# Sato retains rainbow jersey with keirin triumph in Chile

*By Simon | October 26, 2025*

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![2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/DSC_1055.jpg)

## 󠀁[Sato retains rainbow jersey with keirin triumph in Chile](https://globalkeirin.com/2025/10/sato-retains-rainbow-jersey-with-keirin-triumph-in-chile/)󠁿

26 October 2025

[Mina Sato](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/mina-sato/) rode a perfect patient
race from the back of the line, to win the women’s world keirin title for the
second successive year in Santiago.

Drawn in position five, the Japanese superstar was clearly on other riders’
minds as the derny left the track. The pace dropped suddenly, as other riders
turned to look behind, awaiting the inevitable attack.

Sato accelerated with a lap and a half remaining, moving to the front as the
bell rang for the final lap.
[Stefany Cuadrado](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/stefany-cuadrado/), drawn six,
couldn’t hold on to Sato’s wheel.
[Emma Finucane](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/emma-finucane/) pounced, and
chased Sato hard to the line, but lost by a wheel. Cuadrado led the rest home,
several lengths back.

![2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/AW6_9966-1-1125x750.jpg)

_Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com_

Sato adds gold to the silver she won in the individual sprint, earlier in the
week.

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

<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 : Final</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/mina-sato/">Mina Sato</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>GBR</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/emma-finucane/">Emma Finucane</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>3</span></td>
                <td>COL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/stefany-cuadrado/">Stefany Cuadrado</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>4</span></td>
                <td>AUS</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/alessia-mccaig/">Alessia McCaig</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>5</span></td>
                <td>ITA</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/miriam-vece/">Miriam Vece</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>GER</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lea-sophie-friedrich/">Lea Sophie Friedrich</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

[Hetty van de Wouw](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/hetty-van-de-wouw/), aiming
for a historic fourth sprint gold out of four events at these championships, had
had a scare in the quarter finals – initially declared ‘out’, crossing the line
fifth in her heat, but reinstated following the relegation of
[Haruka Nakazawa](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/haruka-nakazawa/) for riding on
the blue band in the dash to the finish. But she could only manage fourth in her
semi final, as Sato grabbed the final qualifying spot behind Finucane and Vece.

![2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships](https://globalkeirin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/AW6_9904-1125x750.jpg)

_Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com_

She clearly had a point to prove going into the minor final, powering off the
front with two laps left, and holding a big gap all the way to the line.
[Lauriane Genest](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauriane-genest/) overtook
[Steffie van der Peet](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/steffie-van-der-peet/) to
claim eighth, with [Lauren Bell](https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauren-bell/)
behind her for ninth.

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

<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 : Final Minor</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></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>2</span></td>
                <td>CAN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/lauriane-genest/">Lauriane Genest</a></td>
                <td></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>NZL</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/ellesse-andrews/">Ellesse Andrews</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr><tr>
                <td><span>6</span></td>
                <td>AIN</td>
                <td><a href="https://globalkeirin.com/rider/iana-burlakova/">Iana Burlakova</a></td>
                <td></td>
            </tr></table>

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