Namibian cyclist, Roger Suren, continued his impressive form this season, securing a bronze medal at the 2025 African Cycling Confederation (CAC) Road Cycling African Championships held in Kwale, Kenya, on Sunday.

The championships, staged from 19 to 23 November 2025, brought together riders across multiple categories, junior, under-23, and elite, both women and men, who competed in the road race, mixed team time trial relay, and individual time trial.

Distances varied by category, with women racing shorter courses than men, and junior riders tackling shorter routes than their under-23 counterparts.

Participants were selected by their respective national federations, with champions earning the right to wear the prestigious African Champions jersey in competition the following year.

Suren, who made history in September this year by becoming the first Namibian and African to win a silver medal in the Junior Men’s Cross Country Olympic (XCO) race at the UCI MTB World Championships in Valais, Switzerland, once again demonstrated remarkable grit and composure.

The Namibian junior rider outclassed 54 competitors to claim third place in the 107.6 kilometre (km) junior men’s road race.

The event was won by Natan Tesfalem of Eritrea, with Uganda’s Paul Miro taking silver. Tesfalem crossed the line in a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 19 seconds (02:44:19), with Suren just one minute and 38 seconds behind him. -Nampa