Toropkin wins 200m freestyle at Youth Olympics in Dakar in 1:47.78
Bogdan Raskat · 10 Nov 2026 · Читать по-русски
The Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, and here is a Russian who leaves his rivals no chance! Bogdan Toropkin won the 200 metres freestyle in 1 minute 47.78 seconds, his second gold at the Games in Senegal (TASS, Friday, November 6).
Let's count the medals, friends! Gold in the 100 metres freestyle, silver in the 400, and now a second top prize. That makes three medals at a single Games, and that with only 13 athletes in nine sports on Russia's entry list for Dakar. They compete under their own flag and anthem: at the opening ceremony it was Toropkin and swimmer Serafima Fokina who carried the tricolor around the main arena, and Fokina was the first to bring the team gold, in the 100 metres butterfly.
The Games run from October 31 to November 13, so the Russians still have events to come. Today, November 10, at 14:30 Moscow time, Daniil Smirnov competes in the artistic gymnastics all-around final. The pool has done its work; now it is the turn of the floor and the apparatus.
The number of this note is three: Toropkin's medals in five days of swimming.
What matters more to you at the Youth Olympics: quick medals, or the future stars we will see in senior sport?
Sources: tass.com (Toropkin, 200m freestyle, 1:47.78, November 6, 2026), aif.ru (Russia's first gold: Fokina), sportmail.ru (entry list: 13 athletes, flag and anthem), fontanka.ru (Russian schedule, Smirnov's final on November 10 at 14:30 Moscow time, November 1, 2026). The race result was found in one agency only (TASS); the Games' official results were not checked. Data as of November 10, 2026.