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Yamasaki and Sato opt for Japanese races over UCI Track Champions League
UCI world champions Kento Yamasaki and Mina Sato have both turned down the opportunity to compete in the UCI’s Track Champions League. Information posted on websites tracking the Japanese keirin circuit suggested that both had committed to major events in their home country during November and December, building to the lucrative year-end Grand Prix races.…
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Faced by Korean challenge, speed skating launches a new World Tour
DerbyWheel is the successor initiative to IceDerby, a plan by the same Korean investors to transform the sport of speed skating, by offering game-changing prize money fuelled by gambling receipts. IceDerby faced opposition from the sport’s governing body, which ultimately ended up in a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union. In…
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American arena racing series winds up for 2025 launch
A US-based initiative to launch a velodrome racing series has confirmed plans to begin operations in 2025. TeamTrak Cycling League will take a portable and expandable track to four American arenas, building to a championship finale in Worcester, Massachusetts in October. Within five years, they hope to expand the series to twenty events. ‘We’ve worked…
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Confirmed: track cycling will be part of Commonwealth Games programme
Track cycling has been confirmed as one of the 10 sports included in a slimmed-down Commonwealth Games, to be hosted in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2. The Scottish city stepped in when the Australian state of Victoria withdrew its hosting offer, citing escalating costs. Interest from Malaysia and Singapore came to nothing. That…
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Japanese keirin success at Worlds: an opportunity to expand the sport?
It has taken a little longer than they had hoped; but Japan’s investment in international track cycling is beginning to produce results. French sprint coach Benoît Vêtu was appointed head coach of the Japanese national track team in 2016, following successful spells in Russia and China. His objective? To deliver medals at their home Olympics…
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Mina Sato brings a second world keirin title home to Japan
Mina Sato secured a second keirin gold for Japan at the 2024 Track World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, building on Kento Yamasaki’s success earlier in the week. Sprint champion Emma Finucane led into the final lap of this afternoon’s final, with Sato slotting in behind, before launching her attack out of corner two. With Finucane…
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Three pairs will contest the medals in women’s keirin final
The women’s keirin final at the Track World Championships will feature two riders each from Great Britain, Japan and the Netherlands. Katy Marchant made it three wins out of three so far today with another decisive ride in the first semi-final, with Steffie van der Peet second. In the second semi, Emma Finucane‘s winning run…
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Decisive wins for British pair in women’s keirin quarter finals
Great Britain, Japan and the Netherlands will all have two riders in the women’s keirin semi finals, but Germany’s day is done with Pröpster and Schneider both finishing last in their quarters. Finucane and Marchant both won their heats decisively with positive moves: but with a place in the top four enough to progress, their…
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Pröpster bounces back to claim quarter final place
Germany’s Clara Schneider and Alessa-Catriona Pröpster claimed quarter final places at the second attempt, following the first round repechages at the Track World Championships in Ballerup. Pröpster DNF’ed her earlier heat – we believe as a result of a crash – but bounced back to take the win over Italy’s Miriam Vece by just 14…
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Marchant fastest as favourites come safely through first round
No real surprises in the first round of the women’s keirin at the Track World Championships in Denmark. Bayona, Finucane and Marchant all made winning returns to the arena after competing in last night’s 500m final. The first heat was remarkably close, with Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri only just missing out on a…
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Women’s keirin draw: Easy like a Sunday morning? Not for sprint champ Finucane
Great Britain’s Emma Finucane was unbeatable in the match sprint earlier this week; but she faces a tricky first round heat as she attempts to add another rainbow jersey to her collection, in Sunday’s keirin. The riders finishing first and second in each heat will proceed to the quarter finals: everyone else gets another change…
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Glasgow council report hints at Commonwealth Games plans for 2026
Papers prepared for a meeting of a Glasgow City Council committee appear to confirm the proposed dates of the 2026 Commonwealth Games – and the inclusion of track cycling in the reduced programme. The city’s Administration Committee will consider a report next week from the Chief Executive, which indicates that the Games will take place…
