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harbin, september 7 (china news service) (reporter wang nina) on september 6, the 2024 national track cycling championships and the 2024 national youth track cycling championships kicked off at the baiye sports training base in liaoning province. the joint training team of heilongjiang and shanghai sport university won the men's 4km team pursuit championship on the first day of the competition.

as the highest-level track cycling event of the year, this championship is also a points race for the "15th national games". a total of more than 400 athletes from 23 provinces and cities across the country participated in the competition.

the championship lasts for six days and is divided into men's and women's adult and youth groups. the events include sprint, 1km time trial, 250m time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, all-around, madison, team sprint, team pursuit, etc.

the heilongjiang and shanghai sport university joint training team, composed of sun wentao (heilongjiang), ju jinyang (heilongjiang), zhang haiao, wu junjie and hu haojun, competed with the shandong team for the men's 4km team pursuit championship. after the start of the final, the shandong team took the lead, and the heilongjiang and shanghai sport university joint training team steadily caught up, surpassing the opponent in the race time after the 6th lap, and surpassing the opponent in the 11th lap to end the race.

after the game, ju jinyang said: "i was in a relaxed state of mind in the final and was quite satisfied with my performance. i won the gold medal through the efforts and cooperation of the whole team and successfully achieved my pre-match expectations. i hope to perform better and achieve better results in the subsequent individual competitions."

in this competition, the heilongjiang team sent a total of 39 athletes to participate, which is the team with the largest number of participants among all teams. (end)