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 ...

FUKUOKA—Like their male counterparts, women in the keirin bicycle racing circuit must endure grueling training sessions and risk broken bones and other serious injuries in the fierce, gravity-defying ...

In the men’s final, it was a showdown of the sprinters. Netherland Harrie Lavreysen was attempting to pull off the triple crown of titles after winning the men’s individual sprint and men’s team ...

Harrie Lavreysen added keirin gold to sprint and team sprint glory at the Paris Olympics on Sunday to underline the current Dutch domination of track cycling. He followed in the slipsteam of British ...

After 14 days of medals, there’s one more podium on the line for the Australian cyclist that cancer couldn’t stop. Glaetzer will join teammate and men’s sprint silver medallist Matthew Richardson in ...

The Tokyo Olympics track cycling competition will be held in the Izu Velodrome from 2 to 8 August. Inside the venue, the tracks are surfaced with Siberian pine, 250m in length, 7.5m in width with a ...

The Keirin is one of the most fast-paced and potentially dangerous events at the Olympics. It is a form of indoor cycling, and it's something Team GB have had a lot of success in, with Sir Jason Kenny ...

The 38-year-old overtook Great Britain’s Matthew Richardson by millimetres at the finish line.

They reveal their tactics before the race, wear armour to protect themselves from attacks and give presents to the opponents they beat. That does not happen in the keirin at the Olympics, inside the ...

They reveal their tactics before the race, wear armour to protect themselves from attacks and give presents to the opponents they beat. That does not happen in the keirin at the Olympics, inside the ...