Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Lesotho cyclist Khothalang Leuta will represent women in cycling and the country in Lisbon, Portugal in the Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Finals scheduled to commence on October 12the to 18th.
Contacted for details, Federation of Cycling Lesotho (FCL) Public Relations Officer (PRO) Malefane Morie informed that Leuta was born in Roma Lesotho and is an affiliate of Roma Cycling Club which mostly specializes
with BMX riding rather than Mountain Bike and Road bike models. He said Leuta qualified for this competition following her eagerness, experience and obedience, which
she particularly demonstrated in the BMX cycling race sport. “From her five years’ experience in cycling, Leuta won the Lesotho’s National Pump Track in 2019 which lead her to
qualify for World Championship Finals in Europe. She also performed well in the Matekane Group of Companies (MGC) Extravaganza competition that was held at
Mantšonyane during the launch of Ha-Rapokolana High Altitude Marathon last year. FCL wishes her success in this competition and hopes she at least receives a silver medal,” he enlightened.
Leuta’s Coach Christian Schmidt, in an exclusive interview with Informative Sport, revealed that there will be two riders who qualified to participate in this competition from
Roma Cycling Club and they are Khothalang Leuta from the girls and young Mosito Mohapi. He said he met Leuta at Roma in 2017 where he saw a lot of interest from the youth, particularly girls during the
launch of the Lesotho Sky race monthly competition. “She started cycling in 2017 together with a group of young girls and women and they trained regularly,
she showed a true talent and interest during the course of this competition because she kept getting faster and faster, this is where she started enjoying
the sport and taking it seriously,” Schmidt stated. Asked about his expectations from Leuta, in this upcoming competition, Schmidt noted that the most important
thing is for her to remain calm as this is one of the toughest competitions. “It is not about winning but participation and also to be able to handle the pressure in order to finish in a strong position.
I think she is psychologically prepared to race against the best pump track women in the world. The experience she got from the past competitions will motivate her to continue training hard, qualify and keep increasing her performance,” Schmidt noted.
