Keirin in a sentence

All new keirin graduates begin their careers with an A3 rank and work their way up by competing in keirin events.

Variants Keirin 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.

Jason won the last of his Olympic golds in Tokyo in the keirin.

Finucane won gold in the women's team sprint, while she also added a bronze in the women's keirin.

Half of them - the sprint, team sprint and keirin - are, as the names suggest, sprint contests, with the world's quickest cyclists competing in them.

He won gold in both sprint events there but had to settle for bronze in the keirin.

Out of the felled trio, Steffie was the only one to make it to the women's keirin final, securing 11th place.

The Scottish sprinter Jack Carlin, a silver and bronze medallist in Tokyo, is tipped to take a medal in the keirin, the frenetic race that combines stamina with speed, and requires the sharpest sprinting instincts.

She decided to skip the keirin to recover and Genest, the only other women's sprinter on the Canadian roster, took her place.

The competition programme will feature four events for men and women riders -- individual sprint, keirin, elimination race and scratch race.

Another prestigious event on the annual keirin racing calendar is the GI Japan Championship.

At the sound of the gun, the cyclists leave their starting blocks and attempt to gain position behind the pacer, a keirin bicyclist wearing purple with orange stripes.

Competition keirin races are often conducted over several rounds with one final.

Exceptions to this are a very limited set of equipment including carbon wheels, tires, stems and saddles used in Girls' Keirin, which can be used without NJS certification.

In 1957, the Nihon Jitensha Shinkōkai (NJS; also known in English as the Japanese Keirin Association) was founded to establish a uniform system of standards for the sport in Japan.

Japanese races for women were reintroduced in July 2012, under the title of Girls' Keirin.

Keirin ovals are divided into specific areas: The two straightaways (homestretch and backstretch), the four turns (corners), and two locations called the "center", referring to the area between corners 1 and 2 (1 center) and corners 3 and 4 (2 center).

Like the men, the women must also undergo a strict training regimen at the Keirin School.

NJS-approved equipment is not required for keirin races outside Japan.

On the first day of competition, the better keirin competitors are assigned to races of higher caliber, while others are assigned to low-caliber races.