Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022: India’s Ronaldo, Esow look to shine in Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers at home
Points earned at the continental meet, to be held in New Delhi, will count towards cyclists’ rankings in the Paris 2024 qualifying list. Watch live!
Indian cyclists begin their quest to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics on their own backyard with the Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022 set to be held at the Indoor Cycling Velodrome at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi from June 18 to 22.
The 41st edition of the big-ticket continental event will be held along with the junior and para championships. It was to be held in February but was postponed due to the COVID-19.
The Asian Track Cycling Championships is an UCI (world cycling governing body) level 1 event and doubles up as an Olympic qualifier. Points earned from the event will be counted for ranking purposes, which will help cyclists qualify for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Around 500 cyclists from 20 countries were initially poised to participate at the New Delhi meet but following several withdrawals, cyclists from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE and Uzbekistan will now compete.
India will be fielding a 36-member strong team for the Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022. Eight athletes will be part of the para event.
The Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022 will see Indian cyclists compete in an international event for the first time in almost two years due to the pandemic.
Junior world No. 1 Ronaldo Singh and veteran Esow Alben will be some of the big names to watch out for from the Indian team for the sprint events. Junior champion Mayuri Lute and Trishya Paul will be India’s top picks in the women’s sections with veteran Deborah Herold missing from the team.
In endurance events, Viswajit Singh will carry India’s hopes.
David Beckham, Vishwajeet, Meenakshi and youngsters like Aashirwad Saxena, Gurnoor Poonia, Srimathi J and Sadnya Kotake are also in the Indian squad.
Korea, Malaysia, Japan and Kazakhstan will be the strongest teams at the competition.
Where to watch Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022 live in India?
Live streaming of select events of the Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022 will be available on the Facebook page of the Cycling Federation of India. There will be no live telecast of the event on any TV channel in India.
Asian Track Cycling Championships 2022 schedule: Senior finals only
June 18, Saturday
4km team pursuit (men and women)
Team sprint (men and women)
June 19, Sunday
3km individual pursuit women
4km individual pursuit men
Keirin men
500m time trial women
June 20, Monday
Omnium (men and women)
1km time trial men
June 21, Tuesday
30km point race men
20km point race women
Sprint women
June 22, Wednesday
10km scratch race women
15km scratch race men
Sprint men
Madison (men and women)
Keirin women