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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…
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Will UCI win earn Yamasaki a shot at the Keirin Grand Prix jackpot?
Of the three Japanese riders contesting the keirin at the Track World Championships, few would have picked Kento Yamasaki as the one most likely to bring the rainbow jersey back to the event’s home country. Perhaps that was unfair. The 31 year old has had a remarkable year in UCI competition, winning the Asian continental…
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Joy for Japan as Yamasaki claims keirin rainbows
Earlier in the day, Shinji Nakano had looked like Japan’s best hope for keirin success at the Track World Championships; but when he failed to make the final, the country’s hopes rested on the shoulders of Kento Yamasaki. The 31 year old rider from Nagasaki seized his opportunity, catching the wheel of Colombia’s Kevin Quintero…
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Semi finals: Lavreysen and Nakano miss out as Yakovlev powers on
Harrie Lavreysen and Shinji Nakano were on great form in the early rounds, but both failed to make the final of the men’s keirin at the Track World Championships in Ballerup this evening. Israel’s Mikhail Yakovlev goes into the final with three wins from three rides today, having pipped Hoogland at the line. Semi-final 1…
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Ballerup quarter finals: no keirin semi spot for Paul
Trinidad & Tobago’s Nicholas Paul was the highest-profile rider to depart at the quarter final stage of the men’s keirin, at the Track World Championships. The former flying 200 world record holder placed last in the first quarter final, won by Japan’s Shinji Nakano with the fastest final 200 of the day so far. Nakano’s…
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Repechages: Colombian trio all reach keirin quarters
Colombia claimed two extra repechage places in today’s keirin quarter finals at the Track World Championships, following Kevin Quintero‘s earlier success. Cristian Ortega was a comfortable winner in his heat, and Santiago Ramirez was a close second behind GB’s Harry Ledingham-Horn, to secure places in the quarter finals, coming up in less than an hour.…
