Al-Rahmouni Wins Saudi Arabia’s First Youth Olympic Swimming Gold at Dakar 2026

   Riyadh, November 3, 2026, SPA -- Saudi national swimming team athlete Rami Bilal Al-Rahmouni won the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter freestyle today at the fourth Youth Olympic Games, Dakar 2026, taking place in the Senegalese capital until November 13. Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed attended the event.
   Al-Rahmouni clocked 3 minutes and 47.86 seconds, finishing ahead of Russia’s Bogdan Toropkin, who took silver in 3 minutes and 50.44 seconds, and Mexico’s Daniel Saborio Grillo, who claimed bronze in 3 minutes and 53.72 seconds.
   The achievement marks the first gold medal for Saudi swimming in Saudi Arabia’s history at any Olympic Games. It is also the second gold medal won by a Saudi delegation at the Youth Olympic Games, following the karate gold medal at the Buenos Aires 2018 edition.
   Al-Rahmouni is scheduled to compete in the men’s 200-meter freestyle event this Friday.
   -- SPA