Tomoyuki Kawabata (Okayama, 95th term) won a silver medal in the men's Keirin event of the "2018 Bicycle Trucking World Championship" held in Aperdorn, Netherlands on March 1 (local), 2018.
The podium for men's Keirin at the World Championship is the first achievement since Minoru Yoshioka (retirement), who finished third in 1993.
For details, please see the keirin.jp homepage (external link opens).