Mexico Wins Bronze in Baseball5 at Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Digi Mart USA News (Dakar, Senegal): The Mexican mixed national team won the bronze medal in Baseball5 at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after defeating Kenya 2-1 in the third-place match at the Tour de l’Oeuf venue in Dakar, according to a report published by Agssports.
The team took the match 2-1 with set scores of 13-4, 2-3 and 7-2. The win gave Mexico revenge over Kenya, which had defeated Mexico in the group stage.
On the road to the medal match, Mexico beat Turkey 2-0 in the quarterfinals (10-5 and 12-7). In the semifinals, Mexico lost 2-1 to Chinese Taipei (12-2, 2-8 and 7-2), which advanced to the final.
In the gold-medal match, Cuba defeated Chinese Taipei 2-0 (2-1 and 7-1) to win the title. Turkey finished fifth after beating France 2-0 for sixth place, and Syria finished seventh.
The Mexican National Commission for Physical Culture and Sport (CONADE) described the result as Mexico’s second bronze medal at Dakar 2026, according to the report.
Final-stage results for Mexico: quarterfinal, Mexico 2-0 Turkey (10-5, 12-7); semifinal, Chinese Taipei 2-1 Mexico (12-2, 2-8, 7-2); third place, Mexico 2-1 Kenya (13-4, 2-3, 7-2); final, Cuba 2-0 Chinese Taipei (2-1, 7-1).
