At the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 in Senegal, the Mexican delegation experienced a Sunday of stark contrasts across multiple sports venues, Récord reported. While teams in beach volleyball and baseball 5 secured crucial victories to advance, athletes in rowing, swimming, and badminton faced elimination or opening-round setbacks.
Baseball 5 Team Secures Second Place in Group B
The Mexican baseball 5 team closed out its group stage schedule with a 2-0 victory over France, posting partial scores of 7-5 and 16-6. With this result, the national squad finished second in Group B with a record of two wins and one loss. The team advances to the quarterfinals, where it will face either Senegal or Turkey on Monday for a spot in the semifinals, pending the official release of game times.
Guasave Duo Dominates Beach Volleyball Group C
Ángela Pérez Araujo and Celia Yasbeth López Higuera capped off a dominant preliminary run in beach volleyball at Saly Beach West. Coached by Xóchitl Isela Orona Leal, the athletes from Guasave, Sinaloa, swept their group with a 3-0 record, according to Debate. The Mexican pair opened their campaign on October 31 by defeating Ecuador’s Katherine Párraga and Isabella Habze 21-10 and 21-11. They followed with a three-set victory over Switzerland’s Noemi Eugster and Anja Gaehwiler on November 1 (21-18, 17-21, 15-13), before concluding the group stage on November 1 with a 21-12, 21-6 win over Puerto Rico’s Dana Rodríguez and Arialeey Serrano. Pérez and López finished as Group C leaders with six points and advance to the round of 16 scheduled for Monday at 9:00 a.m. local time against one of the best third-place finishers.
Rowing, Swimming, and Badminton Exits
Frida Weber and Enrique Cristiano were eliminated in the mixed double sculls beach sprint round of 16 after finishing behind China. The Chinese duo clocked 2:16.57, while the Mexican boat crossed in 2:28.91. In the pool, Fernanda García placed seventh in the women’s 200-meter backstroke final with a time of 2:26.84. In badminton, Sara Delgado dropped her opening group match in straight sets to Smrithi Adeputa, 11-21 and 14-21. Delgado returns to the court on Monday at 10:45 a.m. to face Tanvi Patrice.
Wushu Taolu Makes Youth Olympic Debut
Wushu taolu made its debut on the Youth Olympic program on Sunday. Samantha Rojas placed sixth in the gunshu preliminary round of the combined changquan event with a score of 8.540. Rojas returns to competition on Monday at 8:30 a.m. to contest the changquan discipline, which will determine the finalists.
Monday Schedule and Open Questions
With several athletes moving on to elimination matches and others concluding their run in the fourth edition of the Youth Olympic Games—the first held on the African continent—the exact kickoff times for the baseball 5 quarterfinal against either Senegal or Turkey remain to be confirmed by tournament organizers.
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