Miguel Oliveira wins shared gold in the 50 meters backstroke in Dakar

Miguel Oliveira won a shared gold medal in the 50-meter backstroke at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, tying with Greece's Nikolaos Papatheodorou at 25.69 seconds. Belgium's Alexander van Hoey Billiet secured bronze with a time of 25.91 seconds. Oliveira, representing Vitória Sport Clube, previously earned a bronze in the 100-meter backstroke. This gold marks the third swimming medal for Portugal in Youth Olympic history and the fourth overall for the national team in this edition.