Youth Olympics swimming day 4: Ishikawa wins third gold

Japan’s Mana Ishikawa held off China’s Chang Mohan to win the girls’ individual medley at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, on 4 November. The victory followed Ishikawa’s wins in the 100m and 200m breaststroke. An individual medley combines four swimming strokes in one race.

Croatia’s Ana Bobanovic added the freestyle title to her earlier 100m freestyle gold, then finished second in the butterfly final. Ishikawa said she had put a lot of effort into the third gold, knowing it would be the toughest, and was disappointed not to set a personal best but happy to hold on as the swimmer beside her closed in at the finish.

Six completed finals

The fourth swimming finals session was held at Complexe Tour de l’Oeuf. The podium results were: