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Kiriltsev finishes on foot to progress at Hong Kong 🎥
Harrie Lavreysen won the men’s keirin event at the Track World Cup today, but we have to highlight the heroic effort by individual neutral athlete Nikita Kiriltsev in the first round repechage. (And we found video of the drama – see below!) Within moments of Tom Derache taking the front, there was a crash behind,…
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McCaig clings on to win women’s keirin in Perth
Australia’s Alessia McCaig gave the Perth Track World Cup crowd what it wanted, making a heroic early attack in the women’s keirin final – and hanging on, just, to take gold. Big gaps were already starting to open up before the motorbike, driven by keirin legend Shane Perkins, left the track. McCaig glanced over her…
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Amazing Awang snatches keirin gold in Perth
Malaysian superstar Azizulhasni Awang snatched victory from local hero Matthew Richardson in a dramatic final to the men’s keirin event at the UCI’s Track World Cup event in Perth. The Pocket Rocketman, who needed the repechages to get through the first round, had been drawn directly behind Richardson in the line-up. When the British rider…
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Lavreysen and Richardson among six foreign stars to race in Japan this summer
The six foreign riders invited to compete in Japanese domestic keirin competition this summer have been revealed, in synchronised announcements from the JKA and – notably – the UCI. It was confirmed back in October that invitations to international stars would resume in 2026. The last appearance by foreign riders in Japanese keirin was pre-pandemic,…
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Cynical response to UCI confirmation of international stars’ return to Japanese keirin
The UCI’s confirmation of an agreement to resume international riders’ participation in Japanese keirin has been received a lukewarm response from the track cycling community. Deep iIn a press release issued following the meeting of its Management Committee at the end of January, the UCI stated: The UCI Management Committee was informed of the conclusion…
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Sato retains rainbow jersey with keirin triumph in Chile
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…
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Hetty chases historic fourth gold at women’s keirin worlds
Hetty van de Wouw has already made history this week: breaking her own world record for the kilometre time trial twice on Saturday, to win her third gold medal at the UCI’s world championships in Santiago. On Sunday, she has the opportunity to go beyond that: no woman has ever won gold in all four…
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Lavreysen reclaims rainbow jersey with convincing win
Harrie Lavreysen reclaimed his world keirin title in Santiago, with a dominant display in the final – after, it must be said, a less impressive afternoon. The Dutchman added a fourth world keirin title to his palmarès, after successive successes in 2020, 2021 and 2022, winning by more than a bike-length. Australia’s Leigh Hoffman held…
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Harrie back to winning ways in Santiago semi finals
After a sub-par afternoon, Harrie Lavreysen returned to familar form as the world keirin championship event reached the semi-final stage in Santiago on Thursday evening. The Dutchman had needed a repechage to get through the first round, and was only third in his quarter-final. But with a few hours to recover and rediscover his normal…
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Richardson out in Santiago keirin quarter finals
Rainbow jersey will change hands after early exit for last year’s champion Yamasaki
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No easy heats as men’s world champs gets underway
With 30 of the 36 top-ranked male sprinters competing in Thursday’s men’s keirin competition at the UCI world championships in Santiago, Chile, the only certainty is that we can expect some thrilling racing. There will be six heats in the first round, six riders in each, with the first and second placed riders proceeding to…
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Japanese stars aim to retain their rainbow stripes
Japan’s Mina Sato and Kento Yamasaki are set to line up in Santiago, Chile, aiming to defend the world keirin championships they memorably won in Ballerup last year. The UCI’s 2025 track world championships begin on Wednesday, October 22, with the men’s keirin event taking place on Thursday, and the women’s on Sunday. Both competitions…
