{"id":2000126567,"date":"2026-09-20T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000126567"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:51:15","slug":"amb-higiro-encourages-team-rwanda-ahead-of-montreal-uci-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/amb-higiro-encourages-team-rwanda-ahead-of-montreal-uci-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Amb. Higiro encourages Team Rwanda ahead of Montr\u00e9al UCI World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The championships are scheduled to take place in Montr\u00e9al from September 20 to 27, bringing together cyclists from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higiro met the Rwandan delegation on Saturday ahead of the championships. The delegation included FERWACY President Nkurayija Ishimwe Jean Hubert, cyclists and other officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higiro encouraged the riders to use the championships as an opportunity to showcase Rwanda on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda is taking part in the competition following the 2025 edition held in Kigali, which made the country the first in Africa to host the UCI Road World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda\u2019s campaign begins on Sunday, with Nirere Xaverine and Ingabire Diane competing in the women\u2019s individual time trial (ITT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Higiro met the Rwandan delegation on Saturday ahead of the championships. The delegation included FERWACY President Nkurayija Ishimwe Jean Hubert, cyclists and other officials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The championships are scheduled to take place in Montr\u00e9al from September 20 to 27, bringing together cyclists from around the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Higiro encouraged the riders to use the championships as an opportunity to showcase Rwanda on the international stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwanda\u2019s High Commissioner to Canada, Prosper Higiro, met Team Rwanda in Montr\u00e9al ahead of the 2026 UCI Road World Championships, encouraging the riders as they prepare to represent the country on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000126570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"archived_slugs":[],"footnotes":"","igh_game_id":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[151],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000126567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":2000122456,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-11.58.47-AM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 11.58.47 AM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":131,"twitter_handle":""}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":2000122456,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-14-at-11.58.47-AM.jpeg","title":"WhatsApp Image 2026-08-14 at 11.58.47 AM","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"},"user_id":131,"twitter_handle":""}],"featured_image":{"id":2000126570,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","alt":"","caption":"Higiro met the Rwandan delegation on Saturday ahead of the championships. The delegation included FERWACY President Nkurayija Ishimwe Jean Hubert, cyclists and other officials.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/HSnEYwDWQAAF7_l.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1536}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000126567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000126572,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126567\/revisions\/2000126572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000126570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000126567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000126567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000126567"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000126567"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000126567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}