Japanese track cyclist Kaiya Ota made a controversial exit from the Paris Olympic men's sprint competition Thursday as he lost a hot-tempered quarterfinal battle to Britain's Jack Carlin.The pair bumped helmets and traded elbows during a best-of-three contest ultimately won by Carlin after judges overturned a race result that would have eliminated the Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist.Ota took the opening encounter by 0.046 seconds before also beating Carlin over the line in the second race, sparking victory celebrations from the Japanese rider and his supporters at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yveline…READ FULL ARTICLE
