Americans Aarya Arun and Ye-eun Whang were crowned champions of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in the mixed team event.
Arun and Whang advanced to the gold medal match after defeating Korea in the semifinal in a shoot-off.
In the gold medal match, they faced the French team.
The United States scored 38 points across all sets, which was enough to win the match 5-1 in the third set.

Mexico was the other country from the continent to compete in the mixed team event.
Maya Casas Lara and Diego Fernando Gongora Trujillo lost to Spain in the round of 16 in a shoot-off.
