Tatiana Sousa brought Bermuda’s campaign at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games to a close with a ninth-place finish in the women’s javelin throw final.

Sousa, who won silver at the 2025 Carifta Games and 2026 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association Under-18 & Under-23 Championships. recorded 35.13 metres at the Complexe Iba Mar Diop.

The event was contested as a single final, with no qualifying round. Colombian Ilsa Mayerlin Cordoba topped the podium with a personal best of 57.62 metres, beating Parizoda Talabova, from Uzbekistan, into silver and Latvian Eliza Ligere into bronze.

In recognition of her efforts against athletes from bigger countries, the Bermuda National Athletics Association applauded the Warwick Academy student’s performance in Senegal.

“Congratulations to Tatiana Sousa on her performance at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games,” the BNAA said.

“Tatiana finished ninth in the javelin throw final with a mark of 35.13m. Well done, Tatiana.”

Sousa, under the mentorship of Terry-Lynn Paynter, was the last Bermudian athlete to compete at the Games, after the swimming duo of Maggie Mewett and Noah Maranzana as well as triathlete Gianluca Bortoli concluded their competitions last week.

Mewett and Bortoli served as flag bearers at the official opening ceremony on October 31, leading out the island’s delegation under chef de mission Ashley Yearwood.

Meanwhile, Bermuda will not be represented at the closing formalities on Friday with Yearwood back on island.