Tula cyclists entered the five strongest teams in the world

This Wednesday, October 14, the World Cycling Championship on the track started in Shanghai. Representatives of the Tula team “Marathon-Tula” Ekaterina Evlanova and Alina Lysenko together with Yana Burlakova entered the five strongest teams in the world in the team sprint, told “MK in Tula” in the press service of the Tula Ministry of Sport.

The Russians fought for bronze medals, but lost to rivals from Germany and took fourth place.

Russian cyclists for the first time since 2021 had the opportunity to perform in team disciplines. In addition to Evlanova and Lysenko, the Tula athlete Igor Girilovitch will perform in the Russian national team at the championship.

Results in the Olympic disciplines will be taken into account in the selection for the 2028 Olympic Games, which will be held in Los Angeles.

Earlier, “MK in Tula” wrote that Tula riders won three awards at the championship of Russia in cycling on the track in tempo disciplines. The competitions were held from September 29 to October 3 at the Locosphinx cycling track in St. Petersburg. For five days, the country’s strongest athletes competed for medals.