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Kasuga Watabe of the Cycling Club wins three events at the All Japan Student Championship Track Cycling Competition

Jul. 21, 2021

Kasuga Watabe wins three events<br/>
(photo: Meidai sports)<br/>

Kasuga Watabe wins three events
(photo: Meidai sports)
On June 26 to 27, the Cycling Club participated in the 61st All Japan Student Championship Track Cycling Competition held at Kurayoshi Cycling Track in Kurayoshi City, Tottori. Both men and women did well with Kasuga Watabe (1st year student in the School of Political Science and Economics) winning three events.

Watabe won the female’s point race, 3 km individual pursuit, and 16 km madison (teamed with Ishida from Waseda University). The men also had a strong showing with Takeru Fukuchi (3rd year in the School of Law) in the 1 km time trial, the pair of Shiryu Ueno (3rd year in the School of Business Administration) and Ryunosuke Nonaka (2nd year in the School of Business Administration) in the tandem sprint, and Ryoma Kataoka (1st year in the School of Law) in the 4 km individual pursuit finished second in their respective events, and other members also finished in the high places for a number of events.

The Cycling Club is fighting hard this season with the goal of being crowned the overall champion at the All Japan Intercollegiate cycle Championships to be held in August.