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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.
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.
Each round had two races per category (Sprint and Endurance), both for men and for women, making a total of 40 races. The Sprint category consisted of individual sprint and keirin races, while the Endurance category consisted of scratch and elimination races.
500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint: 2 Kristina Vogel Germany: 11 1 4 16 2012–2018 Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint: 3 Félicia Ballanger France: 10 1 0 11 1994–1999 500 m time trial, Sprint: 4 Victoria Pendleton Great Britain: 9 5 2 16 2005–2012 500 m time trial, Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint: 5 Kirsten Wild Netherlands: 9 4 5 18 2011 ...
The UCI Track Cycling World Ranking is a track cycling ranking system based upon the results in all men's and women's UCI-sanctioned races over a twelve-month period.The ranking includes an individual and a nations ranking and includes the disciplines: individual pursuit, points race, scratch, sprint, time trial, keirin, omnium (since 2010–11), team pursuit, team sprint and madison (men only).
In the United States, track racing reached a peak of popularity in the 1930s when six-day races were held in Madison Square Garden in New York. The word "Madison" is still used as the name for a type of race. In Japan, the keirin race format is a very popular betting sport. The sport is well-regarded, and riders are extensively trained through ...
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The sprint or match sprint is a track cycling event involving between two and four riders, though it is usually run as a one-on-one match race between opponents who, unlike in the individual pursuit, start next to each other. Men's sprint has been an Olympic event at every games except 1904 (which had races at seven different distances) and ...