# Ballerup quarter finals: no keirin semi spot for Paul

*By Simon | October 17, 2024*

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## 󠀁[Ballerup quarter finals: no keirin semi spot for Paul](https://globalkeirin.com/2024/10/ballerup-no-semi-final-spot-for-paul/)󠁿

17 October 2024

Trinidad & Tobago’s **Nicholas Paul** was the highest-profile rider to depart at
the quarter final stage of the men’s keirin, at the Track World Championships.
The former flying 200 world record holder placed last in the first quarter
final, won by Japan’s **Shinji Nakano** with the fastest final 200 of the day so
far.

Nakano’s countryman **Kaiya Ota** was another surprise exit, placing fifth in
the third quarter final, after winning his first round heat earlier in the day.
**Kento Yamasaki** made it safely through in the second race, won by
**Harrie Lavreysen**.

All three quarter finals were won by first-round winners – Nakano, Lavreysen,
and **Mikhail Yakovlev** respectively – whilst Chinese Taipei’s **Kang** and
Hong Kong’s **To** reach the evening’s semi final stage, again grabbing the
final spots in their respective races. To will ride under a warning from the
commissaires for not holding his line during the final sprint.

The semi-final draw puts both remaining Japanese riders in the first race, and
both the Dutch riders in the second. The first three each time will go on to
contest the medals, 4th to 6th place will race for 7th to 12th.

### Quarter-final 1

| ✅ | Nakano | JPN 🇯🇵 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 󠀁**✅**󠁿 | Quintero | COL 🇨🇴 |
| ✅ | Moro | ITA 🇮🇹 |
| ✅ | Ledingham-Horn | GBR 🇬🇧 |
| 󠀁**5**󠁿 | Cornish | AUS 🇦🇺 |
| 󠀁**6**󠁿 | Paul | TTO 🇹🇹 |

### Quarter-final 2

| ✅ | Lavreysen | NED 🇳🇱 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ✅ | Rudyk | POL 🇵🇱 |
| ✅ | Yamasaki | JPN 🇯🇵 |
| ✅ | Kang | TPE 🏳️ |
| 󠀁**5**󠁿 | Ortega | COL 🇨🇴 |
| 󠀁**6**󠁿 | Hedgcock | CAN 🇨🇦 |

### Quarter-final 3

| ✅ | Yakovlev | ISR 🇮🇱 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 󠀁**✅**󠁿 | Hoogland | NED 🇳🇱 |
| ✅ | Shah Firdaus | MAS 🇲🇾 |
| ✅ | To | HKG 🇭🇰 |
| 󠀁**5**󠁿 | Ota | JPN 🇯🇵 |
| 󠀁**6**󠁿 | Ramirez | COL 🇨🇴 |

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