Highest governing body | UCI |
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Characteristics | |
Contact | No, although occasionally unavoidable |
Team members | Individuals and team |
Mixed-sex | No |
Type | Cycle sport |
Equipment | Track bicycle |
Venue | Velodrome |
Presence | |
Country or region | Worldwide |
Olympic | Yes, men's since 1896 and women's since 1984 (with restrictions until 2012) |
Paralympic | Yes, men's and women's since 1996 |
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.