# Lavreysen completes golden week with victory in Olympic keirin

*By Simon | August 11, 2024*

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## 󠀁[Lavreysen completes golden week with victory in Olympic keirin](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/08/lavreysen-completes-golden-week-with-victory-in-olympic-keirin/)󠁿

11 August 2024

Harrie Lavreysen won his third gold of the Paris Olympics, adding keirin glory
to his earlier team and individual sprint wins.

Lavreysen started second in line behind Japan’s Shinji Nakano, with his main
rival Matthew Richardson at the back.

Matthew Glaetzer was first to attack, passing Lavreysen and Nakano to take the
lead. Lavreysen responded out of corner two with a lap and a half left, and
Richardson still stuck at the back. But the Australian was alert to the danger,
finding a gap between Sahrom and Carlin, putting him on the Dutchman’s wheel as
he made his way to the front.

Richardson made a valiant effort to come over the top into the home straight,
but there was just no beating Lavreysen this week.

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_Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com_

There was another crash behind in the battle for bronze. Nakano held the
sprinters lane, with Sahrom just the other side of the red line. Both riders
were at full gas. There was contact, sending both riders up the track, causing
Carlin first, then Nakano, then finally Sahrom to hit the floor.

Sahrom was held responsible for the crash by the commissaires. He was relegated
to sixth for ‘moving towards the inside of the track when an opponent was
already there’ – although the camera on Richardson’s saddle showed he never
actually crossed the red line into the sprinters lane. Malaysian fans certainly
won’t like that decision, after the disqualification of their hero Awang in the
first round.

Australia’s Glaetzer, sitting in sixth, came through on the inside below the
carnage to claim the bronze.

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