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Keirin, Women

Date	4 – 5 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Izu Velodrome, 1826 Ono, Izu, Shizuoka 410-2402, Japan
Participants	29 from 18 countries

Darya Shmelyova of the ROC, bronze medallist at the 2019 UCI World Championships, automatically qualified for the keirin quarter-finals from her heat, while some of the other fancied riders had to qualify via the repêchage.

Sarah Lee, Hong Kong’s 2018 Word Championship silver medallist, and Australia’s 2019 world silver medallist Kaarle McCulloch both qualified for the quarters from the same repêchage. Germany’s reigning world champion Emma Hinze had already collected a team sprint silver in Tokyo, but she made hard work in qualifying for the keirin quarter-finals, finishing second in her heat. Her sprint partner Lea-Sophie Friedrich won her heat against Shmelyova.

Britain’s Katy Marchant was relegated to fifth in her opening heat for entering the sprinter’s lane when the opponent was already there. She won her repêchage, however, and went through to the quarter-finals. China’s recently crowned sprint champion Gong Jinjie qualified for the quarters while her team-mate Bao Shanju finished last in her repêchage. Shmelyova, McCulloch and Hinze were all eliminated at the semi-final stage.

The final was a thrilling six lap race and Dutch rider Shanne Braspennincx, who led from the front, won by 0.061 from New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, with Canada’s Lauriane Genest taking the bronze medal. It was a remarkable victory for Braspennincx who suffered a heart attack in 2015 and now was an Olympic champion.

Pos	Nr	Cyclist	NOC
1	–	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	Gold
2	–	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	Silver
3	–	Lauriane Genest	CAN	Bronze
4	–	Olena Starikova	UKR
5	–	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN
6	–	Liubov Basova	UKR
7	–	Emma Hinze	GER
8	–	Sarah Lee	HKG
9	–	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS
10	–	Darya Shmelyova	ROC
11	–	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX
12	–	Zhong Tianshi	CHN
=13	–	Mathilde Gros	FRA
=13	–	Katy Marchant	GBR
=13	–	Maddie Godby	USA
=16	–	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER
=16	–	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN
=16	–	Laurine van Riessen	NED
=19	–	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR
=19	–	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU
=19	–	Urszula Łoś	POL
=19	–	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC
=23	–	Coralie Demay	FRA
=23	–	Jessica Lee	HKG
=23	–	Yuli Verdugo	MEX
=23	–	Marlena Karwacka	POL
=27	–	Bao Shanju	CHN
=27	–	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU
=27	–	Charlene Du Preez	RSA

Round One (4 August 2021 — 16:10)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals

Heat One (16:10)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Laurine van Riessen	NED	10.915	Q
2	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.174	Q
3	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR	at 0.371
4	Jessica Lee	HKG	at 0.445
AC	Katy Marchant	GBR	–	REL

Heat Two (16:15)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER	11.055	Q
2	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.102	Q
3	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.188
4	Charlene Du Preez	RSA	at 0.309
5	Coralie Demay	FRA	at 0.425
6	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU	at 1.364

Heat Three (16:20)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	11.391	Q
2	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.100	Q
3	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC	at 0.119
4	Bao Shanju	CHN	at 0.206
5	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.310
6	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.554

Heat Four (16:25)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Olena Starikova	UKR	10.894	Q
2	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	at 0.070	Q
3	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	at 0.105
4	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.182
5	Marlena Karwacka	POL	at 0.400
6	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU	at 1.093

Heat Five (16:30)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Lauriane Genest	CAN	11.183	Q
2	Maddie Godby	USA	at 0.075	Q
3	Urszula Łoś	POL	at 0.159
4	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.365
5	Yuli Verdugo	MEX	at 0.440
6	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 1.126

Round One Repêchage (4 August 2021 — 17:11)

Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals

Heat One (17:11)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	11.097	Q
2	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.074	Q
3	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR	at 0.133
4	Jessica Lee	HKG	at 1.005
5	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU	at 1.241

Heat Two (17:16)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Sarah Lee	HKG	10.958	Q
2	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.136	Q
3	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU	at 0.554
4	Yuli Verdugo	MEX	at 0.601
5	Bao Shanju	CHN	at 0.620

Heat Three (17:21)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Katy Marchant	GBR	11.122	Q
2	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 0.137	Q
3	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC	at 0.143
4	Marlena Karwacka	POL	at 0.243
5	Charlene Du Preez	RSA	at 0.351

Heat Four (17:26)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.135	Q
2	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.005	Q
3	Urszula Łoś	POL	at 0.119
4	Coralie Demay	FRA	at 0.603

Quarter-Finals (5 August 2021 — 16:06)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat One (16:06)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Sarah Lee	HKG	11.230	Q
2	Olena Starikova	UKR	at 0.029	Q
3	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.086	Q
4	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.490	Q
5	Katy Marchant	GBR	at 41.527
AC	Laurine van Riessen	NED	–	DNF

Heat Two (16:11)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.334	Q
2	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.052	Q
3	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.084	Q
4	Lauriane Genest	CAN	at 0.094	Q
5	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 0.312
6	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER	at 0.313

Heat Three (16:16)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	10.981	Q
2	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.136	Q
3	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.152	Q
4	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.354	Q
5	Maddie Godby	USA	at 0.434
6	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	at 0.447

Semi-Finals (5 August 2021 — 16:57)

Top three finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat One (16:57)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Olena Starikova	UKR	11.317	Q
2	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.017	Q
3	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.071	Q
4	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.097
5	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.153
6	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.322

Heat Two (17:02)

Pos	Cyclist	NOC	Time
1	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.090	Q
2	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	at 0.277	Q
3	Lauriane Genest	CAN	at 0.315	Q
4	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.320
5	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.400
6	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.814