- Africa will welcome the continent's first Olympic event as Senegalese capital Dakar was selected by the International Olympic Committee as the host for the 2022 Youth Summer Olympic Games at the 133rd IOC Session on October 8. By then, the Olympic event will have been held on all six permanently inhabited continents.
Photo taken on Oct. 8, 2018 shows President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach (C) showing a card with Senegalese President Macky Sall (L) and Dakar Mayor Soham El Wardini during the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Africa will welcome the continent's first Olympic event as Senegalese capital Dakar was selected by the International Olympic Committee as the host for the 2022 Youth Summer Olympic Games at the 133rd IOC Session on October 8. By then, the Olympic event will have been held on all six permanently inhabited continents. (Xinhua/Natacha Pisarenko/Pool)
