{"id":4903,"date":"2026-10-26T11:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2026-10-26T11:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:51:03","slug":"shemu-leads-rwandas-riders-as-african-cycling-championships-end-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/shemu-leads-rwandas-riders-as-african-cycling-championships-end-in-kenya\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Shemu leads Rwanda\u2019s riders as african cycling championships end in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-17.jpg 739w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-17-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nsengiyumva Shemu led Rwanda\u2019s riders in the final road race at the 2026 African Cycling Championships in Kisumu, Kenya, finishing seventh as the competition concluded on Sunday, October 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shemu\u2019s performance came in the 153-kilometre men\u2019s elite and under-23 road race, won by South Africa\u2019s Callum Ormiston in three hours, 44 minutes and two seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morocco\u2019s Driss El Alouani took second place, finishing 20 seconds behind Ormiston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another Rwandan, Niyonkuru Samuel, crossed the line in eighth place, 43 seconds behind the winner. Uwiduhaye Mike finished 18th, while Mugisha Mo\u00efse placed 20th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muhoza Eric and Masengesho Vainqueur were among the riders who did not complete the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda also had three under-23 riders \u2014 Ufitimana Schadrack, Ntirenganya Mo\u00efse and Ruhumuriza Aim\u00e9 \u2014 who failed to reach the finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The race proved difficult for many competitors. Of the 128 riders recorded in the event, 18 did not start, 45 failed to finish and 28 completed the course outside the permitted time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rwanda takes six medals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Rwanda did not win a medal on the final day, the team finished the championships second in the overall medal standings with six medals: three gold, one silver and two bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Africa topped the standings with 13 medals, including five gold, five silver and three bronze. Mauritius finished third with five medals, comprising two gold and three silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rwanda\u2019s second-place finish capped its campaign at the continental championships, which brought together cyclists from across Africa in Kisumu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nsengiyumva Shemu led Rwanda\u2019s riders in the final road race at the 2026 African Cycling Championships in Kisumu, Kenya, finishing seventh as the competition concluded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,43,35,27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news","category-current_affairs","category-regional","category-sports","category-top_stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903","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=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4905,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions\/4905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}