Reporting from Rio de Janeiro — A green-and-white scooter buzzes along, its electric motor humming as it circles the polished wooden track at the Olympic velodrome. Ivo Siebert keeps to a modest pace ...

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 ...

Yvonne Ching Yin-shan shrugs off National Games disappointment to claim bronze, praises coach for ‘changing my life’.

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 ...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) - When coach Frenchman Benoit Vetu began working for the Japanese Cycling Federation five years ago his brief was simple -- deliver a medal in keirin at the Tokyo Olympics. That ...

IZU, Japan (Reuters) – As sporting comeback stories go Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx’s surprise gold medal in the women’s keirin at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday is as about inspirational as they ...

At the elite Keirin Academy, riders live a solitary life while they learn the mental and physical discipline to excel at a grueling sport. Keirin racing is got its start in post-World War II Japan as ...

A frightening incident derailed several racers in one of the final cycling stages of the 2024 Olympics. During the women’s keirin quarterfinals on Thursday, the Netherlands’ Steffie van der Peet fell ...

Women's cycling Track World Championships: Netherlands off to flying start with three gold medals out of three on day 1 Women's cycling Track World Championships: Lara Gillespie makes history for ...

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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 ...

IZU, Japan, Aug 6 (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 ...