Colombia claimed two extra repechage places in today’s keirin quarter finals at the Track World Championships, following Kevin Quintero‘s earlier success.
Cristian Ortega was a comfortable winner in his heat, and Santiago Ramirez was a close second behind GB’s Harry Ledingham-Horn, to secure places in the quarter finals, coming up in less than an hour.
Hong Kong’s To and Kang of Chinese Taipei both snatched second places against higher-ranked opponents.
There will be 3 quarter-finals of 6 riders. The first 4 in each heat will proceed to this evening’s semis.
Heat 1
| โ | Hedgcock | CAN ๐จ๐ฆ |
| โ | To | HKG ๐ญ๐ฐ |
| 3 | Tjon En Fa | SUR ๐ธ๐ท |
| 4 | Norris | GBR ๐ฌ๐ง |
Heat 2
| โ | Ledingham-Horn | GBR ๐ฌ๐ง |
| โ | Ramirez | COL ๐จ๐ด |
| 3 | Spiegel | GER ๐ฉ๐ช |
| 4 | Elliott | AUS ๐ฆ๐บ |
Heat 3
| โ | Ortega | COL ๐จ๐ด |
| โ | Kang | TPE ๐ณ๏ธ |
| 3 | Lendel | LTU ๐ฑ๐น |
| 4 | Kurdidi | KAZ ๐ฐ๐ฟ |
Heat 4
| โ | Cornish | AUS ๐ฆ๐บ |
| โ | Moro | ITA ๐ฎ๐น |
| 3 | ฤechman | CZE ๐จ๐ฟ |
| 4 | van Loon | NED ๐ณ๐ฑ |
| 5 | Ridwan | MAS ๐ฒ๐พ |