0 a cycling event in which people ride around a track inside a building a number of times. They first all follow a small motor vehicle, and then compete against each other until the end of the race: --
A scratch race was introduced in 2002, as well as a women's keirin.
Keirin riders, sprinters and kilo riders and some others prefer a track specific shoe to a standard cycling shoe.
She recovered to win a gold medal in the keirin.
In the latter, he was the world champion in the keirin twice and the points race eight times and victor in 21 six-day races.
In 2008, she won her first world championship in the keirin.
Escuredo mostly competes in the keirin and team sprint events.
This came when he won the men's keirin, the men's team sprint and also the men's individual sprint.
A typical keirin race of 2,000 meters consists of four laps around the course.