…The velodrome holds 12 races a year, each lasting six days. There are three types of keirin: regular keirin, memorial keirin (held once a year to commemorate the opening of the velodrome), and special keirin. The special keirin includes six major special keirin races: the Japan Championship (Keirin Derby), All-Star, Takamatsunomiya Memorial Cup, Keirin Festival, All-Japan Selection, and Prince Kan'in Memorial and World Championship Memorial. The purpose of these special keirin races is to widely promote the significance of keirin as a healthy form of entertainment. To this end, a special keirin steering committee is established to determine the basic policy for operation, and the special keirin racer selection committee selects riders with particularly excellent character and skill, and the races are held as the highest title races in both name and reality. … *Some of the terminology used in reference to "Memorial Keirin" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…競輪場の年間開催は12回で,1回の開催期間は6日間と定められている。競輪の種類には普通競輪,記念競輪(競輪場の開設を記念して毎年1回開催される),特別競輪の3種類があり,特別競輪には日本選手権(競輪ダービー),オールスター,高松宮記念杯,競輪祭,全日本選抜,寛仁親王牌・世界選手権記念の六大特別競輪がある。この特別競輪は,競輪の健全な娯楽としての意義をひろく高揚することをその目的とし,そのため,運営の基本方針を決定する特別競輪運営委員会を設け,また特別競輪出場選手選考委員会により,品性,技能のとくにすぐれた選手を選出し,名実ともに最高の競輪タイトル戦として実施される。… ※「記念競輪」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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