Pathway to Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics

The 2026 Youth Olympic Games will be held in Dakar, Senegal 31 October - 13 November. Equestrian at Dakar will be represented by Jumping, where 24 athletes will be invited, a maximum one from each nation, to compete individually and in regional teams. 

In order for an Australian athletes to be eligible for selection for the Youth Olympic Games, they must achieve a Certificate of Capability by achieving either of the following:

1. Athletes who achieve a score of not more than eight penalties in the first round of any of the following competitions: 

• 2025 FEI Jumping European Junior Championship; 
• 2025 FEI Jumping North American Junior Championship; 
• 2025 FEI Jumping South American Junior Championship; 
• CSI1* Grand Prix Competition; 
• CSI2* Grand Prix Competition. 
• CSIJ or CSIY or CSIU25 Grand Prix Competition. 

2. Athletes who achieve a combined score of not more than eight penalties in the first and second rounds of an FEI Jumping World Challenge Category A Competition (Certificates of Capability may only be earned in Competition 3 of the FEI Jumping World Challenge Category A in any country).

Australian Athletes have the opportunity to achieve their Certificate of Capability at the Competition 3 of the FEI Jumping World Challenge Category A to be held at the 2025 Stonewall World Cup 16-19 October. This event will be held at a height of 1.20m-1.30m.

Please note that Australia's place is not guaranteed and is subject to final allocation by the IOC in April of 2026.

To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympic Games, athletes must be below the age of 18 years during the Games according to Part1, Article 1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Therefore, Athletes must have been born between 14 November 2008 and 31 December 2011.

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