Yaoyao takes third in Kumamoto XCC as Ishida and Soejima double up

Shagne Paula Yaoyao finished third in the women’s elite short-track race at Kumamoto Yoshimuta International on 17 October 2026, according to the Mountain Bike League of Japan’s report published on 18 October. The result gives Philippine fans a podium finish to follow from the Japanese round of the Asia Mountain Bike Series.

Yaoyao, listed with the Philippine National Team, finished 2:08.41 behind winner Yui Ishida of TRKWorks. Yuki Mori was second at 1:33.18. The women raced eight laps of the 0.8 km XCC course.

Ishida also won Sunday’s elite XCO, completing five laps in 1:07:26.69. Tatsuumi Soejima took both men’s elite races: Saturday’s XCC in 23:19.86 and Sunday’s seven-lap XCO in 1:20:29.37.

The 17–18 October meeting at Yoshimuta Kogen in Mifune, Kumamoto, also closed the 2026 Coupe du Japon season.