Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics: The Congolese beach volleyball players are out

Jonathan Mulapwa and Gloire Mutendi were eliminated in the round of 16 of the beach volleyball tournament at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games on Monday, November 2. The Congolese pair lost 2-1 to Australia’s Ryan Edgar and Thomas Turner in a close match (21-18, 19-21, 15-13). The Democratic Republic of the Congo had earlier beaten the Cayman Islands 25-5, 25-5, and the team’s recent progress includes a bronze medal at the Saly development tournament in August.