A place among the top three was needed to reach the final. It will be held at 00.50 with, among others, the Colombian Kevin Quintero, the 2023 world champion. Defending champion Kento Yamasaki from Japan had already failed in the tournament earlier, as did the British Matthew Richardson, who took silver at the Paris Games.
Lavreysen, three-time world champion on the keirin, previously needed the repechages to reach the quarter-finals. Unlike Hoogland, the 28-year-old Brabander had not managed to finish among the first two in his heat, but he still put that right.
Six riders start on the keirin, first riding three laps behind a motorized pacer and then sprinting for the win in three laps.
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Hetty van de Wouw reached the semi-finals of the sprint tournament at the World Championships in Chile on Thursday. The 27-year-old from Brabant defeated New Zealand’s Ellesse Andrews, the Olympic sprint champion and the keirin of the Paris Games, in the quarter-finals.
Van de Wouw only needed two heats to decide the match. Last year she came second in the sprint. In the final she fell short against the British Emma Finucane in Ballerup, Denmark.
Van de Wouw had set the second best time in the qualifications and was therefore allowed to skip the first round. In the second round she defeated the Czech Veronika Jabornikova, who had been responsible for the elimination of Steffie van der Peet in the first round. In that phase it was only one heat, from the quarter-finals onwards it concerns two heats won. The semi-finals and final are Friday.
Van de Wouw and Van der Peet took gold in the team sprint together with Kim Kalee on Wednesday.