Dakar, Nov. 8 -- China's Zhao Min won the women's 75kg beach wrestling gold at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), while host nation Senegal also had a successful day in beach wrestling, winning its first-ever two gold medals at YOG.
Zhao went unbeaten in her three group-stage bouts before defeating Senegal's Elisabeth Ebedo Diatta in the semifinals. She then beat India's Taniya in the final.
Taniya scored the opening point, but Zhao quickly drew level. The two wrestlers then engaged ina tight contest, with Zhao scoring a decisive point just 1.2 seconds before the final whistle to clinch the gold.
"Perhaps I had too long a break after the semifinal and my body had cooled down. In those final few seconds, I wasn't thinking about any...