Belarusian rapier Maslov entered the eight at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal

Belarusian fencer Denis Maslov failed to make it to the semifinals at the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games in Senegal. Belta reports.

At the group stage of the rapire fencing tournament, Maslov defeated his peers from Mali, Great Britain, Lithuania and Qatar, and lost to representatives of Japan and the Czech Republic. The Belarusian athlete entered the playoffs with the fifth seeding, in the 1/8 finals he with a score of 15:5 was stronger than Algerian Ziyad Benabed, but in the quarterfinals he lost to British Mohamed Belbuab (7:15).

At the moment, the Belarusian delegation has two bronzes of YOI-2026. Swimmer Maxim Mashlyakevich closed the three on half a breaststroke, and Polina Belyavskaya took bronze on the 50-meter freestyle. Judoka Alexandra Knyazeva became the seventh in the category up to 44 kg, and Gleb Akunevich took the final ninth line in archery.

On November 11, taekwondist Bogdan Aliyev will compete for the medal of the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games, and on November 12, breakdancing representative Georgy Solovey will perform at the tournament. In total, the multi-sport forum for athletes under the age of 18 gathered more than 2,600 boys and girls from 204 countries in Senegal. Swimmer Belyavskaya brought Belarus the first medal of the Youth Olympic Games – 2026