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Track cycling began as one of four allowed betting sports in Japan in 1948, [4] and has since become very popular there. In 1957, the Nihon Jitensha Shinkōkai (NJS; Japan Bicycle Association) was founded to establish a uniform system of standards for the sport in Japan. Today keirin racing is regulated by the JKA Foundation.
1: Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands: Q 2: Nicholas Paul Trinidad and Tobago +0.054: Q 3: Santiago Ramírez Colombia +0.084: 4: Kang Shih-feng Chinese Taipei +0.835: 5: Martin Čechman Czech Republic +1.711
Seibu-en Velodrome (西武園競輪場, Seibuen Keirinjyō) is a velodrome located in Tokorozawa, Saitama that conducts pari-mutuel Keirin racing - one of Japan's four authorized "Public Sports" (公営競技, kōei kyōgi) where gambling is permitted. Its Keirin identification number for betting purposes is 26# (26 sharp).
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.
A Keirin bike is a track bike for Keirin races in Japan that meets the strict system of standards of the JKA Foundation (Japan Keirin Autorace Foundation), the governing body for Keirin competitions, still popular under the abbreviation of its predecessor body - NJS (Nihon Jitensha Shinkōkai or the Japanese Bicycle Association).
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin is the women's world championship keirin event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It was first held at the 2002 championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 2019, Anna Meares from Australia and Kristina Vogel from Germany share the most titles, with three each.
The nations that qualify a cyclist through the individual sprint rankings may also enter that cyclist in the Keirin. Finally, seven places are allocated through the Keirin rankings. [ 2 ] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018 ...
The British National Keirin Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organised by British Cycling. The men's championship was inaugurated in 1983 [ 1 ] and a women's championship was held for the first time in 2003.