On 9 December 2014 at the 127th IOC Session it was decided to move the organisation of the YOG to a non-Olympic year, starting with the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be postponed from 2022 to 2023.

[2] Subsequently, the IOC reverted to a 2022 date, and announced in February 2018 that they would be recommending that the event be held in Africa.

[4] The host was announced at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the 2018 edition.

Senegal proposes to organize the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in three distinct areas, Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.

The change also limits each sport to one discipline only, reducing the overall number of athletes while ensuring gender parity.