Chennai, Jul 18 (PTI) Cycling Federation of India (CFI) secretary general Maninder Pal Singh on Thursday said the COVID-19 pandemic dashed their hopes of participation at Paris Olympics but asserted they “have plans in place” for 2028 Los Angeles Games.

The country has won three medals in cycling at the Asian Games but is yet to see representation at the Olympics.

When asked about India’s failure to qualify for cycling at the Paris Games, Maninder said COVID-19 affected their plans during the qualification campaign.

“Cycling is not a sport that you can equate to others when it comes to Olympic qualification. It takes two and a half years to qualify for the Games. Besides taking part in the qualifiers, one needs to attain points from events of various classes,” he told

Source: PTI News