keirin

English

Etymology

From Japanese 競輪 (keirin, “racing cycles”).

Noun

keirin (countable and uncountable, plural keirins)

1. (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

form of track cycling

• Finnish: keirin
• French: keirin (fr) m
• Greek: κέιριν n (kéirin)
• Japanese: 競輪 (ja) (keirin)
• Russian: кейрин (ru) m (kejrin)

See also

• derny

Further reading

• keirin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• inkier

French

Noun

keirin m (plural keirins)

1. (cycling) keirin