Sunday, February 20, 2011

Keirin Championships 2011

Men's Keirin
There were two stories in the Men's Keirin. On the one hand, Sir Chris Hoy won the Gold at a canter - powering away from the bunch out of turn 3, he was uncatchable. After the disappointment of the Sprint competition, it was a real boost to the Scot's confidence and you could see the weight lifted from his massive shoulders - despite what had happened behind him.
Coming out of turn 4, Peralta of Spain clipped Awang of Malaysia and, in the ensuing chaos only Hoy escaped completely unharmed. Australian Jason Niblett of Jayco was clipped by a falling Eddie Dawkins of New Zealand but managed to regain control and cross the line in second. Dawkins went down, along with Peralta, Awang and Kuczynski of Poland.
Kuczynski and Awang got back up and rode across the line - Awang pipping the Pole for third place - and Dawkins and Peralta carried their bikes over the line. Peralta was relegated for causing the crash and Awang, having made it to turn 1, stopped again, only discover a huge wedge - splinter doesn't do it justice - of Siberian pine through his calf and out again through his shin.
Initial reports are that the wound was clean and went with the grain of the muscle, so although it will be extremely painful, he should recover well. Awang clinched the World Cup series with the third place and we at trackcycling wish him a speedy recovery.

--FULL VIDEO LAST RD-




THE FINISH:
Final
1 Chris HOY SKY
2 Jason NIBLETT JAY
3 Azizulhasni AWANG YSD
4 Kamil KUCZYNSKI POL
5 Edward DAWKINS NZL
REL Juan PERALTA GASCON ESP
7 Gregory BAUGE FRA
8 Roy VAN DEN BERG NED
9 Josiah NG ONN LAM MAS
10 Rene ENDERS GER
11 Kazunari WATANABE JPN
12 Kot ASAI



Heres the video of that crash....as Hoy blasts to the finish!

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