{"id":1042,"date":"2026-10-24T07:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:28:42","slug":"mercy-eragae-wins-historic-bronze-for-kenya-at-african-cycling-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Eragae wins historic bronze for Kenya at African cycling championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Hadrine Joyce | Saturday, 24 October 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya\u2019s Mercy Eragae has made history by winning the country\u2019s first medal at the African Road Cycling Championships, taking bronze in the junior women\u2019s road race in Kisumu on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 18-year-old finished third in the 68.8-kilometre race behind South Africa\u2019s Madison Bateson, who won gold, and Egypt\u2019s Joudy El Sayed, who took silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eragae\u2019s medal came after she crashed during the race but recovered to rejoin the competition and fight her way into the podium positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The achievement marks a breakthrough for Kenyan cycling at the continental championships, which have been held for 19 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kenya\u2019s team is now looking to build on the result as the championships continue. The elite women\u2019s road race is scheduled for Saturday, while the elite men\u2019s race is due on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kenyan women\u2019s team will compete in the elite race as the country seeks further medals on home soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Photo caption:<\/strong> Kenya\u2019s Mercy Eragae celebrates after winning bronze in the junior women\u2019s 68.8-kilometre road race at the African Road Cycling Championships in Kisumu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.africa\/kenya\/sports\/other-sports\/how-kenyan-women-conquered-africa-5643768\">Nation Africa \u2014 How Kenyan women conquered Africa<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/sports\/2026-10-24-eragae-battles-back-from-crash-to-win-historic-bronze-at-african-cycling-championships-1\">The Star \u2014 Eragae wins historic bronze<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0888.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0888.webp 800w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0888-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_0888-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hadrine Joyce | Saturday, 24 October 2026 Kenya\u2019s Mercy Eragae has made history by winning the country\u2019s first medal at the African Road Cycling Championships, taking bronze in the junior women\u2019s road race in Kisumu on Friday. The 18-year-old finished third in the 68.8-kilometre race behind South Africa\u2019s Madison Bateson, who won gold, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}