men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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The men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a track cycling sprint event in which British cyclist Chris Hoy captured one of his three gold medals of the Beijing Games.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4773726 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics Context triple: [Chris Hoy, wonEvent, men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics]
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Bicycle Race
"Bicycle Race" is a 1978 Queen song known for its playful lyrics, complex structure, and iconic pairing with the single "Fat Bottomed Girls."
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UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the premier annual international track cycling competition, featuring elite riders from around the world competing for world titles and rainbow jerseys.
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C.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
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E.
1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics Target entity description: The men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a track cycling sprint event in which British cyclist Chris Hoy captured one of his three gold medals of the Beijing Games.
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A.
Bicycle Race
"Bicycle Race" is a 1978 Queen song known for its playful lyrics, complex structure, and iconic pairing with the single "Fat Bottomed Girls."
-
B.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the premier annual international track cycling competition, featuring elite riders from around the world competing for world titles and rainbow jerseys.
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C.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
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D.
UCI Urban Cycling World Championships
The UCI Urban Cycling World Championships is an international competition that crowns world champions in urban cycling disciplines such as BMX freestyle, trials, and cross-country eliminator under the governance of cycling’s global body.
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E.
1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
The 1000 m speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics was a long-track speed skating event held in Nagano, Japan, featuring top international skaters competing over a distance of one kilometer for Olympic medals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Olympic cycling event
ⓘ
track cycling event ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalist | Kiyofumi Nagai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalistNation | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalistNOC | JPN ⓘ |
| city | Beijing ⓘ |
| competitionType | sprint event ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| cyclingGoverningBody | Union Cycliste Internationale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 2008-08-16 ⓘ |
| discipline | keirin ⓘ |
| distanceType | sprint distance ⓘ |
| finalType |
final for places 1–6
ⓘ
final for places 7–12 ⓘ |
| games | 2008 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | men's ⓘ |
| goldMedalist | Chris Hoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalistNation | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalistNOC | GBR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostNation | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Laoshan Velodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medalEventFor | Chris Hoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medalTypeForChrisHoy | gold ⓘ |
| nextEvent | men's keirin at the 2012 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | Chris Hoy winning one of his three gold medals at the Beijing Games ⓘ |
| numberOfCompetitors | 25 ⓘ |
| numberOfGoldsForChrisHoyAtGames | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfNations | 18 ⓘ |
| olympicProgramme | men's track cycling ⓘ |
| oneOfMultipleGoldsFor | Chris Hoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEvent | men's keirin at the 2004 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raceFormat | multiple heats with repechage ⓘ |
| round |
finals
ⓘ
first round ⓘ repechages ⓘ second round ⓘ |
| silverMedalist | Ross Edgar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| silverMedalistNation | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| silverMedalistNOC | GBR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | track cycling ⓘ |
| surface | indoor velodrome track ⓘ |
| timeZone | China Standard Time ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +8 ⓘ |
| venue | Laoshan Velodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningAthlete | Chris Hoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2008 ⓘ |
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Subject: men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics Description of subject: The men's keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics was a track cycling sprint event in which British cyclist Chris Hoy captured one of his three gold medals of the Beijing Games.
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