The Olympic flame for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games will be lit and formally handed over at Athens’ historic Panathenaic Stadium on Thursday, marking the beginning of its journey to Senegal. The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m., will bring together Olympic officials and spectators as the flame is launched on its symbolic journey from Greece to Africa for the first Youth Olympic Games to be held on the continent. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President a