Francois Pervis of France reacts after winning the men's keirin track cycling event at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, near Paris, February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
ST QUENTIN EN YVELINES, France (Reuters) - Frenchman Francois Pervis delighted the home crowd by snatching the gold medal in the keirin event at the world track championships on Thursday.
Pervis, 2014 world champion in the keirin, individual sprint and time trial, was second until the last 250-metre lap when he glided past Maximilian Levy of Germany amid deafening roars.
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