Desiet Kidane Died: What Happened To Her?

The 21-year-old Eritrea was a strong promise of African cycling

Cycling is in mourning after the death of the young cyclist Desiet Kidane Tekeste. The 21-year-old Eritrea-born runner was hit by a car while training on the streets of Asmara. Several colleagues and the International Cycling Union (UCI) have lamented the tragic death of the African.

“With her constant smile, kindness, respect, and deep passion for cycling, Desiet Kidane Tekeste was a rising young talent that we will greatly miss. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and World Cycling Center teammates and coaches during this tragic moment, “wrote the international body on Twitter.

I have always dreamed of being a professional cyclist alongside Mossana Debesai and I wish the number of Eritrean professional cyclists would increase. We have the skills and the passion. Above all, we are competitive. I don’t think there is anything that can prevent us from achieving this goal. ”

Desiet Kidane accident
Desiet Kidane /Photo

She was a young rising talent that we will miss very much. “

Message from the UCIKidane was the Eritrea champion in 2019, a triumph that made her present herself to the world of two wheels as one of the strongest promises in African cycling. She was part of the World Cycling Center team since 2019 and used to train with her teammates at the center they have in the Swiss town of Aigle.

“Words cannot express our sadness upon hearing the passing of 21-year-old UCI WCC athlete Desiet Kidane Tekeste from Eritrea. We will miss you Desiet,” her team said on their official Twitter account. Gold in the time trial and the road race of the African Championship held in Rwanda in 2018 stands out from her years as a junior.

Internationally, he managed to finish sixth in the 2019 African championships and finished fifth in the African Games road event. As for her participation in European events, where she was a regular in recent years, her thirteenth place in the 2019 Cham-Hagendorn Grand Prix of Switzerland stands out.

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