{"id":97712,"date":"2026-09-12T23:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=97712"},"modified":"2026-09-12T23:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T23:50:00","slug":"arab-news-olympic-flame-arrives-in-senegal-for-the-first-olympic-event-to-be-held-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=97712","title":{"rendered":"Arab News | Olympic flame arrives in Senegal for the first Olympic event to be held in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DAKAR, Senegal: The Olympic flame was welcomed by music and dancing in Senegal \u2018s capital on Saturday, as a march by 100 women marked the countdown to the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people gathered at Dakar\u2019s Place du Souvenir Africain, a waterfront plaza overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by portraits of prominent figures from Africa and its diaspora, to greet the flame ahead of the Youth Olympic Games next month.<\/p>\n<p>The women carrying the flame are known as \u201clingeer\u201d \u2014 a title for queens or royal women in Wolof, one of the main languages of Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed in flowing orange and golden traditional dresses with yellow headwraps, they carried the flame to the plaza in a procession celebrating Senegalese women and the passing of values between generations.<\/p>\n<p>Senegalese basketball legend Mame Maty Mbengue lit the Olympic cauldron at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty Coventry, who is from Zimbabwe and the head of the International Olympic Committee, said the event will be a \u201cproud moment\u201d for Senegal and the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone that comes to Senegal in a few weeks is going to leave it knowing that Africa and Senegal are capable and unstoppable, and our young generation are going to change the world,\u201d Coventry told the gathered crowds.<\/p>\n<p>The flame left the Greek capital, Athens, on Thursday, where it 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