Being disqualified for a technical error in an Olympic event is tragic for any athlete, but Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang had the added burden that the Paris Games are ...

Britain's Matt Richardson sealed a double success at the European Track Cycling Championships as he took gold in the men's keirin on the last day in Turkey. Fresh from being crowned sprint champion on ...

Yuka Kobayashi broke new ground this week when she became the first female Japanese rider to compete at the Olympics in a keirin -- a cycling race ingrained in the country's culture. By Shiho Tanaka ...

Women's Keirin will be the fourth track discipline to race at the 2024 Paris Games. The women’s first round will take place at 7:26 a.m. on Wednesday. The men's Keirin first round will take place on ...

One of the curiosities of the track racing programme at the Paris Olympic Games is the Keirin, where riders are paced behind a motorbike before sprinting for the line. Starting out on August 7 and ...

SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Britain's Jack Carlin will hope to land his third medal of the Olympics in Sunday's keirin in what could turn out to be a feisty battle after he ...

Malaysian track cyclist Josiah Ng is among five foreigners to be selected for races in this year's Japanese keirin series. The rider is looking forward to returning to Japan, where he has contested ...

Early this season there are four riders in the keirin top class showing a notable upswing. They are Ryu Jae-min (class of 15, A1, Suseong), Kim Jun-chul (class of 28, A1, Cheongju), Kim Tae-wan (class ...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - Yuka Kobayashi broke new ground this week when she became the first female Japanese rider to compete at the Olympics in a keirin -- a cycling race ingrained in the country's ...