# Richardson out in Santiago keirin quarter finals

*By Simon | October 23, 2025*

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## 󠀁[Richardson out in Santiago keirin quarter finals](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/10/richardson-out-in-santiago-keirin-quarter-finals/)󠁿

23 October 2025

With such a stellar field in Santiago for this year’s men’s keirin world
championship, it was inevitable that several big names would not see the latter
stages. But who would have expected the fastest man in history,
[Matthew Richardson](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/matthew-richardson/) to be
among those missing out?

The Great Britain sprinter, who set new world records for the flying 200 metres
just two months ago, found himself in an outrageous quarter final, including not
only his great rival
[Harrie Lavreysen](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/), but also
[Kaiya Ota](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kaiya-ota/),
[Nicholas Paul](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nicholas-paul/),
[Tom Derache](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tom-derache/) and
[Daniel Barber](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/daniel-barber/), all competing
for a top four finish.

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ Quarter final 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">23 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : Quarter final 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>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kaiya-ota/">Kaiya Ota</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>TTO</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nicholas-paul/">Nicholas Paul</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/">Harrie Lavreysen</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>FRA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tom-derache/">Tom Derache</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/daniel-barber/">Daniel Barber</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>GBR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/matthew-richardson/">Matthew Richardson</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

Richardson was last across the line, with his former Australian teammate Barber
just ahead, but also failing to qualify. And Richo’s new teammate
[Harry Ledingham-Horn](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harry-ledingham-horn/)
also finished the day early, coming fifth in the third quarter final.

Ota, winner of both his races this morning, will be Japan’s only representative
in the later stages. Asian champion
[Shinji Nakano](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/shinji-nakano/) was relegated to
last place in the first quarter final, judged to have entered the sprinter’s
lane when an opponent was already there. And earlier in the day, we saw outgoing
world champion [Kento Yamasaki](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kento-yamasaki/)
fail to qualify from the first round: he was last in his first race, then third
in his rep, a very tight finish with
[Martin Čechman](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/martin-cechman/) and
[Nick Wammes](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nick-wammes/).

[Mikhail Yakovlev](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mikhail-yakovlev/) looks to be
in good form today, with two convincing wins out of two rides so far. Look out
too for Individual Neutral Athlete
[Nikita Kiriltsev](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nikita-kiriltsev/): the
European U23 champion was second to the Israeli rider in the first round, then
beat [Kevin Quintero](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kevin-quintero/) and
[Jeffrey Hoogland](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/jeffrey-hoogland/) in his
quarter.

Three-time champion
[Harrie Lavreysen](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/) has not had
an easy day of it: he needed a repechage win to get out of the first round, and
only managed third in his quarter final. But he gets a few hours of valuable
recovery time, before the semi finals this evening.

They are back on track at 6.14pm Santiago time (10.14pm London, 6.14am Tokyo).
The top three from each semi will contest the medals at 7.50pm local time
(11.50pm London, 7.50am Tokyo). Good luck finding
[TV coverage](https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/where-to-watch-the-2025-tissot-uci-track-world-championships/2hTBFnx4fJlWR2XtDNgQ24)
, wherever you are!

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ Semi final 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">23 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : Semi final 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>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/harrie-lavreysen/">Harrie Lavreysen</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>COL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kevin-quintero/">Kevin Quintero</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/leigh-hoffman/">Leigh Hoffman</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>UKR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/bohdan-danylchuk/">Bohdan Danylchuk</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>TTO</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nicholas-paul/">Nicholas Paul</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>AIN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/nikita-kiriltsev/">Nikita Kiriltsev</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

### 󠀁[UCI](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/)󠁿 > 󠀁[Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/)󠁿 > 󠀁[2025](https://globalkeirin.com/event/4162d0bb/28e0dfb3/e58c1aa5/)󠁿⏎ Semi final 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">23 Oct 2025</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th colspan="4">UCI Track World Championships 2025 : Semi final 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>ISR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mikhail-yakovlev/">Mikhail Yakovlev</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>NED</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/jeffrey-hoogland/">Jeffrey Hoogland</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>JPN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/kaiya-ota/">Kaiya Ota</a></td>
                <td><span>Q</span></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>FRA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/tom-derache/">Tom Derache</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>NZL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/sam-dakin/">Sam Dakin</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>POL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mateusz-rudyk/">Mateusz Rudyk</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

**Categories:** Original
**Tags:** santiago2025, uci