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  2. Keirin - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin

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    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.

  4. Track cycling - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. UCI Track Cycling World Ranking - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. Knoxville Raceway - Wikipedia

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    The first weekly races were held at the Knoxville Raceway in 1954. After internal issues with the sanctioning body—the Southern Iowa Stock Car Racing Association—in 1956, Marion Robinson of Des Moines, Iowa was appointed as race promoter. During Robinson's tenure, the cars progressed from stock cars to modifieds to supermodifieds to sprint ...

  8. UEC European Track Championships - Wikipedia

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    Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT Jeffrey Hoogland Netherlands: 2: 2015 Sprint, Team sprint, Kilo 2021 Team sprint, Keirin, Kilo Katie Archibald Great Britain: 3: 2016 Team pursuit, Pursuit, Elimination race 2021 Omnium, Madison, Scratch race 2023 Team pursuit, Omnium, Madison Harrie Lavreysen Netherlands: 2: 2023 Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin 2024

  9. Sprint car racing - Wikipedia

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    Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.