The Breaking Federation of Ghana has started preparing for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Dakar. Senegal.
President of the Federation, Nana Tufour Okai aka B boy Lyricx said they are scouting the athletes straight from the grassroots and have discovered some talents who are under ten years of age.
He revealed that the youth and kids now know about Breaking and the Federation is working hard to gather more people who are interested.
“Our goal is to go out there to represent Ghana and shine. We are optimistic of a good performance because our athletes are committed, enthusiastic and passionate. They love what they are doing “he expressed.
The Breaking Federation has instituted a monthly programme where the practitioners meet to share ideas and skills as well as practice together.
Breaking which was introduced as a sport and entertainment programme and event in 2018 missed the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
However, Nana Okai stressed that after losing the chance to go to France, they must go to Senegal, because the Federation has been working very hard and he has also been moving round the African continent engaging other stakeholders.
The training is taking place at the Nima Mamobi Community Library / Learning Center where 10 talents out of 50 were selected.
He expressed that Ghana has catch up very fast as the awareness has been created and now more teenagers are training to participate.
Nana Tufour Okai thanked the Communications and Media wing of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) for their massive support in terms of publicity and counselling.
The 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will take place in Dakar, Senegal from October 31 to November 13, 2026. The event will be the fourth Summer YOG and the first Olympic sporting event in Africa.
There would be 151 events in 25 sports for the competition program.