Bortoli, Maranzana Compete At Youth Olympics
Bermuda’s Gianluca Bortoli and Noah Maranzana were in action at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal.
Bortoli finished 22nd in the men’s individual triathlon at Saly Beach, completing the course in 57 minutes 55 seconds.
He emerged from the 750m swim in 17th position after clocking 8:50, before recording the 23rd-fastest bike split of 30:18 over 20km. He completed the closing 5km run in 17:57, the joint 17th-fastest run split.
Portugal’s European youth champion Artur Gaspar won gold in 53:13, with Luxembourg’s Emile Vanolst taking silver in 53:23. Japan’s Daiki Nishizaki and Kazakhstan’s Ramazan Ainegov shared bronze in 53:27 after the photo finish could not separate them.
In swimming, Maranzana finished second in heat two of the men’s 50m breaststroke in 33.89 seconds, placing him 26th overall in the preliminary round.
