The 2026 National College Cycling Championships of the Student Sports Federation kicked off in Zhaotong, Yunnan

China News Service, Zhaotong, Yunnan, October 24th (Su Yan) The 2026 National College Cycling Championships of the Federation of Academic and Sports Federation kicked off on the 24th in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. During the four-day event, more than 200 athletes from 49 universities across the country will compete fiercely in three major events: road cycling, mountain biking, and track and field laps.

Zhaotong City is located at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. It has majestic mountains and rivers and magnificent canyons. It not only has unique natural scenery, but also has ecological corridors and challenging tracks suitable for cycling. Since the beginning of this year, the city has continued to introduce high-standard, national student sports events to Zhaotong, vigorously promote the integrated development of culture, sports, tourism and business, and stimulate the vitality of campus sports with high-quality events.

This event is sponsored by the Chinese Student Sports Federation and the Zhaotong Municipal People's Government. It has three major events: road cycling, mountain biking, and track and field laps, and covers 25 events including time trials, group races, lap races, team races, and mixed team relay races.

At the opening ceremony, Xiao Shunxing, deputy mayor of the Zhaotong Municipal People's Government, delivered a speech, saying that this event is not only a national sports event for college riders to compete in skills, challenge themselves, and show off their style, but also a youth appointment to exchange learning, enhance friendship, and work together. We hope that all contestants will participate in the competition with full enthusiasm, carry forward the spirit of fighting, and compete in style, level, and friendship. We sincerely invite everyone to visit Zhaotong, enjoy the mountains and rivers, taste delicious food, feel the unique charm of riding in Wumeng, and experience the comfortable life in Zhaotong after the competition.

As an important destination for summer vacation in Yunnan, during the event, Zhaotong City will combine the event with Zhaotong's natural scenery and humanistic characteristics, promote the integration of "sports + culture and tourism", and further enhance Zhaotong's popularity, reputation and influence.

Wan Yuchen, an athlete from Xi'an Jiaotong University, said that compared with Xi'an, Zhaotong Mountain has more rocks, higher altitude, and more unique scenery. The scenery of the two places complements each other. Looking forward to improving cardiorespiratory fitness through cycling training at high altitudes. (over)