Senegal's only Olympic medallist hopes Youth Games spur winning mindset

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Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal's only Olympic medalist, hopes the Youth Games will help foster a winning mindset. He won silver in the men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics in a time of 47.23 seconds.

At the 1988 Seoul summer Games, Amadou Dia Ba won silver in the men's 400 metres hurdles, Senegal's only ever Olympic medal. At the 1988 Games, Ba completed the men's 400m hurdles in just 47.23 seconds, clenching silver in a race which Americans and Germans were favoured to dominate.