Sakakibara has represented Australia at World Championship level. She won a silver medal in the Junior Elite BMX Supercross at the
2017 World Championships. She was awarded AusCycling's Female BMX Racing Rider of the Year in 2020. She was selected for the delayed
2020 Summer Olympics as part of the Australian team. She crashed in the semi-finals of the Olympics and did not qualify for the final. She won the
2023 UCI BMX Racing World Cup and retained her title in
Tulsa in 2024. She won gold at the
2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She was jointly awarded the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy of 2024, along with
Grace Brown, for the Australian cyclist of the year. She won a silver medal the
2025 BMX World Championships in Denmark. She won her third
World Cup in 2025 after winning the final two rounds in Argentina. ==Major results==