Pamela Bawa and Joy Lawrence have reached the women’s Beach Volleyball quarter-finals at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after defeating Thailand 2-0 in their Round of 16 match on Monday, www.aclsports.com reports.
The Nigerian pair took control of the Round of 16 contest to claim a straight-sets victory, winning the opening set 21-16 before wrapping up the match 21-13 in the second at Saly Beach West, Court 3, to book their place in the last eight.
Bawa and Lawrence will take on Jara Both and Matilda de Groot of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals on Day 4 of the competition.
Mathew Kuti’s hopes of reaching the men’s singles Round of 16 in Table Tennis ended after he lost 3-0 to Italy’s Francesco Trevisan in his third Group 5 match.
Trevisan edged the opening game 12-10 before pulling away with an 11-2 win in the second. The Italian completed the straight-games victory with an 11-7 result in the final game.
Kuti’s exit followed a difficult outing for Favour Ojo, who also lost 3-0 to Hong Kong’s Su Tsz Tung in the women’s singles preliminary stage.
Ojo managed four points in the opening game and five in the second before putting up a stronger challenge in the third, which she lost 11-9. The contest ended 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 in favour of Su.
In Swimming, 16-year-old Kashope Obatoyinbo finished 29th overall among 73 competitors in the men’s 100m Freestyle. He clocked 53.81 seconds to place fourth in Heat 7 and will return to the pool on Wednesday for the men’s 50m Freestyle.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Tobiloba Omolola Akinsanmi finished fifth in her heat of the women’s 100m Freestyle, recording a time of 1:03.33.
