Cambridge’s Jodie Blackwood and Alex Schuler are part of the New Zealand team of 10 who will compete in the UCI Track Cycling Junior World Championships in China.
It is the first time the championships, set to take place in Luoyang, southwest of Beijing, from August 21-25, will be staged in China.
For the competition, the New Zealand team will call on the experience of five riders returning from last year’s junior world championships in South America.
Three of the four female riders competed in Cali, Colombia, last year – Southland’s Caitlin Kelly, Canterbury’s Meg Baker and Cambridge-based Jodie Blackwood. They are joined by Southland’s Riley Faulkner.
Kelly was the sole medallist in Cali in the keirin, which was the first junior world championship medal in sprint since 2015.