{"id":9569,"date":"2025-07-20T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9569\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T03:30:08","slug":"world-cup-for-track-cycling-will-be-held-in-egypt-in-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/9569\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup for Track Cycling Will Be Held in Egypt in April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup for track cycling is coming to Cairo this April, bringing one of the sport\u2019s key Olympic qualifiers to Egypt for a four-day international tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian Cycling Federation has secured approval to host the Track Cycling World Cup in Cairo from April 1st to the 4th, 2026. The decision, confirmed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, brings one of the sport\u2019s major Olympic qualifying events to the city &#8211; just over two years ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.<\/p>\n<p>While track cycling has remained a niche sport in Egypt, Cairo\u2019s velodrome &#8211; opened in 2020 &#8211; will take centre stage. One of the few purpose-built cycling venues in the region, it has become a key site in Egypt\u2019s push to grow the sport and elevate its international presence.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Egypt\u2019s first time hosting a track cycling event of this scale, spotlighting not just world-class athletes but also the country\u2019s broader investment in competitive cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Cup for track cycling is coming to Cairo this April, bringing one of the sport\u2019s key&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-9569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}