China’s Chang Mohan won the 200 m freestyle in 1:59.59 and butterfly in 2:09.93; Russia’s Bogdan Toropkin took freestyle gold in 1:47.78, and Egypt’s Zain Ali completed his butterfly sweep in 1:57.88.
Chang Mohan won two golds in the concluding swimming session at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, on 6 November. Her victories followed earlier silvers in the 200 m breaststroke and 200 m individual medley, an event combining four swimming strokes.
Toropkin added his freestyle victory to an earlier gold in the 100 m freestyle and silver in the 400 m freestyle. Ali’s butterfly victory completed his sweep of all three butterfly events at the Games.
The four finals closed a six-day pool competition that began 1 November in a 50 m pool.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Winning margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls’ 200 m freestyle | Chang Mohan — 1:59.59 | Ana Bobanović (Croatia) — 2:01.17 | Dhinidhi Desinghu (India) — 2:02.28 | 1.58 seconds |
| Girls’ 200 m butterfly | Chang Mohan — 2:09.93 | Ana Julia Amaral — 2:13.01 | Michelle Surjadi Fang — 2:14.10 | 3.08 seconds |
| Boys’ 200 m freestyle | Bogdan Toropkin — 1:47.78 | Olivér Pápai (Hungary) — 1:48.43 | Daniel Saborio Grillo (Mexico) — 1:49.68 | 0.65 seconds |
| Boys’ 200 m butterfly | Zain Ali — 1:57.88 | Duong Van Hoang Quy (Vietnam) — 2:00.32 | Tirthank Pegu (India) — 2:01.25 | 2.44 seconds |
World Aquatics identifies the Brazilian butterfly silver medalist as Ana Julia Amaral; SwimSwam names her Ana Julia Aguiar. Both give the same finishing time. Ali’s winning swim was a personal best.
SwimSwam said Fang was the first Indonesian swimmer to win a Youth Olympic medal. Fang called it a start for swimming in her country and said she hoped younger swimmers would do better than she had.
Japan finished atop the swimming medal table, ahead of China and Russia.
| Place | Country | Gold | Other reported medals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 silver | 8 |
| 2 | China | 4 | — | — |
| 3 | Russia | 4 | — | 5 |
Ali said winning all the butterfly events had been his goal from the start and what he trained for, calling it a huge moment for himself and Egypt. Chang said she intended to work on shortcomings she had identified at the meet. Toropkin said he was happy with his gold but had wanted a better performance; he planned to return to Russia for nationals and improve his times in the next long-course season.
Suren Katvalyan beat Egypt’s Fahd Wazir at 65 kg after the referee stopped their bout, guaranteeing at least bronze and a semifinal place.
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Elisabeth Diatta won the −55 kg title to give host Senegal its first Youth Olympic gold, before Maguette Diop took the −80 kg title.
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Japan’s Mana Ishikawa won the girls’ 50m breaststroke in a personal-best 31.76 seconds. SwimSwam says she is the first swimmer to win four Youth Olympic golds.
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