Olympics-Cycling-Bell tolls too late to save French rider

Paris 2024 Olympics - Track Cycling - Women's Keirin, First Round - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France - August 07, 2024. Emma Finucane of Britain, Lea Friedrich of Germany and Taky Marie-Divine Kouame of France in action during heat 5. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (Reuters) - An issue with the last-lap bell ringer caused confusion at the Olympic track cycling for the second day in succession on Wednesday with a keirin race the latest event affected.

A women's repechage heat involving French rider Taky Kouame ended in chaos as the bell was not rung ahead of the last of six laps of the 250 metre track.