲大陆。塞内加尔总统 Bassirou Diomaye Faye 与国际奥委会主席 Kirsty Coventry 出席了开幕式。
本届青奥会共有约 2,700 名 14 至 17 岁的运动员、来自 206 个代表团，在 Dakar、Diamniadio 与海滨城市 Saly 三地角逐 25 个大项、153 个小项，赛事将持续到 11 月 13 日闭幕。东道主塞内加尔派出 136 名运动员，另有约 6,000 名志愿者参与组织工作；青奥村设在 Diamniadio 的 Amadou Mahtar Mbow 大学。
这届赛事创下多项第一次：青奥会历史上第一次实现男女运动员名额完全平分；由 6 名运动员组成的难民奥林匹克队第一次亮相青奥会；棒垒球五人制（Baseball5）与武术第一次进入青奥会比赛项目。美国派出 29 名运动员参赛。
Dakar 在 2018 年获得这届青奥会主办权，赛事原定 2022 年举行，因新冠疫情推迟到 2026 年。青年奥林匹克运动会创办于 2010 年，面向青少年运动员，被视为奥林匹克运动培养下一代选手的重要舞台。
Dakar Youth Olympic Games Open: First Olympic Event in Africa Draws Some 2,700 Young Athletes
The fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games opened on Saturday (October 31) at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, near Senegal's capital Dakar. It is the first time an Olympic event has been held on the African continent since the modern Olympic Games began in 1896. Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry attended the opening ceremony.
Some 2,700 athletes aged 14 to 17 from 206 delegations will compete in 25 sports and 153 medal events across Dakar, Diamniadio and the coastal resort of Saly, with the Games running until the closing ceremony on November 13. Host nation Senegal fields 136 athletes, and about 6,000 volunteers are helping to run the event. The Youth Olympic Village is located at Amadou Mahtar Mbow University in Diamniadio.
The Games set several firsts: the first Youth Olympic Games with a fully equal split of quota places between female and male athletes, the first appearance of a Refugee Olympic Team at a Youth Olympic Games — six athletes, most of them based in Africa — and the Youth Olympic debuts of Baseball5 and wushu. The United States has sent 29 athletes.
Dakar was awarded the Games in 2018, originally for 2022, before they were postponed to 2026 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Youth Olympic Games, first held in 2010, bring together the world's best young athletes and are regarded as a key stage in developing the next generation of Olympians.
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图片来源：图：位于塞内加尔 Diamniadio 的 Dakar Arena，本届青奥会比赛场馆之一（资料图）。Isabelle Lemelin 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Dakar Arena in Diamniadio, Senegal, one of the venues of these Youth Olympic Games (file photo). Photo by Isabelle Lemelin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
