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When did women first compete in Olympic track cycling?
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Individual Neutral Athlete Gleb Syritsa, a Russian passport holder, cycling past Les Invalides during the men's road cycling individual time trial at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Women first competed in Olympic track cycling at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. While men's road and track cycling events have been part of the modern Olympic Games since their inception in 1896, women's participation in Olympic cycling began later, with road races introduced in 1984 followed by track events in 1988.1