The eighth day of competition at the 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games takes place on Sunday, November 8, in Dakar, Senegal, as OA Sport reported. The junior multi-sport event enters its second half with multiple medal events closing out the weekend schedule across the Senegalese capital, operating one hour behind Italian time.
Stream Action Across Multiple Digital Platforms
Fans looking to follow the action from Dakar can access live streaming across multiple digital platforms, including Discovery+, HBO Max, and the Olympic Channel, according to OA Sport and Sportface.it. For television viewers in Italy, RaiSportHD provides a scheduled afternoon broadcast window from 14:00 to 14:50 (with Sportface.it noting a slightly adjusted window of 13:40 to 14:30), which is also accessible via RaiPlay streaming. OA Sport maintains a continuous live text commentary throughout the day.
Morning Schedule and Early Italian Contenders
Competition gets underway at 10:00 local time with the women’s road cycling mass start, featuring Anna Bonassi for the Italian team, alongside the opening rounds of women’s individual foil fencing. Ginnastica artistica qualifying begins at 11:00 with Italian gymnasts Dalila DโAniello, Sofia Frenna, and Clarissa Rinaldi stepping onto the apparatus. At 12:00, Lorenzo Ceccarello takes to the road for the men’s cycling race, while taekwondo competitor Virginia Lampis opens her campaign in the women’s -44kg category with the round of 16.
Additional morning events feature men’s individual archery elimination rounds starting at 11:00, beach wrestling group matches at 11:30, and women’s 3×3 basketball quarter-finals at 12:30. Pugilato preliminars in various weight classes commence at 13:00, with Michela Guglielmon representing Italy in the women’s 48kg division.
Afternoon Finals and Team Semifinals
On-the-water competition opens at 14:00 with the first three windsurfing races for both men and women, featuring Laura Grasso Castagnetta. The afternoon session also brings a crucial team match for Italy as the women’s futsal squad faces Ukraine in the semi-finals starting at 16:30, as detailed by Sportface.it.
Athletics finals build across the afternoon and early evening hours at the main venue. Key medal events include the men’s hammer throw at 15:30, the women’s triple jump at 15:40, the women’s pole vault at 16:40, and the men’s long jump at 17:20โwhere Bruelsino Randriamikasa represents Italy. Track sprinters also contest crucial rounds, with Lorenzo Cappellini entered in the men’s 100-meter semi-finals at 16:30 ahead of potential evening finals.
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