Team GB signed off their Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games campaign in style, with boxer Michael Maughan striking gold to cap a four-medal haul in Senegal.
The Games marked the first Olympic sporting event held on African soil and providing a stage for the stars of the future.
Team GB achieved four medals in the final week, including one gold, one silver and two bronzes, showcasing the strength and talent of our small but mighty 16-athlete team.
There was no stopping Michael Maughan on his way to gold.
The 70kg boxer stormed his way through the opening rounds in Dakar, with a hat-trick of 5-0 wins in his preliminary, quarter-final and semi-final bouts.
He then faced Kazakhstan's Bibarys Ashirbay, the leading contender for the title, in the final. But Maughan refused to be put on the back foot, dominating from the outset to secure a 4-1 victory.
"It means so much for me to win the gold and I am so proud," he said.
"It was a tough journey, from the training camp to the wins against fighters from Ecuador, Egypt and the UAE all being 5-0 unanimous.
"Fighting the world no.1 in the final and beating him on split decision, he did ruin the 5-0 streak but I still got the win. I'm so happy and ready for the next one."
Maughan was not the only boxer to reach the podium for Team GB, with Lily Bassett taking bronze in the women's 48kg.
Bassett missed out on a place in the gold medal bout after losing 4-1 to India's Gunjan Gunjan in the semi-final, having won her first two fights by stoppage.
Jaya Kalsi missed out on the women's 54kg quarter-finals with a 3-1 split loss to Kazakhstan's Maral Tolepbergen.
Uzair Chowdhury became Team GB's only multiple medallist of the Games with silver and bronze in the men's artistic gymnastics.
Chowdhury teamed up with Ben Porter and Lucas Scully to clinch Team GB’s first medal of the Games, with men's team bronze.
A score of 153.763 pushed them onto the podium behind the Republic of China and Japan, with a particularly impressive score of 27.266 on the vault.
Chowdhury returned to action the following day, taking silver in the men's all-around final.
The teenager scored 79.132 to finish 2.166 points behind Russia's Daniil Smirnov. His 14.200 on parallel bars was the highest score in the field, making him one of just 19 multiple medallists at the Dakar Games.
"I'm really pleased with myself and these medals mean the world to me," said Chowdhury.
"I can't wait to go back home and show my family and friends as well as everybody at the gym."
In women's artistic gymnastics, Helena Finc finished eighth in the all-around final, while Jenitha Johnson competed on vault and uneven bars, scoring 12.433 and 12.133 respectively.
Fencer Mohammed Belbouab narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's foil.
The top-ranked Cadet foil fencer in Europe, Belbouab produced an impressive run to the semi-finals, where he lost to Japan's Masashi Maeda.
He then fell just short in the bronze medal match against Cyprus' Aris Kiayias, finishing fourth overall in an impressive Youth Olympic Games debut.
Ruby Webb finished fifth in the women's windsurfing.
The 15-year-old climbed from 11th to fifth in the standings across 14 races, putting herself in contention ahead of the final day.
She finished fifth in the final race to secure fifth place overall.
Catch up on everything that happened in week one of Dakar 2026 here.