Canada finishes 14-day Youth Olympics with 5 medals in Senegal

Canada finished with five medals in four sports as the Summer Youth Olympics concluded Friday in Dakar, Senegal.

The 28-member Canadian team won one gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the 14-day Games, which brought together nearly 2,700 athletes representing 204 national Olympic committees.

Three of Canada's medals came Wednesday, when Simon Shan of West Vancouver, B.C., became the country's first Youth Olympic fencing champion with gold in men's individual epee, while boxers Mehreen Khakh of Kitchener, Ont., and Lisandro Garcia Rebelo of Mississauga, Ont., earned bronze in the women's 51-kilogram and men's 55-kilogram divisions, respectively.

During the opening week, Anes Mati of Anjou, Que., won silver in men's 66 kg judo, while 14-year-old Evie Pritchard of Nanaimo, B.C., Canada's youngest athlete, took bronze in women's street skateboarding.

Shan and Khakh were named Canada's flag-bearers for Friday's closing ceremony.

China led with 33 medals, followed by Japan with 28, while the Russian Federation and Mexico tied with 14 each. Egypt and host Senegal collected 12 apiece, the most for African countries at the first Olympic sporting event held on the continent.