The Olympic flame was lit and handed over Thursday at the Panathenaic Stadium for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026, in a ceremony with free admission, attended by IOC President Kirsty Coventry. Isidoros Kouvelos of the Hellenic Olympic Committee presented the flame to Mamadou Niane, president of the Dakar 2026 organizing committee. The flame travels to Senegal, arriving Saturday. The Youth Games, Africa’s first Olympic event, run October 31-November 13. [Stefanos Kyriazis/Intime News]