KEIRIN is a cycling event that dates back to 1948 and is a much-loved Japanese creation. Boiled down to its basics, riders follow a motorbike which gets them up to speed, then lets them race to the ...

The winner of this weekend’s Keirin Grand Prix in Japan will take home nearly $1m but why has international success been elusive for the 2020 Olympic hosts in the event it invented? Thousands of ...

Haruka Kawaji is unfazed by the rain filling the Kishiwada Keirin Velodrome in Osaka. Warm despite the cold and with eyes only for the racing line, she clicks her bike into the starting blocks and ...

Team flag bearer Anna Meares is the most decorated Australian cyclist in Olympic history after winning bronze in the keirin. Dutch rider Elis Ligtee rode from the front to win the gold medal, with ...

임채빈(25기, SS, 수성) once again stood at the pinnacle of keirin. On the 28th, the final day of the 2025 keirin season, at Gwangmyeong Speedom in the final of the "Grand Prix keirin," Im Chae-bin won with ...

Anna Meares became the most successful female cyclist in history by taking gold in the keirin at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Australia's Anna Meares made history on Sunday by clinching ...

Jason Kenny won the men's keirin at the Izu Velodrome on Sunday to collect his seventh Olympic gold medal, overtaking Chris Hoy as Britain’s most successful Olympian of all time. The Barron's news ...

The UCI has confirmed that Team Ireland has qualified a Female Keirin spot in the Olympic Games in Rio - and while Ireland has had female cyclists on the road and in mountain biking, this is the first ...

Meares makes history with bronze in gripping keirin final The Netherlands' Ellis Ligtlee emerged victorious in an exciting keirin final where only a photo determined Becky James' (GBR) silver over ...

On Thursday night, seven riders will take to the glitzy Izu Velodrome with the world watching on. Six will proudly don the colours of their nations as they pedal ferociously in the hunt for Olympic ...

Riders must complete strict and intensive studies before graduating as approved professionals They bow as they walk their bikes onto the track and they do so again as they slot them into the start ...