Eritrea’s Bisrat Ghebremeskel won the elite-U23 women’s road race at the African Continental Road Championships in Kigali, Rwanda, today.
She completed the 84km event in 2:46:31 ahead of Ethiopian Tsega Beyene (2:46:38) and fellow Eritrean Mosana Debesay (2:46:38).
Vera Adrian, pictured here during last year’s Winelands MTB Encounter, finished seventh in the elite-U23 women’s road race at the African Continental Road Championships today. Photo: Ewald Sadie
Well known in the South African cycling fraternity, Vera Adrian of Namibia (2:46:44) and Kim le Court of Mauritius (2:47:05) finished seventh and ninth respectively.
Results can be viewed below.
84km
Elite-U23 women
1. Bisrat Ghebremeskel (Eritrea) 2:46:31
2. Tsega Beyene (Ethiopia) 2:46:38
3. Mosana Debesay (Eritrea) 2:46:38
4. Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru (Ethiopia) 2:46:38
5. Tigisti Gebrehiwet (Eritrea) 2:46:38
6. Wahazit Kidane (Eritrea) 2:46:38
7. Vera Adrian (Namibia) 2:46:44
8. Selam Amha (Ethiopia) 2:46:46
9. Kim le Court (Mauritius) 2:47:05
10. Eyerusalem Kelil (Ethiopia) 2:47:05
11. Beatha Ingabire (Rwanda) 2:48:49
12. Nancy Akinyi (Kenya) 2:52:21
13. Magnifique Manizabayo (Rwanda) 2:57:30
14. Jacqueline Tuyishimire (Rwanda) 3:04:31
15. Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt) 3:08:11
