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Keirin (競輪 / ケイリン, ) [1] – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer.
Matsuyama Keirin Velodrome Ehime: 500 m Japan: Matusaka Keirin Velodrome Mie: 400 m Japan: Moji Keirin Velodrome Fukuoka: 500 m Japan: Mukomachi Keirin Velodrome Kyoto: 400 m Japan: Nara Keirin Velodrome Nara: 333.33 m Japan: Nagoya Keirin Velodrome Aichi: 400 m Japan: Nejime Velodrome Kagoshima: 400 m Japan: Odawara Keirin Velodrome Kanagawa ...
Keirin racing has also become an Olympic Games event since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Motorsports have become quite popular in Japan, especially during the latter third of the 20th century. Japanese car manufacturers use a relatively new form of motorsport that is distinctly Japanese and is now being exported abroad.
Super Shot, a mini-basketball game found in many arcades; Different roster sizes. Half-court in Triangle Lake, Oregon. A competitive game of basketball can be played with as few as the team of 2-on-2, 3-on-3, 4-on-4, or 5-on-5. Each team's roster is typically the same size, but an odd number of players may force one team to play with one less ...
Basketball is a ball game and team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Since being developed by James Naismith as a non-contact game that almost anyone can play, basketball has undergone many different rule variations ...
The Keirin is a variant of the sprint in which a higher number (usually 6–8, or 9 in Japan) of sprinters compete in a very different format. Riders are paced in the early laps by (and are required to stay behind) a Derny motorcycle, which slowly increases the speed of the race from 25 km/h to about 50 km/h. It then leaves the track with about ...
Keiokaku Velodrome (京王閣競輪場, Keiōkaku Keirinjyō), also known as TOKYO OVAL KEIOKAKU, is a velodrome located in Chōfu, Tokyo 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 27 ...
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...