{"id":104902,"date":"2026-10-27T09:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=104902"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:02:25","slug":"71st-national-track-cycling-championship-to-be-held-in-lahore-from-december-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/71st-national-track-cycling-championship-to-be-held-in-lahore-from-december-11\/","title":{"rendered":"71st National track cycling championship to be held in Lahore from December 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe 71st Pakistan National Track Cycling Championship 2026 will be held at the Cycling Velodrome, Nishtar Stadium, Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore, from December 11 to 13, featuring elite and junior men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories.<br \/>\nOrganised by the Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF), the three-day championship will feature teams representing the Pakistan Army, Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts, Bikestan Cycling Academy and Crank Addicts, alongside cyclists from the four provinces, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan.<br \/>\nThe event will provide a competitive platform for experienced cyclists and emerging talent to demonstrate their abilities and compete for national honours in track cycling.<br \/>\nPakistan Cycling Federation President Syed Azhar Ali Shah told APP that the national championship was an important opportunity to promote cycling and strengthen the sport\u2019s development across the country.<br \/>\n\u201cThe 71st National Track Cycling Championship is an important step towards promoting cycling in Pakistan. Our focus is on providing competitive opportunities to elite and junior athletes, encouraging young talent and raising the standard of track cycling in the country,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe added that competitions involving elite and junior men and women would help expand the talent pool and provide young cyclists with opportunities to progress to higher levels of competition.<br \/>\nThe championship is being organised by the Pakistan Cycling Federation with the support and affiliation of relevant national and international cycling bodies, including the Pakistan Sports Board, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC).<br \/>\nAccording to Syed Azhar Shah, the event will help identify promising cyclists and the further development of competitive track cycling in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The 71st Pakistan National Track Cycling Championship 2026 will be held at the Cycling Velodrome, Nishtar Stadium, Qaddafi Stadium, Lahore, from December 11 to 13, featuring elite and junior men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories. Organised by the Pakistan Cycling Federation (PCF), the three-day championship will feature teams representing the Pakistan Army, Sui Southern Gas Company &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":104912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104930,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104902\/revisions\/104930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}