{"id":3747,"date":"2026-09-16T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2026-09-16T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:16:00","slug":"14-riders-to-represent-rwanda-at-2026-cycling-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/14-riders-to-represent-rwanda-at-2026-cycling-world-championships\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"14 riders to represent Rwanda at 2026 cycling world championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3748\" style=\"width:695px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1-7.jpg 515w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/images-1-7-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fourteen riders will represent Rwanda at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Canada, as the country returns to the competition a year after hosting the event for the first time in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven men and seven women were selected by national team coach Felix Sempoma from a 19-rider training group that spent nearly a month at the UCI Regional Satellite Centre in Musanze. The delegation left Kigali late Wednesday for Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shemu Nsengiyumva will race in the elite men\u2019s category, while Kevin Nshutiraguma and Shadrack Ufitimana will compete in the under-23 event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The junior men\u2019s squad includes Jonathan Muhawenimana, Pacifique Byusa, Bryan Ishimwe and Jackson Nkurikiyinka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the women, Diane Ingabire, Xaverine Nirere and Claudette Nyirarukundo will compete in the elite category. Mariate Byukusenge and Jazilla Mwamikazi are entered in the under-23 race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donata Akimana, 17, and Yvonne Masengesho, 18, complete the team in the junior women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal will host the Sept. 20-27 championships, the 99th edition of the event. Kigali hosted the 2025 edition, marking the first time the world championships were held on African soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleven members of this year\u2019s team also competed in Kigali, giving them another opportunity to race at cycling\u2019s top global event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen riders will represent Rwanda at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Canada, as the country returns to the competition a year after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,36,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current_affairs","category-international","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3749,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions\/3749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}