Japanese athletes such as Yudai Nitta and Yuta Wakimoto, who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics and bicycle track events from the 4th, made final adjustments at the competition venue in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
At the 250-meter-long indoor bicycle stadium "Izu Velodrome" in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, the bicycle track event will start on the 2nd, and Japanese athletes will start the men's sprint on the 4th. Then Yuka Kobayashi will participate in the tournament one after another.
On the 2nd, when the Japanese athletes started practicing after noon, Nitta performed three sets of high-intensity runs that were so intense that he could breathe hard in a few minutes with a break.
In addition, Wakimoto and Kobayashi continued to work at a constant pace for about 30 minutes, and from the middle, Kobayashi followed Wakimoto exactly, and practiced with Keirin in mind.
The bicycle track event will start on the 2nd as a team event, and Japanese athletes will participate in the men's sprint and women's Keirin on the 4th.
Meanwhile, in the women's team pursuit qualifying, the German team set a new world record of 4: 07.307, breaking the previous world record by 2: 929.
This is the first time in five years that the world record for this event has been set.
In addition, in the first round of the women's team sprint, the Chinese team set a new world record of 31.804 seconds, breaking the previous world record by 0.23 seconds.
It is the first time in six and a half years to break the world record for this event.