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We won the "89th All Japan Cycling Championship Track Race", "4km Group Pursuit", "4km Individual Pursuit" and "30km Madison" held in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture from November 5th to 8th. The "4km group pursuit" won the championship for the third consecutive year. In addition, he was runner-up in the "30km point race" and "Omnium".

Ryo Chikatani won the second place with a big difference in the 4km group pursuit of the "40th Asian Cycling Championship" held in Chincheon-gun, South Korea from October 17 to 21.

Ryo Chikatani won the "88th All-Japan Cycling Championships Track and Race" with a 4km group pursuit and won the time of 3 minutes 57 seconds 488, updating the Japanese record for about 0.3 seconds. He won the championship for the second consecutive year following last year.
In addition, he finished 2nd in the 4km individual pursuit and 30km Madison and 3rd in the 30km point race.

TEAM BRIDGESTONE Cycling which Ryo Chikatani, a track cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, belongs to won gold medal at the 2nd JBCF Time Trial Championship which was held in Tochigi prefecture on July 27tn.

■Result
Distance：16.00km
Time：18:48.66（50.71km/h）
Complete Team：15 teams

【Chikatani's Comment】
TEAM BRIDGESTONE, which has many players specializing in speed,
participated in this tournament with strong desire.
We practiced in advance at the Sakaigawa Bicycle Stadium in Yamanashi Prefecture,
and built careful strategy.
The race was held in a storm because of typhoon approaching.
Due to the wind, the bike was knocked down and almost dropped out,
but the all tea-mates worked their roles well,
We were able to maintain the speed to the goal. I'm glad I was able to win the race we aimed at.

Ryo Chikatani, a track cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won silver medal at the 39th Asian Cycling Championship which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 10th.

Ryo Chikatani, a cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won the silver medal for 4km Individual Pursuit at the 18th Asian Games which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 29th.On 28th, he has won the bronze medal for 4km Group Pursuit and this medal was his second one at the same tournament.

Ryo Chikatani, a cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won the 2nd place in a time of 51 minutes 26 seconds 60 in the category of men's elite at the 22nd All Japan Championships individual Time Trial Road Race which was held in Shika-machi, Ishikawa prefecture on June 17th.

Ryo Chikatani, a track cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won the 4km Group Pursuit and 4km Individual Pursuit at the 38th Asian Cycling Championship which was held in Malaysia from February 16th to 20th. He set a new Asian record of 4km Group Pursuit with a time of 3 minutes 57 seconds 801. Also, he broke his own Japanese record of 4km Individual Pursuit at its preliminary round with a time of 4 minutes 24 seconds 228 as well as won both of 4km Group Pursuit and 4km Individual Pursuit.

Ryo Chikatani, a track cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won the 4km Individual Pursuit and the 30km Madison at the 86th All Japan National Cycling Championship which was held in Kurokawa-gun, Miyagi prefecture on May 13th and 14th.

Ryo Chikatani, a track cycling athlete as well as employees at Sanwa Shutter Corporation, won the 4km Individual Pursuit at the 85th All Japan National Cycling championship which was held in Izu-shi, Shizuoka prefecture on April 16th and 17th. He set a new Japanese record of 4km Individual Pursuit with a time of 4 minutes 26 seconds 116, and won it by overtaking competition at the at the 2-3 km mark in the final.

Sanwa Shutter Corporation has decided to employ track cycling athlete Ryo Chikatani as an employee through “Athnavi", the top athlete's employment assistance service provided by the Japan Olympic Committee.By supporting Chikatani, we aim to create a sense of connectedness further among employees.