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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Guardian's Tokyo correspondent Justin McCurry takes us inside the world of keirin, Japan's billion-dollar bicycle races. At every Olympics there is one cycling event that stands out above all the ...

Japanese officials have denied a report that the track cycling sport of keirin may have bribed its way into the Olympic Games. The BBC said an investigation had uncovered documents outlining payments ...

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 ...