It’s a big weekend for keirin racing in Japan and Korea.
Sunday is finals day at the second Keirin World Series event, held in the fabulous indoor facility at Kokura, Japan. Ellesse Andrews and Hetty van de Wouw both go into the women’s final unbeaten in Japanese racing: can either of them keep their winning streak going?
Matthew Richardson was on the sharp end of Japanese racing tactics in his semi final on Saturday, so he misses out on the men’s final, leaving it up to Joe Truman to defend the honour of the Great Britain Cycling Team in the big race.
Meanwhile, in Korea, it’s the King Of Kings event – the second highest payday of the year, and almost certainly another showdown between Im Chae-bin and Jeong Jong-jin. Both men won their semi finals on Saturday.
Global Keirin is unable to report live on the day’s racing, but you will be able to watch the drama unfold courtesy of YouTube.
The Japanese programme will be available at the live stream embedded below.
| Race | Riders | Japan | Western Europe | UK | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race 9: | Richardson | 19:10 | 12:10 | 11:10 | 22:10 |
| Women’s final (Race 10) | Van de Wouw, Andrews | 19:36 | 12:36 | 11:36 | 22:36 |
| Men’s final (Race 12) | Truman | 20:30 | 13:30 | 12:30 | 23:30 |
We don’t have a URL for the live stream from Korea at the time of writing: but you will probably find it at the KSPO Speed Club YouTube channel.
The individual Korean race videos are posted within a couple of hours on the KSPO Speed Racing channel. Sunday’s King Of Kings final will be listed as Round 26, Day 3, Race 15.
