Aki Sakai (酒井亜紀, Sakai Aki, born 19 September 2001) is a Japanese racing cyclist who represents Team Rakuten K Dreams at professional level and the Japanese national cycling team. She is also active in Japan as a keirin cyclist.[1][2]
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| Born | 19 September 2001 Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2023– | Team Rakuten K Dreams | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAkai holds the record for the fastest lap in a 250 m time trial race with 19.137 seconds, performance scored during the 2023 Asian Track Cycling Championships.[3] She also shares the record for the best time in a 750m Team sprint race alongside Mina Sato and Riyu Ohta during the 2023 Japanese Championships.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Profiles / Aki Sakai". eurosport.ro. Eurosport. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Aki Sakai Profiles / First Cycling". firstcycling.com. First Cycling. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's 500m Time Trial Final Results & Final Classification" (PDF). ACC. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "2023 Japan Track National Championships – Day 1 Results". JCF. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
External links
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