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Japan’s keirin authorities have announced the schedule for next year’s Keirin World Series. The races move to an autumn timeframe to avoid clashes with the 2027 World Championships, which take place in late August as part of a French ‘super worlds’. As in 2026, almost all the meetings will be at the everyday FI level,…

Matthew Richardson has admitted he would probably have worn body armour for the Japanese race which put him in hospital, if the rider responsible had declared his intention in accordance with race protocol. In a conversation with the Stanley Street Social podcast which ran to more than two hours, the British sprinter admitted he had…

With the Keirin World Series now at an end, the inevitable question is: how much did the foreign stars earn from racing in Japanese domestic keirin in 2026? The JKA publishes details of the prize money attached to every race; and the official Keirin.jp website posts rankings of the 50 top-earning men and 20 top-earning…

Harrie Lavreysen ended the 2026 Keirin World Series with an inevitable 18th win from 19 races, but the men’s final in Kawasaki was not the simple surge to victory that we have seen in previous races. As the riders prepared for the pacer’s exit, Kazunobu Sato came underneath the orange-clad Dutch star , then swerved…

The last-but-one event in this year’s Keirin World Series saw Ellesse Andrews and Harrie Lavreysen adding another overall win to their stellar records in Japanese domestic keirin; but that doesn’t tell the story of two fantastic races, in what has sometimes been a disappointingly predictable series. In the women’s final, Andrews began her charge with…

The JKA has announced that a cohort of international sprinters will again be invited to participate in Japanese domestic keirin, with the return of the Keirin World Series in 2027. Details are limited at this early stage; but the Series will consist of eight events, down from 10 in 2026 – taking place from September…

After a long and ominous silence following the crash which cost him a shot at Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow, Matthew Richardson has posted a video online showing he’s now back in training. ‘A little over a week ago, I couldn’t walk without support,’ he wrote on Instagram. ‘Lying in that hospital bed, I honestly…

Harrie Lavreysen‘s run of success on the velodromes of Japanese keirin finally came to an end on Sunday, with fellow foreign guest Joe Truman taking the win at Wakayama. The reigning world champion had previously won 12 in a row, dating back to the first Keirin World Series event in early June. On paper, the…

Britain’s Matthew Richardson crashed hard in the men’s final on day three of the latest Keirin World Series event in Tachikawa – earning a disqualification for Kento Suzuki, even in the rough-and-tumble world of Japanese domestic keirin, and putting Richardson’s hopes of Commonwealth Games glory this weekend in doubt. (Update: confirmed) Harrie Lavreysen made an…

Victories for Harrie Lavreysen and Mathilde Gros completed a perfect set of results for the international guest riders in the latest Keirin World Series event, which took place from Monday to Wednesday at Kishiwada. The four foreign riders all won their respective races on days one and two, securing places in Wednesday’s main finals. In…