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Eritrean National Cycling Team Accorded Warm Welcome

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY SHABAIT President Isaias Afwerki received and encouraged the Eritrean National Cycling team that won the 2018 African Cycling Championship both in the men and women’s category.

Eritrea Dominates Junior, Women Road Races

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY BONNIE MUGABE | KT PRESS African Cycling Giants Eritrea dominated Saturday’s junior and women road races to extend their medal triumphant at the ongoing 13th African Continental Road Championship. The 13th Africa’s biggest annual cycling event got underway since Wednesday and will run through to February 18 in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali.

Cycling: Eritrean Brother and Sister Becomes Champions of Africa

February 16, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY DAVID KALFA | RFI * Mekseb Debesay and his sister Mosana Debesay were respectively crowned African champions in elite men’s and women’s individual time trial (ITT) on February 15, 2018, in Kigali. New success for this Eritrean family of cyclists.

Meron Teshome Wins Gold at Elite Mens ITT Continental Championships

February 17, 2017February 17, 2017TesfaNews41 Comments

Eritrea leading the Championship with 9 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medals so far. By TesfaNews, Eritrean rider Meron Teshome have won his second Gold medal yesterday in elite men Individual Time Trial (ITT) at the ongoing African Continental Championship 2017 in Luxor, Egypt clocking a time of 53:16, which is 26 seconds faster […]

Daniel Had His African Championship ITT Crown Unfairly Snatched

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015TesfaNews30 Comments

By Eri-Sportive, AFRICAN Continental Individual Time Trial (ITT) Championship concluded earlier today with Eritrean Daniel Teklehaimanot unusually finishing in second place for the Silver medal behind Tsgabu Grmay of Ethiopia while Merhawi Kudus, who had competed in both the Elite and U23 ITT, had won Gold in the U23 ITT while finishing 5th in the […]

Merhawi Kudus and Ethiopian Tsgabu Grmay won Gold at today's U23 and Elite Men's race

Merhawi Wins U23 Gold, Daniel Elite Silver at the African Championship ITT

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015TesfaNews7 Comments

By TesfaNews, ERITREAN rider Merhawi Kudus from team MTN-Qhubeka today won the under 23 Individual Time Trial race of the Confederation of African Cycling Road Championships. Merhawi posted the fastest time of the day before sweeping his second Gold medal in the championship. Rwandan Valens Ndayisenga and Adil Barbari of Algeria took their respective silver […]

Team Eritrea Dominates Opening Day of the African Continental Championship

February 9, 2015February 14, 2017TesfaNews9 Comments

By Eri-Sportive, FOR the fifth year in a row since 2010, our boys have made our nation Eritrea so proud and got it be eyed as the powerhouse of cycling in the continent ever since consistently. The young Merhawi Kudus, the prolific Daniel Teklehaimanot, the explosive Natnael Berhane and the new African cycling king, Mekseb Debesay have […]

Eritrea Born Meraf Bahta Becomes Europe’s 5000m Champion

August 17, 2014August 17, 2014TesfaNews5 Comments

By TesfaNews, ERITREA born Meraf Bahta Wins Gold for Sweden in the Women’s 5000 Meters Final European Athletics Championship Zurich 2014. European 1500m Champion and the race’s favorite Sifan Hassan finished second.