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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	Competitor	NOC	R1	R1 Rep	QF	SF	Final
1	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	at 0.105 (3 h4)	11.135 (1 h4)	11.334 (1 h2)	11.090 (1 h2)	10.622 (1 h1)	Gold
2	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.182 (4 h4)	11.097 (1 h1)	at 0.052 (2 h2)	at 0.017 (2 h1)	at 0.061 (2 h1)	Silver
3	Lauriane Genest	CAN	11.183 (1 h5)	–	at 0.094 (4 h2)	at 0.315 (3 h2)	at 0.148 (3 h1)	Bronze
4	Olena Starikova	UKR	10.894 (1 h4)	–	at 0.029 (2 h1)	11.317 (1 h1)	at 0.396 (4 h1)
5	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	11.391 (1 h3)	–	10.981 (1 h3)	at 0.277 (2 h2)	at 0.566 (5 h1)
6	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.554 (6 h3)	at 0.074 (2 h1)	at 0.354 (4 h3)	at 0.071 (3 h1)	at 0.580 (6 h1)
7	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.310 (5 h3)	at 0.005 (2 h4)	at 0.490 (4 h1)	at 0.814 (6 h2)	11.078 (1 h2)
8	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.188 (3 h2)	10.958 (1 h2)	11.230 (1 h1)	at 0.153 (5 h1)	at 0.043 (2 h2)
9	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.365 (4 h5)	at 0.136 (2 h2)	at 0.136 (2 h3)	at 0.400 (5 h2)	at 0.097 (3 h2)
10	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.102 (2 h2)	–	at 0.086 (3 h1)	at 0.320 (4 h2)	at 0.163 (4 h2)
11	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.100 (2 h3)	–	at 0.084 (3 h2)	at 0.097 (4 h1)	at 0.617 (5 h2)
12	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.174 (2 h1)	–	at 0.152 (3 h3)	at 0.322 (6 h1)	at 0.729 (6 h2)
=13	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 1.126 (6 h5)	at 0.137 (2 h3)	at 0.312 (5 h2)	–	–
=13	Katy Marchant	GBR	– (AC h1)	11.122 (1 h3)	at 41.527 (5 h1)	–	–
=13	Maddie Godby	USA	at 0.075 (2 h5)	–	at 0.434 (5 h3)	–	–
=16	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER	11.055 (1 h2)	–	at 0.313 (6 h2)	–	–
=16	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	at 0.070 (2 h4)	–	at 0.447 (6 h3)	–	–
=16	Laurine van Riessen	NED	10.915 (1 h1)	–	– (AC h1)	–	–
=19	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR	at 0.371 (3 h1)	at 0.133 (3 h1)	–	–	–
=19	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU	at 1.093 (6 h4)	at 0.554 (3 h2)	–	–	–
=19	Urszula Łoś	POL	at 0.159 (3 h5)	at 0.119 (3 h4)	–	–	–
=19	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC	at 0.119 (3 h3)	at 0.143 (3 h3)	–	–	–
=23	Coralie Demay	FRA	at 0.425 (5 h2)	at 0.603 (4 h4)	–	–	–
=23	Jessica Lee	HKG	at 0.445 (4 h1)	at 1.005 (4 h1)	–	–	–
=23	Yuli Verdugo	MEX	at 0.440 (5 h5)	at 0.601 (4 h2)	–	–	–
=23	Marlena Karwacka	POL	at 0.400 (5 h4)	at 0.243 (4 h3)	–	–	–
=27	Bao Shanju	CHN	at 0.206 (4 h3)	at 0.620 (5 h2)	–	–	–
=27	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU	at 1.364 (6 h2)	at 1.241 (5 h1)	–	–	–
=27	Charlene Du Preez	RSA	at 0.309 (4 h2)	at 0.351 (5 h3)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	4 August 2021 — 16:10
Format	Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals

Heat #1

Time	16:10

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	188	Laurine van Riessen	NED	10.915	Q
2	111	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.174	Q
3	176	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR	at 0.371
4	157	Jessica Lee	HKG	at 0.445
AC	139	Katy Marchant	GBR	–	REL

Heat #2

Time	16:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	151	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER	11.055	Q
2	217	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.102	Q
3	158	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.188
4	220	Charlene Du Preez	RSA	at 0.309
5	124	Coralie Demay	FRA	at 0.425
6	178	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU	at 1.364

Heat #3

Time	16:20

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	105	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	11.391	Q
2	181	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.100	Q
3	218	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC	at 0.119
4	109	Bao Shanju	CHN	at 0.206
5	153	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.310
6	228	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.554

Heat #4

Time	16:25

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	229	Olena Starikova	UKR	10.894	Q
2	174	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	at 0.070	Q
3	187	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	at 0.105
4	197	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.182
5	208	Marlena Karwacka	POL	at 0.400
6	177	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU	at 1.093

Heat #5

Time	16:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	104	Lauriane Genest	CAN	11.183	Q
2	231	Maddie Godby	USA	at 0.075	Q
3	209	Urszula Łoś	POL	at 0.159
4	87	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.365
5	182	Yuli Verdugo	MEX	at 0.440
6	126	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 1.126

Round One Repêchage

Date	4 August 2021 — 17:11
Format	Top two finishers in each heat advanced to quarter-finals

Heat #1

Time	17:11

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	197	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	11.097	Q
2	228	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.074	Q
3	176	Lee Hye-Jin	KOR	at 0.133
4	157	Jessica Lee	HKG	at 1.005
5	178	Miglė Marozaitė	LTU	at 1.241

Heat #2

Time	17:16

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	158	Sarah Lee	HKG	10.958	Q
2	87	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.136	Q
3	177	Simona Krupeckaitė	LTU	at 0.554
4	182	Yuli Verdugo	MEX	at 0.601
5	109	Bao Shanju	CHN	at 0.620

Heat #3

Time	17:21

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	139	Katy Marchant	GBR	11.122	Q
2	126	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 0.137	Q
3	218	Anastasiya Voynova	ROC	at 0.143
4	208	Marlena Karwacka	POL	at 0.243
5	220	Charlene Du Preez	RSA	at 0.351

Heat #4

Time	17:26

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	187	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.135	Q
2	153	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.005	Q
3	209	Urszula Łoś	POL	at 0.119
4	124	Coralie Demay	FRA	at 0.603

Quarter-Finals

Date	5 August 2021 — 16:06
Format	Top three finishers in each heat advanced to semi-finals

Heat #1

Time	16:06

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	158	Sarah Lee	HKG	11.230	Q
2	229	Olena Starikova	UKR	at 0.029	Q
3	217	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.086	Q
4	153	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.490	Q
5	139	Katy Marchant	GBR	at 41.527
AC	188	Laurine van Riessen	NED	–	DNF

Heat #2

Time	16:11

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	187	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.334	Q
2	197	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.052	Q
3	181	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.084	Q
4	104	Lauriane Genest	CAN	at 0.094	Q
5	126	Mathilde Gros	FRA	at 0.312
6	151	Lea-Sophie Friedrich	GER	at 0.313

Heat #3

Time	16:16

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	105	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	10.981	Q
2	87	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.136	Q
3	111	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.152	Q
4	228	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.354	Q
5	231	Maddie Godby	USA	at 0.434
6	174	Yuka Kobayashi	JPN	at 0.447

Semi-Finals

Date	5 August 2021 — 16:57
Format	Top three finishers in each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

Time	16:57

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	229	Olena Starikova	UKR	11.317	Q
2	197	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.017	Q
3	228	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.071	Q
4	181	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.097
5	158	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.153
6	111	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.322

Heat #2

Time	17:02

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	187	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	11.090	Q
2	105	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	at 0.277	Q
3	104	Lauriane Genest	CAN	at 0.315	Q
4	217	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.320
5	87	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.400
6	153	Emma Hinze	GER	at 0.814

Final Round

Date	5 August 2021 — 17:37

Heat 1-6

Time	17:45

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	187	Shanne Braspennincx	NED	10.622
2	197	Ellesse Andrews	NZL	at 0.061
3	104	Lauriane Genest	CAN	at 0.148
4	229	Olena Starikova	UKR	at 0.396
5	105	Kelsey Mitchell	CAN	at 0.566
6	228	Liubov Basova	UKR	at 0.580

Heat 7-12

Time	17:37

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	153	Emma Hinze	GER	11.078
2	158	Sarah Lee	HKG	at 0.043
3	87	Kaarle McCulloch	AUS	at 0.097
4	217	Darya Shmelyova	ROC	at 0.163
5	181	Daniela Gaxiola	MEX	at 0.617
6	111	Zhong Tianshi	CHN	at 0.729