Chris Hoy
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Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Hoy in 2025
Hoy at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester
Hoy celebrates winning the keirin at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark
Hoy leading Team GB out as the team's flag carrier at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Keirin
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Keirin – "racing track" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorised or non-motorised pacer. It was develope
Chris Hoy
…single Olympic Games since Henry Taylor in 1908, and the most successful Olympic cyclist of all time. After winning a further two gold medals (in the keirin and team sprint) at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hoy has won the second-most Olympic gold medals (six) of all British athletes, behind Jason Kenny, and…
Keirin in Colwood, British Columbia, July 2006
The entrance and grandstand at the Iwaki-Taira Velodrome in Iwaki, Fukushima
Start of a race at Tachikawa Velodrome in Tokyo. Riders start from the blocks and pace up to speed behind the pacer, wearing purple and orange. A referee observes the start in the tower to the right.
During a race at Ōmiya Velodrome in Saitama, the nine racers form a line behind the pacer as they go around a corner.