{"id":56540,"date":"2025-12-14T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-donatha-akimana-secures-two-cycling-medals-at-africa-youth-games\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:25:52","slug":"rwanda-s-donatha-akimana-secures-two-cycling-medals-at-africa-youth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-donatha-akimana-secures-two-cycling-medals-at-africa-youth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s Donatha Akimana secures two cycling medals at Africa Youth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth edition of the Africa Youth Games is taking place in Luanda, Angola, from 10 to 20 December 2025, with 54 countries participating. Rwanda is competing in six sports: Athletics, 3&#215;3 Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Table Tennis, Swimming, and Cycling.<\/p>\n<p>In the cycling events held on 12 and 13 December, Akimana teamed up with Iransetsa Amina. While Akimana stood on the podium twice, finishing second in the time trial and third in the road race, Iransetsa placed 17th.<\/p>\n<p>Strong performances at the games, held in Angola for the first time, will help Rwandan athletes qualify for the Youth Olympic Games scheduled in Dakar in 2026.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99151 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7.jpg\" alt=\"Rwandan cyclist Donatha Akimana claimed Silver in the time trial and Bronze in the road race, marking a standout performance for Rwanda.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99150 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/g8ejjtuxeae9ide.jpg\" alt=\"The fourth edition of the Africa Youth Games is taking place in Luanda, Angola, from 10 to 20 December 2025, with 54 countries participating.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99152 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/g8ejjvewmaelbjc.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan cyclist Donatha Akimana impressed at the Africa Youth Games, winning two medals in the cycling competitions. She claimed Silver in the time trial and Bronze in the road race, marking a standout performance for Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000099148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000099148,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g8ejju9wqae4fu7-2b5bf.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56540","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=56540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000099148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56540"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56540"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}