Malaysia’s Loo Cheng Feng finished fourth in the men’s 50m freestyle final at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on 4 November, clocking 23.25, according to the official results.

Earlier that day, the 16-year-old was second in his heat in 23.40, behind the Czech Republic’s Zdenek Prochazka on 22.65. The eight fastest swimmers from the heats went through to the final.

Prochazka won gold in the final in 22.54, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Jaden Mills on 22.99 and Cyprus’s Andrew Marcus Laghoutis on 23.04.

Loo’s 23.25 in the final was faster than his 23.40 in the heats, and 0.21 seconds outside the bronze-medal time.

Loo was ninth in the 100m freestyle heats on 2 November in 51.65, with only the eight fastest reaching that final.

Shannon Tan Yan Qing, 15, finished eighth in the women’s 200m individual medley final on 4 November in 2:27.80, after placing third in her heat. She was also eighth in the 100m butterfly final on 1 November.

In skateboarding, Mahathir Nor Daniel bin Muhammad Nor Azam, 16, finished 12th in men’s street after competing in the prelims on 4 November.

On 6 November, Loo swims the men’s 200m freestyle heats and Tan races the women’s 200m butterfly final.