Every four years, the YOG gives emerging international athletes aged 15–18 the opportunity to cut their racing teeth on one of the most prestigious sporting stages in the world.
Singapore launched the Youth Olympic Games in 2010. Triathlon has been part of the programme from day one.
Every four years, the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) gives emerging international athletes aged 15–18 the opportunity to cut their racing teeth on one of the most prestigious sporting stages in the world and experience the magic and power of the Olympic movement first hand.
The first YOG took place in Singapore in 2010, where the women's triathlon event awarded the very first Youth Olympics medal of all time. That was followed by Nanjing (CHN) in 2014 and Argentina (ARG) in 2018. The fourth edition will be held in Dakar, making Senegal the first African country ever to host an official Olympic event.
Yuka Sato (JPN), Brittany Dutton (AUS) and Amber Schlebusch (RSA) are the three individual women champions to date, with Aaron Barclay (NZL), Ben Dijkstra (GBR) and Dylan McCullough (NZL) winning on the men's side. Team Europe has won all three Mixed Relay golds.
At every Youth Olympic Games, up to two Athlete Role Models (ARM) have been selected to provide experience, support and words of advice to the young cohort of athletes.
For Dakar, the French double World Champion Vincent Luis will be the 2026 Athlete Role Model. Junior World Champion in 2008, it was in 2019 that Luis was finally announced as the best in the world at the elite level, taking the title in the Lausanne Grand Final, defending it a year later and winning Olympic Mixed Relay bronze at Tokyo 2020.
In Buenos Aires, two former World Triathlon Development athletes who went on to compete on the biggest stages of them all, Barbara Riveros (CHI) and Ron Darmon (ISR), were on hand to share their insights.
Read more →In Buenos Aires, two former World Triathlon Development athletes who went on to compete on the biggest stages of them all, Barbara Riveros (CHI) and Ron Darmon (ISR), were on hand to share their insights.
Read more →In Singapore, the ARM was New Zealand legend and 2004 Olympic Champion Hamish Carter.
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