Malaysia’s Nur Qalesha binti Mohd Radzuan finished eighth in the women’s foil individual at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on 8 November, after winning her table-of-16 bout to reach the last eight.

The 16-year-old won two of her five bouts in Pool 2 at the Dakar Expo Center, finishing fourth in her pool and eighth of 12 in the overall pool ranking. All 12 fencers went through to the knockout rounds.

In the pool, she lost 5-3 to Russia’s Uliana Belykh, 5-3 to Moldova’s Sanda Dubolari and 5-0 to Poland’s Danuta Tym, but beat Bahrain’s Ritej Araoud 5-3 and New Zealand’s Bowie Wang 5-1.

Nur Qalesha met Araoud again in the table of 16 and won 15-9.

That set up a table-of-8 bout with Egypt’s Sara Amr Hossny, who topped the pool ranking after winning all five of her pool bouts. Nur Qalesha led 2-1 and was level at 4-4, before Amr Hossny scored six hits in a row to lead 10-4. Amr Hossny went on to win 15-6.

Belykh won the gold medal, with Amr Hossny taking silver and Austria’s Lena Mayerl bronze.

Angie Tan Ang Yee, 15, also started her campaign on 8 November, racing in the women’s windsurfing opening series at Saly Beach West. The series has 15 races over five days, ending on 12 November, with 23 sailors on the start list, including Singapore’s Kate Teo.

Zacharry Lawrence, 17, is next on the track. He runs in the first semi-final of the men’s 400m hurdles at Complexe Iba Mar Diop on 9 November at 2.05pm Dakar time (10.05pm in Malaysia).