Tsuyaka Uchino (内野 艶和, Uchino Tsuyaka, born 13 January 2002) is a Japanese racing cyclist representing NEXETIS at professional level and the Japanese national cycling team.[1] She won a bronze medal in the points race at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Career

Junior years

Uchino played basketball in elementary and middle school , and started cycling after entering Yusei High School.[3] She won the scratch and individual road races at the All Japan High School Selection Championships two years in a row, won the individual pursuit and won the 2000 m individual pursuit event at the Inter-High School Championships.[4]

Professional years (2022–present)

On January 16, 2020, she passed her 120th training test.[5] She placed third in the training races (29 wins) and second in the final of the graduation race.[6][7]

On May 1, 2021, she made her debut in the seventh race of the rookie race "Keirin Rookie Series 2021" at Shizuoka Keirin Stadium, where she placed third. She won his first race the following day on May 2, and then won her first championship in the final on May 3.[8] On November 17, she won her third race at Takeo FII (Morning). This was her first victory since his full debut in July, and the first of the 120th class to win since her full debut.

Alongside keirin, she is also active in road cycling. Together with fellow athlete Miho Yoshikawa, Uchino has been designated as a "B" designated athlete for middle-distance track racing by the Japan Cycling Federation (later upgraded to an "A" designated athlete).[9] She is also a member of the national team, and competed as part of the "Team Rakuten K Dreams" between 2022 and 2025.[10]

In the cycling events of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Uchino competed in the women's team pursuit qualifying with Yumi Kajihara, Mizuki Ikeda and Maho Kakita, finishing in a time of 4 minutes 13.818 seconds, which broke the Japanese record, but she was eliminated in the qualifying round in 10th place overall.[11] She also competed in the women's Madison with Maho Kakita, finishing 12th out of 15 teams.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Tsuyaka Uchino". UCI.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Final results". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ 福岡県自転車競技連盟
  4. ^ 自転車界のニューヒロイン内野艶和　パリ五輪へ全力疾走
  5. ^ 日本競輪選手養成所第120回選手候補生入所試験合格者名簿 (PDF) (in Japanese). KEIRIN.JP.
  6. ^ 競走成績戦法別一覧表総合 (PDF).
  7. ^ 第120回選手候補生全着順 (PDF) (in Japanese).
  8. ^ "内野艶和がＲＳデビュー戦初Ｖ！「藤田一門」にまた新星／静岡". 日刊スポーツ (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ TRACK RACE 強化指定選手 - 日本自転車競技連盟ホームページ
  10. ^ "国際自転車競技連合登録トラック競技チーム「チーム楽天Kドリームス」について" (in Japanese). KEIRIN.JP. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. ^ "自転車 女子チームパシュート 日本 予選敗退 パリオリンピック" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  12. ^ "自転車トラック女子マディソン、内野艶和・垣田真穂組が12位" (in Japanese). 読売新聞. Retrieved 10 August 2024.


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