National federations officially announced the rosters that will represent them in Road, Track, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, and MTB at the Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games, which will be held from August 9 to 23 in the Paraguayan capital.
Fourteen nations secured places on the track, with the largest number of places going to Colombia (14), Canada (13), the United States (11), and Mexico (11). Rounding out the qualifiers are Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, and Barbados. There will be 92 places in the 12 sports events.
In the road events, 18 countries secured spots, including Argentina, Belize, the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay.
Thirteen nations advanced to the Mountain Bike championships; while 14 national federations will compete for the championship title in BMX Racing. Finally, in BMX Freestyle, 14 delegations will compete for gold in the men’s competition and 10 in the women’s competition.
In less than 10 days, the sacred fire will be lit in the capital of Paraguay for the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025 (August 9-23), an event that will kick off the 2025-2028 Olympic cycle. More than 4,000 athletes from 41 countries are expected to participate, with the opportunity to qualify for the 2027 Pan American Games.
The cycling schedule for ASU2025 will be as follows:
August 10 – MTB XCO
August 10 – Road – ITT
August 10 and 11 – BMX Freestyle
August 12 to 15 – Track
August 17 – Road – Cross Country
August 21 and 22 – BMX Racing