Tokyo 2020 - GB's Jason Kenny cruises into men's keirin final but Jack Carlin misses out
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Updated 08/08/2021 at 02:41 GMT
Carlin finished one position outside the three qualifying places, with Kenny qualifying as leader. Kenny is the defending champion in the keirin and is aiming to make history with further medals at Tokyo 2020. The final is schedule for 3:51am BST. You want it? We have it. Stream every Olympic event live on discovery+.
Jack Carlin of Team Great Britain sprints to set a new Olympic record during the Men´s sprint qualifying of the track cycling on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome
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Team GB's Jack Carlin is out of the men’s keirin event after failing to qualify from his semi-final, though Jason Kenny made it through.
The 24-year-old Scot had been gunning for his third medal in Tokyo but finished fourth to agonisingly miss out on a spot in the final by one position.
Carlin won bronze in the individual sprint and silver in team event, but will have to settle for a spectator’s view of the 3:51am BST gold medal race.
Team-mate Jason Kenny made it through however, qualifying in first ahead of Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer and Suriname’s Jair Tjon En Fa.
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The six-time Olympian arrives in the final in excellent form, having also impressed in his quarter-final heat.
His speed was made all the more impressive given he had seen his wife Laura involved in a multi-rider crash just moments before his first race, though she was ok to continue and responded by winning the tempo race in the women’s omnium.
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