Afirka ta karɓi baƙuncin buɗe gasar wasannin Olympic a karon farko. An buɗe Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games a Senegal ranar Asabar,31 ga Oktoba, kamar yadda Kwamitin Olympic na Duniya ya tabbatar. Wannan nasara ta shafi gasar Olympic ta matasa; bai kamata a rikita ta da karɓar baƙuncin babbar gasar Summer Olympic Games ba.

Shugaban Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye ya sanar da buɗe gasar a filin wasa na Abdoulaye Wade da ke Diamniadio. Daga baya an kunna wutar Olympic a tukunyarta. Bikin ya haɗa kiɗan Afirka, rawa da ba da labarai tare da tarbar ’yan wasa. Najeriya ma ta samu wakilci a al’adu: IOC ya lissafa mai gabatar da waƙar baka IB Quake cikin masu fasahar da suka halarta.

Ga masu karatu a Najeriya, abin lura a wasanni ya wuce bikin kawai. Sanarwar National Sports Commission da aka wallafa ranar 28 ga Oktoba ta lissafa ’yan wasa 19 don wasanni shida: mata 12 da maza bakwai. Za su shiga guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle, dambe, tseren keke a hanya, iyo, wasan kwallon tebur da kwallon raga a bakin teku. Wannan zaɓin tawaga ne da aka sanar; ba rahoton lambobin yabo da aka ci ba ne.

Rosemary Nwankwo da Matthew Kuti na cikin ’yan wasan da sanarwar ta yi fice da su. An zaɓi tara don guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle, yayin da aka zaɓi huɗu don iyo. Hukumar ta kuma bayyana tawagar mata biyu don wasan kwallon raga a bakin teku. Waɗannan bayanai sun nuna fannonin da Najeriya ke shirin shiga, daga filin gudu zuwa wurin iyo da bakin teku.

An tsara gasar ta ci gaba har 13 ga Nuwamba a Dakar, Diamniadio da Saly. Masu shirya gasar sun bambanta wasannin gasa 25 da wasannin shiga don koyon wasanni 10, tare da ayyukan ilimi da al’adu. Bai kamata a haɗa rukunonin biyu a ce duk wasanni 35 na bayar da lambobin yabo na gasa ba. An tabbatar da buɗewar; sauran shirin har yanzu yana gaba.

Dakar tana shirya Summer Youth Olympic Games karo na huɗu, bayan Singapore a 2010, Nanjing a 2014 da Buenos Aires a 2018. Zuwan wannan gasa Afirka ta Yamma ya ba yankin wani matsayi a tarihin Olympic: karɓar baƙunci da kuma aika ’yan wasa. Amfanin wasanni mai ɗorewa zai dogara da abin da ya biyo bayan bikin, ciki har da gogewar masu fafatawa da ci gaba da samar wa matasa dama.