Overview
- The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for 31 October at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio, with the first medal events in swimming and judo starting on 1 November.
- Team Perú arrives with 15 athletes across 11 disciplines and has named table tennis player Natzumi Aquije and swimmer Doménico Sotomayor as flagbearers for the opening parade.
- Argentina’s Los Pumitas 7s travel with a 12-player roster that includes Gonzalo Cairo and will play their rugby sevens matches from 1–3 November at the Iba Mar Diop complex.
- Mexico opens its program with Baseball5 at Complexe Tour de l’Œuf, facing Syria on 31 October, and several events will be streamed on the Olympic Channel and YouTube.
- Organizers will stage competitions across Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly, include a junior Olympic Refugee Team, and use the Games as a development platform for young athletes while testing Senegal’s venues and broadcasting arrangements.