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WORLD● LOW3h ago · Nov 1, 2026, 3:23 PM

Cecilia Dieleke made history in Dakar 2026: won the youth Olympic gold and broke the South American record in the 200-meter backstroke

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The 17-year-old swimmer, one of the national delegation's flag bearers, won the final with a time of 2m10s05 and achieved Argentina's first gold medal in Senegal. She surpassed Malena Santillán's national and continental mark by 31 hundredths and gave the country its 14th title in history.

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