Karim Records Tuesday Badminton Win After Two Dakar Defeats

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Trinidad and Tobago badminton player Samiya Karim took part in the Dakar Youth Olympic Games opening ceremony on Saturday 31 October, according to the Guardian’s report published on 2 November.

Sources: Trinidad Guardian, 2 Nov 2026 ↗

The newspaper reports that she lost her opening women’s singles match on Sunday 1 November to an opponent from Chinese Taipei, in straight sets of 21–1 and 21–5. It places the match at the Dakar Arena.

At this article’s first review, the material covered the opening match rather than later round-robin results. The Guardian’s separate listing of Monday’s swimming programme was a schedule, not evidence of a completed swim.

Sources: Trinidad Guardian, 2 Nov 2026 ↗

The French Olympic team’s results service records a second straight-games defeat on Monday 2 November, with Karim scoring 12 and 18 against France’s entrant, who won both games with 21 points. This adds the intervening match to the opening defeat reported above.

Sources: French Olympic team results, 2 Nov 2026 ↗

On Tuesday 3 November, Karim beat Senegal’s Maryame Cisse 21–14, 21–10 in Group D, as recorded by the French Olympic team’s results service and reported by TTT. The completed win follows those two defeats; it does not by itself establish qualification or a final tournament placing.

Sources: French Olympic team results, 3 Nov 2026 ↗ · TTT, Adrian Lazar, 3 Nov 2026 ↗