The World Track Cycling Championships will be held in Shanghai on October 14–18, where Lithuania will be represented by the only O. Baleišytė - the Panevėžys cyclist has won the right to participate in all endurance events. The championships in China are also important because they will be the place where the fight for tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will begin.
"It seems that with each passing year I am getting stronger and more mature as a cyclist, but getting to this world championship was the most difficult for various reasons - both illnesses and setbacks," Olivija Baleišytė, the strongest Lithuanian track cyclist, is quoted in a press release.
The World Track Cycling Championships will be held in Shanghai on October 14–18, where Lithuania will be represented by the only O. Baleišytė - the Panevėžys cyclist has won the right to participate in all endurance events. The championships in China are also important because they will be the place where the fight for tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will begin.