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Today keirin racing is regulated by the JKA Foundation. In 2011, the sum of bets placed on keirin races exceeded ¥600 billion (approximately US$5 billion), and the number of attendees in the races was approximately 4.9 million people. [5] Aspiring professional keirin riders in Japan compete for entrance into the Japan Keirin School.
It also made Kenny one of the elite number of Olympians to have successfully defended an Olympic gold medal in three different events (in Kenny's case, team sprint between 2008 and 2016, sprint between 2012 and 2016 and keirin between 2016 and 2020), the others being Michael Phelps, Ray Ewry, Larisa Latynina, Jenny Thompson and Sawao Kato.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin is the world championship Keirin event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was first held at the 1980 championships in Besançon , France.
Keirin Kento Yamasaki Japan: Li Zhiwei China: Yung Tsun Ho Hong Kong: Individual pursuit Shoi Matsuda Japan: Mohammad Al-Mutaiwei United Arab Emirates: Ng Pak Hang Hong Kong: Points race Naoki Kojima Japan: Alisher Zhumakan Kazakhstan: Mow Ching Yin Hong Kong: Scratch Terry Yudha Kusuma Indonesia: Shunsuke Imamura Japan: Kim Hyeon-seok South Korea
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The Keirin races involved 5.5 laps of the track behind a motorcycle, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and repechages, a semi-finals round, and the finals. The heats and repechages narrowed the field to 12. The semi-finals divided the remaining 12 into six finalists.
The Men's keirin was one of the 10 men's events held at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. 29 cyclists from 18 countries participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round.
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