Fariba Hashimi wins Asian Games road-race silver

Fariba Hashimi, 23, won silver in the women's road race — a mass-start race won by the first across the line — at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 22 September 2026. The Afghan rider, based in Italy, finished second on the course near Nagoya. She called the medal "something special".