keirin
English
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese 競輪 (keirin, “racing cycles”).
Noun
editkeirin (countable and uncountable, plural keirins)
- (cycle racing) A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.
- 2011, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans, Historical Dictionary of Cycling, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 113:
- The keirin is one of the few track cycling events not originating in the West, having been developed in Japan. […] Keirin is extrememly popular in Japan, in particular because of gambling on the races.
- 2016, Glen Norcliffe, Critical Geographies of Cycling: History, Political Economy and Culture[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
- Japan, however, has developed the distinctive cycling subculture of Keirin racing. Launched in Japanese velodromes in 1948 as a state regulated system designed to cream-off a percentage of stake money to support Japan's newly reconstituted bicycle industry […]
Translations
editform of track cycling
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editNoun
editkeirin m (plural keirins)