# Hetty chases historic fourth gold at women’s keirin worlds

*By Simon | October 26, 2025*

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## 󠀁[Hetty chases historic fourth gold at women’s keirin worlds](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/10/hetty-chases-historic-fourth-gold-at-womens-keirin-worlds/)󠁿

26 October 2025

[Hetty van de Wouw](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/hetty-van-de-wouw/) has
already made history this week: breaking her own world record for the kilometre
time trial twice on Saturday, to win her third gold medal at the UCI’s world
championships in Santiago.

On Sunday, she has the opportunity to go beyond that: no woman has ever won gold
in all four ‘sprint’ events – individual sprint, team sprint, time trial (500m
or 1km) and keirin – at a single world championships.

But it’s going to be a busy day, with the winner needing to do four races –
possibly five, if she needs a repechage – in less than five hours. The men had a
gap of a few hours between the afternoon and evening sessions: but there’s no
extended break for the women.

There are six first round heats, some with 5 riders, some with 6, starting at
11.08am local time (2.08pm UK, 11.08pm Tokyo). Clocks in Europe went back an
hour overnight, hence the change to the time difference compared to earlier this
week.

The first two from each heat will go directly to the quarter finals: everyone
else goes again in the repechages.

Outgoing world champion [Mina Sato](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mina-sato/)
goes in the first heat: she took silver in the individual sprint earlier this
week, but keirin is her event. In domestic Japanese racing this year, she has 4
overall wins from 4 meetings.
[Stefany Cuadrado](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/stefany-cuadrado/) has had a
curious worlds, failing to make the quarters of the individual sprint, coming
seventh in the kilo – and even riding in team pursuit.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 1

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 1</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>COL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/stefany-cuadrado/">Stefany Cuadrado</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mina-sato/">Mina Sato</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>USA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kayla-hankins/">Kayla Hankins</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>MEX</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/yuli-verdugo/">Yuli Verdugo</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>UKR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alla-biletska/">Alla Biletska</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

[Alina Lysenko](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alina-lysenko/) will line up
against
[Lea Sophie Friedrich](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lea-sophie-friedrich/);
the Individual Neutral Athlete beat the German two-time world keirin champion in
their sprint quarter-final on Thursday.
[Nikola Sibiak](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nikola-sibiak/) is in good form,
winning her national title last month.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 2

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 2</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>GER</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lea-sophie-friedrich/">Lea Sophie Friedrich</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alessia-mccaig/">Alessia McCaig</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>AIN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alina-lysenko/">Alina Lysenko</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>TTO</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/makaira-wallace/">Makaira Wallace</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>POL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nikola-sibiak/">Nikola Sibiak</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

van de Wouw lines up with 2023 world champion
[Ellesse Andrews](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/ellesse-andrews/) in her first
round heat, but don’t overlook
[Alessa-Catriona Pröpster](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alessa-catriona-propster/)
.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 3

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 3</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/hetty-van-de-wouw/">Hetty van de Wouw</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>NZL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/ellesse-andrews/">Ellesse Andrews</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>GER</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alessa-catriona-propster/">Alessa-Catriona Pröpster</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>ESP</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/helena-casas-roige/">Helena Casas Roige</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>EGY</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/shahd-mohamed/">Shahd Mohamed</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

[Miriam Vece](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/miriam-vece/) and
[Iana Burlakova](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/iana-burlakova/) are the
stand-out names in the first heat of six. Vece is ranked no4 in the world, but
she tends to get her best results in sprint rather than keirin. Burlakova won
the European sprint title in February, but was only 8th in keirin; she got some
good results racing in Japan and Hong Kong earlier this year.
[Veronika Jaborníková](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/veronika-jabornikova/)‘s
ranking of 11 is more due to her busy race schedule, than stand-out results.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 4

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 4</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>ITA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/miriam-vece/">Miriam Vece</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>AIN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/iana-burlakova/">Iana Burlakova</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>CZE</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/veronika-jabornikova/">Veronika Jaborníková</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kimberly-kalee/">Kimberly Kalee</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>COL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/juliana-gaviria/">Juliana Gaviria</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>POL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/marlena-karwacka/">Marlena Karwacka</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

Asian champion
[Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nurul-izzah-izzati-mohd-asri/)
goes in heat five. She faces
[Emma Finucane](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/emma-finucane/), whose sprint
competition ended with a relegation in the decider of her quarter final against
Burlakova; and [Sarah Orban](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sarah-orban/), who
needs a good performance to close out her year.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 5

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 5</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>GBR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/emma-finucane/">Emma Finucane</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/haruka-nakazawa/">Haruka Nakazawa</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>MAS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nurul-izzah-izzati-mohd-asri/">Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>USA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mckenna-mckee/">McKenna McKee</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>CHI</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/paula-molina/">Paula Molina</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>CAN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sarah-orban/">Sarah Orban</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

[Lauriane Genest](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauriane-genest/) won her
second Panamerican keirin title in April, but hasn’t raced a ranking event
since. [Mathilde Gros](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mathilde-gros/) has been
working with former Dutch team coach Mehdi Kordi, away from the French team’s
Paris base, following a disappointing home Olympics.
[Lauren Bell](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauren-bell/) won against a very
strong field in Cottbus over the summer, but was only fourth in Barcelona a
month ago.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ First round 6

<table>
        <tr><th colspan="4">Details</th></tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Velodrome</td>
            <td colspan="2"><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/velodrome/santiago/">Santiago</a></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">Date</td>
            <td colspan="2">26 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : First round 6</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">Result</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th>Pos</th><th>Nat</th>
            <th>Rider</th>
            <th></th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
                <td><span>1</span></td>
                <td>CAN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauriane-genest/">Lauriane Genest</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>FRA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mathilde-gros/">Mathilde Gros</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>GBR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauren-bell/">Lauren  Bell</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/steffie-van-der-peet/">Steffie van der Peet</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/liliya-tatarinoff/">Liliya Tatarinoff</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/aki-sakai/">Aki Sakai</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

---

## Sprint event winners at UCI World Championships

Women’s Team Sprint was added to the UCI world championship programme in 2007:
it was a two-woman event until 2021. The Time Trial event was 500m for women
until 2025, when it was increased to match the men’s distance of 1000m.

| Year | Team Sprint | Sprint | Time Trial | Keirin |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | Pendleton, Reade 🇬🇧 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 | Meares 🇦🇺 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 |
| 2008 | Pendleton, Reade 🇬🇧 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 | Guerra 🇨🇺 | Reed 🇺🇸 |
| 2009 | Meares, McCulloch 🇦🇺 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 | Krupeckaite 🇱🇹 | Guo 🇨🇳 |
| 2010 | Meares, McCulloch 🇦🇺 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 | Meares 🇦🇺 | Krupeckaite 🇱🇹 |
| 2011 | Meares, McCulloch 🇦🇺 | Meares 🇦🇺 | Panarina 🇧🇾 | Meares 🇦🇺 |
| 2012 | Vogel, Welte 🇩🇪 | Pendleton 🇬🇧 | Meares 🇦🇺 | Meares 🇦🇺 |
| 2013 | Vogel, Welte 🇩🇪 | James 🇬🇧 | Lee 🇭🇰 | James 🇬🇧 |
| 2014 | Vogel, Welte 🇩🇪 | Vogel 🇩🇪 | Welte 🇩🇪 | Vogel 🇩🇪 |
| 2015 | Gong, Zhong 🇨🇳 | Vogel 🇩🇪 | Voinova 🇷🇺 | Meares 🇦🇺 |
| 2016 | Shmeleva, Voinova 🇷🇺 | Zhong 🇨🇳 | Voinova 🇷🇺 | Vogel 🇩🇪 |
| 2017 | Shmeleva, Voinova 🇷🇺 | Vogel 🇩🇪 | Shmeleva 🇷🇺 | Vogel 🇩🇪 |
| 2018 | Vogel, Welte, Grabosch 🇩🇪 | Vogel 🇩🇪 | Welte 🇩🇪 | Degrendele 🇧🇪 |
| 2019 | McCulloch, Morton 🇦🇺 | Lee 🇭🇰 | Shmeleva 🇷🇺 | Lee 🇭🇰 |
| 2020 | Grabosch, Hinze, Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Hinze 🇩🇪 | Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Hinze 🇩🇪 |
| 2021 | Grabosch, Hinze, Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Hinze 🇩🇪 | Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Friedrich 🇩🇪 |
| 2022 | Grabosch, Hinze, Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Gros 🇫🇷 | Kouamé 🇫🇷 | Friedrich 🇩🇪 |
| 2023 | Grabosch, Hinze, Friedrich 🇩🇪 | Finucane 🇬🇧 | Hinze 🇩🇪 | Andrews 🇳🇿 |
| 2024 | Capewell, Finucane, Marchant 🇬🇧 | Finucane 🇬🇧 | Burlakova | Sato 🇯🇵 |
| 2025 | Kalee, van de Wouw, van der Peet 🇳🇱 | van de Wouw 🇳🇱 | van de Wouw 🇳🇱 | ??? |

_Source: UCI (PDF)_

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