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Not sure this was entirely correct as there was a restriction of the amount of qualifiers from any one country and I think Miskowiak qualified in one round but couldn't progress as there were already 3 Polish riders through. Anyway One Sport meant to be making an announcement today so should be interesting

Will the new financial rules in Poland have an effect. Jarek had been reported saying the new rules could mean a top rider earning less in Poland than in Sweden so could this mean the Polish league has less on an influence than it does now?

Regarding home GPs Lindgren won his in Gothenburg & a large percentage of Gollob's wins have been in Poland

Darcy put video on twitter showing heavy rain at track (null)

I find it odd that complaints were being made re qualification or picks when SEC was worse. One permanent rider from Poland, Russia, Sweden, Denmark & then UK and in qualifiers a limit on how many from each country could progress (null)

See that Parken is back on 28th June

Not very good by One Sport & Rzeszow reporting Tai was riding on Wednesday if they were told days earlier he had withdrawn (null)

The crash was not due to the track & wasn't due to being small indoor track. Was similar falls in Torun a couple of years ago. Greg had one in Denmark in 2011 & there was one in Hammerby meeting Friday. Hope everyone recovers quickly (null)

Prices have been not too bad. Had a nice meal inc free coffee & salad for 89sek on the lunch menu. Thought it was cheaper than Gothenburg (null)

Anybody know how to a stream for an IPad ? If you download the puffin browser app it should work as this will play flash (null)

Is there some sponsorship rules in this as the riders don't seem to have any sponsor boards in their pit areas? It was the same in the earlier rounds (null)

3rd place match at 3 the final is 5:45pm BST according to Sportowefakty (null)

For the club to use r/r (or z/z) in Poland didn't a rider have to say they are unavailable for 2 weeks? I thought that had been posted when Nicki wasn't riding for Rzeszow but they couldn't use r/r. If this is the case then Emil wouldn't be able to ride as it would be inside the two weeks.

This was only really a rehash of what was said a few weeks earlier after Togliatti. All the muck slinging seems to be coming from One Sport rather than BSI (at least out in the open) so not so sure on the unilateral point and the report is coming through one of the sponsors. The blocking riders had previously been denied a couple of weeks earlier repeating the whole article again seems pointless. It seems odd that not very much is being promoted so far for the Gorican meeting as surely this would be better. It is silly for both parties to argue as to have both championships strong and on TV can only be helpful

The issue if wild cards is just in SGP. The Sec obviously was based on marketing ie 1 Pole, 1 Dane, 1 Russian, 1 Swede then 1 Brit. Riders in motogp & drivers in F1 etc all not always in on talent but the money they bring (null)

With Tomasz back on the pace Darcy now looks less likely to make the top 8. This would mean Darcy & Holder would get 2 of the 4 spots so restricts the option for the Swedish riders (null)

Fred Durst is Limp Bizkit but see the likeness (null)

Rugby has tighten up on the rules regarding the ability to play for a given country. There were cases many years ago where people played for one country and then played for another but you can't do this anymore. There were cases of players representing New Zealand and England, Argentina and Australia, and a lot of Samoans representing New Zealand. The rules seem to take in to account the players representing a country at junior level as was highlight by the case of Steve Shindler who was blocked from being in the Scotland squad after representing Wales as a junior. The rules only stop a person representing the country if they have already played for another country. It doesn't stop people from one country representing another on grounds of residency or family ties. This can be seen in the number of Aussies, Kiwis, South Africans, Tongans & Samoans representing all the home unions in the last few years.

Walasek wild card in Rzeszow

I think that both side should work together for the good of the sport. However I do find it funny that these stories only come around just before and just after the SEC meetings and are always put in the perspective of the poor Polish company being put upon. The stories seem to be trying to drum up publicity for the events and are coming through one of the event sponsors in Sportowe Fakty. There is no reason why both events can't exist and the additional tv coverage is good for the sport.

They had put one of the cameras on the back of his bike and this came flying off on the second lap. Assume it came lose after the tight first bend

I think Eurosport have done a very good job in the last GP with the decisions during the interval utilising Scott Nicholls

Would have thought Zagar's pick might have had something to do with Jarek gating first in the 2nd semi final from Blue and Darcy never being in the race from Yellow

I see there is a report that Sullivan may practice at Torun today

Artem Laguta is wild card for second round, which should be interesting