Dakar Youth Olympics 2026: Dev Ruparelia, Tanvi Patri and Syndrela Das win Day 1 matches
India opened its campaign with victories in badminton and table tennis at the Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar.
Dev Ruparelia and Tanvi Patri won their opening badminton group matches on Day 1 of the Dakar Youth Olympics 2026. Syndrela Das also won both her table tennis preliminary matches.
Key takeaways
- Dev Ruparelia beat Diagne Ahmadou Bamba of Senegal 21-9, 21-3 in 21 minutes
- Tanvi Patri defeated Jang Yu of South Korea 21-8, 21-11
- Syndrela Das beat Joanita Borteye of Ghana 3-0 and Katarzyna Rajkowska of Poland 3-0
- Dev will face Petr Briza of Czechia on November 2
- Tanvi will face Sara Patricia Delgado of Mexico on November 2
India began its campaign at the Dakar Youth Olympics 2026 with victories in badminton and table tennis on Day 1. The Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal, began on 31 October 2026 and runs until 13 November 2026.
The Games are the first IOC event held in Africa and the first Youth Olympics under IOC president Kirsty Coventry. At the Dakar Arena, second seed Dev Ruparelia defeated Senegal's Diagne Ahmadou Bamba 21-9, 21-3 in men's singles Group H in 21 minutes.
The 17-year-old Indian shuttler's average rally lasted around eight seconds. Third seed Tanvi Patri defeated South Korea's Jang Yu 21-8, 21-11 in women's singles Group F in 36 minutes.
At the Dakar Expo Centre, eighth seed Syndrela Das defeated Ghana's Joanita Borteye 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5) in women's singles table tennis Preliminary Group 8.
She then defeated Poland's 12th seed Katarzyna Rajkowska 11-4, 13-11, 11-8, holding her nerve in a closely contested second game before sealing the match in the third. Dev Ruparelia is fresh from his international junior Grand Prix win in Pune.
His Group H also includes Shaurya Gullaiya of Canada, Petr Briza of Czechia, and Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Diagne of Senegal. Tanvi Patri's Group F also includes Smrithi Adepu of Australia and Sara Patricia Delgado Gonzalez of Mexico.
The badminton competition features men's and women's singles events with 32 players competing in each category. The competition is played across two stages: Group Stage followed by Knockouts.
The players are divided into eight groups of four, with each player facing the other three players in their respective group.
The group winner from each group advances to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage, followed by the semi-finals and medal matches, with the gold and bronze medals decided on 5 November. Both Indian shuttlers are aiming to top their groups to advance to the knockout stages.
Dev will next face Petr Briza of Czechia in his second Group H encounter on 2 November. Tanvi will next take on Sara Patricia Delgado of Mexico in her second Group F fixture on 2 November.
Syndrela Das will continue in the women's singles table tennis competition after her two straight-games victories on Day 1.
India Day 1 results at Dakar Youth Olympics 2026
Player | Sport | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
Dev Ruparelia | Badminton | Diagne Ahmadou Bamba (Senegal) | 21-9, 21-3 |
Tanvi Patri | Badminton | Jang Yu (South Korea) | 21-8, 21-11 |
Syndrela Das | Table tennis | Joanita Borteye (Ghana) | 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 |
Syndrela Das | Table tennis | Katarzyna Rajkowska (Poland) | 11-4, 13-11, 11-8 |
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- 2026 Dakar Youth Olympics
- Summer Youth Olympics
- India
- South Korea
- Senegal
- Ghana
- Poland
- Czechia
- Mexico
- Dev Ruparelia
- Tanvi Patri
- Syndrela Das
- Diagne Ahmadou Bamba
- Jang Yu
- Joanita Borteye
- Katarzyna Rajkowska
- Petr Briza
- Sara Patricia Delgado
- Badminton
- Table tennis
- Dev Ruparelia
- Tanvi Patri
- Syndrela Das
- Dakar Youth Olympics 2026
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