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ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 3, ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, FEBRUARY 18-19 ROUND 6, SUNDAY Kononov 21 (15+3+3), Koltakov 19 (14+3+2), Khomitsevich 15 (12+2+1), Zorn 13 (11+2+0), Valeev 13 (12+1), S. Svensson 11 (10+1), Bauer 10 (10+0), Ledstrom 8 (8+0), Weber 6, Simon 5, Niedermaier 5, Cheblakov 4, Klatovsky 4, Nekrasov 3, Slepuchin 0, N. Svensson 0 Semi Final 1: Kononov, Khomitsevich, S. Svensson, Bauer (d) Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Zorn, Valeev, Ledstrom Final: Kononov, Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Zorn Overall (*=wildcard) Koltakov 105, Kononov 103, Khomitsevich 94, Valeev 77, Zorn 62, Ivanov 56, S. Svensson 44, Bauer 42, Ledstrom 32, Krasnikov* 28, Niedermaier 27, Simon 25, N. Svensson 25, Olsen 20, Toloknov* 19, Weber 15, Klatovsky 14, Cheblakov* 7 Perfect weekend for Igor Kononov. Puts him within 2 points of Koltakov. Berlin in two weeks should be a showdown! RUSSIAN JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, KAMENSK URAL, FEBRUARY 18-19 RESULT: STERLITAMAK 43 (21+22) Nikita Tarasov 22 (12+10), Dmitri Solyannikov 19 (9+10), Vadim Svinuhov DNR UFA 39 (21+18) Nikita Shadrin 25 (14+11), Nikita Bogdanov 13 (7+6), Artem Afanasyev DNR KAMENSK URAL 34 (14+20) Alexander Kozyrev 20 (9+11), Ivan Khuzhin 14 (5+9), Alex Karatysh DNR TOGLIATTI 32 (18+14) Ivan Bolshakov 22 (14+8), Eugene Saydullin 10 (4+6), Mikhail Afanasyev DNR SHADRINSK 16 (8+8) Dmitri Zverev 10 (4+6), Rodin Verhoturtsev 5 (3+2), Victor Yaroslavtsev 1 (1+DNR) IZHEVSK 15 (7+8) German Hanmurzin 7 (2+5), Ivan Volkov 6 (4+2), Pawel Masalov 2 (1+1) A reversal of last years top 3 - Kamensk Ural, Ufa, Sterlitamak! EDIT To add in Russian Results.

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 3, ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN, FEBRUARY 18-19 ROUND 5 SATURDAY (Russia unless stated) Igor Kononov 15, Dmitri Koltakov 14, Dmitri Khomitsevich 13, Dinar Valeev 12, Franz Zorn (Austria) 11, Gunther Bauer (Germany) 10, Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 9, Harald Simon (Austria) 8, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 7, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 6, Hans Weber (Germany) 4, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 4, Vladimir Cheblakov (Kazakhstan) 3, Niclas Svensson (Sweden) 2, Pawel Nekrasov (res) (Kazakhstan) 2, Denis Slepuchin (res) Kazakhstan) 0, Danil Ivanov 0 There were no Semi Finals or a Final, due to the fog coming back even thicker than before apparently. Heat 20 scores stand. From what I can gather, Ivanov punctured a front tyre which slung him off the bike. Reading the Speedweek article, they think he could be back for Heerenveen.

Line up for Almaty 1 333 Danil Ivanov MFR Russia 2 50 Harald Simon AMF Austria 3 WC Pavel Nekrassov AMFK Kazakhstan 4 192 Niclas Svensson SVEMO Sweden 5 911 Igor Kononov MFR Russia 6 33 Hans Weber DMSB Germany 7 TR1 Denis Slepukhin AMFK Kazakhstan 8 919 Dmitri Khomitsevich MFR Russia 9 69 Jan Klatovsky ACCR Czech Republic 10 11 Ove Ledström SVEMO Sweden 11 106 Dmitri Koltakov MFR Russia 12 88 Max Niedermaier DMSB Germany 13 114 Dinar Valeev MFR Russia 14 22 Günther Bauer DMSB Germany 15 58 Stefan Svensson SVEMO Sweden 16 100 Franz Zorn AMF Austria Reserve TR2 Vladimir Cheblakov AMFK Kazakhstan

RUSSIA CUP OF RUSSIA, VYATSKIE POLYANY, FEBRUARY 11-12 Nikita Toloknov 27 (15+12), Eduard Krysov 25+3 (13+12), Andrei Shishegov 25+ef (13+12), Maxim Korchemakha 23 (11+12), Sergei Makharov 21 (7+14), Alexei Ivanov 20 (9+11), Vladimir Bobin 17 (9+8), Junir Baseev 16 (7+9), Dmitri Bulankin 14 (6+8), Evgeny Sharov 13 (9+4), Ivan Bolshakov 10 (4+6), Mikhail Litvinov 5 (1+4), Sergei Baltachev 5 (1+4), Nikita Shadrin 5 (4+1), Evgeny Saydullin 4 (3+1), Anton Sozykin (res) 4 (2+2), Nikita Tarasov 4 (4+0) CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REP. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1, OSECNA, JANUARY 28 SK OSECNA 1 - 26 (Lukas Volejnik 15, Jan Klauz 11), ZP PARDUBICE - 23 (Lukas Hutla 18, Radek Hutla 5), DIVISOV/PRAGUE - 12 (Robert Ruzicka 7, David Lizak 5), SK OSECNA 2 - 11 (Jan Pecina 9, Martin Behal 2) SASI KOPECKENO MEMORIAL Semi Final 1: Volejnik, Pecina, Lizak, R. Hutla Semi Final 2: L.Hutla, Ruzicka, Behal, Klauz (ns) B Final: Lizak, Behal, R. Hutla (d), Klauz (ns) A Final: L.Hutla, Volejnik, Pecina, Ruzicka CZECH REP. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3, HOLICE, JANUARY 29 Lukas Hutla 21, Andrej Divis 17, Lukas Volejnik 11, Robert Ruzicka 10, Jan Klauz 10, Jan Pecina 10, David Lizak 6, Radek Hutla 6, Josef Divis 4, Martin Behal 1 FINAL STANDINGS (Best two scores count, actual score in brackets) Jan Klatovsky 42 (2 Rounds only), Lukas Hutla 37 (50), Andrej Divis 33 (45), Lukas Volejnik 30 (41), Jan Klauz 27 (37), Jan Pecina 20 (23), Radek Hutla 16 (22), Robert Ruzicka 15 (17), Josef Divis 10 (14), David Lizak 8 (8), Martin Behal 7 (8), Kamil Janura (Poland) 2 (1 Round only) CZECH REP. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2, RADICE, FEBRUARY 4 ZP PARDUBICE - 24+3 (Lukas Hutla 18+3, Radek Hutla 6), GERMANY - 24+2 (Markus Jell 17+2, Luca Bauer 7), SK OSECNA 1 - 23 (Lukas Volejnik 12, Jan Klauz 11), AMK NEPOMUK - 18 (Andrej Divis 14, Josef Divis 4), AUSTRIA - 16 (Charly Ebner 16, Erwin Schuster 0), SK OSECNA 2 - 10 (Jan Pecina 6, Martin Behal 4), DIVISOV/PRAGUE 10 (David Lizak 5, Robert Ruzicka 5) CZECH REP. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3, MEILCACH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 ZP PARDUBICE - 24 (L. Hutla 18, R. Hutla 6), SK OSECNA 1 - 22+3 (Volejnik 12, Klauz 10+3), GERMANY - 22+2 (Jell 17+2, Bauer 5), AUSTRIA/GERMANY - 19 (Josef Kreuzberger 13, Franz Mayerbuchler 6), AMK NEPOMUK - 17 (A. Divis 13, J. Divis 4), SK OSECNA 2 - 14 (Pecina 13, Behal 1), DIVISOV/PRAGUE - 8 (Lizak 7, Ruzicka 1) CZECH REP TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 4, SOBESLAV, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12 ZP PARDUBICE - 24 (L.Hutla 18, R. Hutla 6), GERMANY - 21+3 (Jell 17+3, Bauer 4), SK OSECNA 1 - 21+2 (Volejnik 14+2, Klauz 7), AUSTRIA/GERMANY - 21+D3 (Mayerbuchler 15+D3, Kreuzberger 6), AMK NEPOMUK - 21+D2 (A.Divis 15+D2, J. Divis 6), SK OSECNA 2 - 11 (Pecina 9, Behal 2), DIVISOV/PRAGUE - 7 (Ruzicka 4, Lizak 3) ZP Pardubice are Team Champions.

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2, SHADRINSK, RUSSIA, FEBRUARY 11-12 ROUND 4 SUNDAY Kononov 19 (13+3+3), Koltakov 18 (14+2+2), Khomitsevich 16 (12+3+1), Ivanov 14 (12+2+0), Krasnikov 15 (14+1), Valeev 11 (10+1), N. Svensson 8 (8+0), S. Svensson 7 (7+0), Zorn 6, Ledstrom 6, Artem Akulov (res) 6, Bauer 4, Simon 4, Niedermaier 2, Weber 2, Klatovsky 0 Semi Final 1: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Valeev, N. Svensson Semi Final 2: Kononov, Ivanov, Krasnikov, S.Svensson Final: Kononov, Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov Standings (after 4 Rounds, * = Wildcard) Koltakov 72, Kononov 67, Khomitsevich 66, Ivanov 56, Valeev 52, Zorn 38, Krasnikov* 28, S. Svensson 26, N. Svensson 23, Bauer 22, Olsen 20, Toloknov* 19, Niedermaier 16, Ledstrom 15, Simon 12, Klatovsky 6, Akulov 6, Weber 5 Jimmy Olsen crashed out in Semi Final 2 on Saturday when leading, and suffered a dislocated elbow. He returned to Sweden today for treatment. Depending on whose report you believe he's out for the rest of the season, hoping to be fit for Heerenveen or hoping to be fit for Berlin. Whichever way he's not riding in Almaty next weekend.

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 2 SHADRINSK, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11-12 ROUND 3 SATURDAY (Russia unless stated) Igor Kononov 20 (14+3+3), Dmitri Koltakov 17 (12+3+2), Dmitri Khomitsevich 14 (11+2+1), Danil Ivanov 12 (10+2+0), Dinar Valeev 13 (12+1), Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 7 (7+R), Nikolai Krasnikov 13 (13+D), Franz Zorn (Austria) 9 (9+0), Niklas Svensson (Sweden) 6, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 6, Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 5, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 5, Gunther Bauer (Germany) 5, Hans Weber (Germany) 2, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 2, Harald Simon (Austria) 1 Semi Final 1: Kononov, Ivanov, Valeev, Zorn Semi Final 2: Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Olsen (ret), Krasnikov (d) Final: Kononov, Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov

Got to agree - I saw Ice Speedway on World Of Sport back in the early 1980s, went to my first meeting in 1985 and now I've been covering it for 32 years. Eurosport made the mistake of having Jack Burnicle commentate when they showed it live a few years ago, and I don't think it ever quite recovered.

Starting Line up for Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 2, Shadrinsk February 11-12 1 114 Dinar Valeev MFR Russia 2 69 Jan Klatovsky ACCR Czech Rep. 3 22 Günther Bauer DMSB Germany 4 919 Dmitri Khomitsevich MFR Russia 5 100 Franz Zorn AMF Austria 6 WC Nikolai Krasnikov MFR Russia 7 58 Stefan Svensson SVEMO Sweden 8 50 Harald Simon AMF Austria 9 88 Max Niedermaier DMSB Germany 10 333 Daniil Ivanov MFR Russia 11 81 Jimmy Olsen SVEMO Sweden 12 106 Dmitri Koltakov MFR Russia 13 11 Ove Ledström SVEMO Sweden 14 33 Hans Weber DMSB Germany 15 192 Niclas Svensson SVEMO Sweden 16 911 Igor Kononov MFR Russia Reserve 1 TR1 Artem Akulov MFR Russia Reserve 2 TR2 Yuri Oleynik MFR Russia Interesting that they gave Kranikov the Wild Card, but then again his reputation puts Bums on Seats I suppose.

My mistake. He got 7, and has been added. Thats the problem when you get two Svensson's together.

ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA FEBRUARY 4-5 ROUND 2 - SUNDAY Khomitsevich 18 (12+3+3), Koltakov 19 (14+3+2), Valeev 16 (13+2+1), Zorn 11 (9+2+0), Ivanov 13 (12+1), Kononov 13 (12+1), Toloknov 10 (10+0), N. Svensson 7 (7+0), S.Svensson 7 Olsen 6, Bauer 6, Niedermaier 5, Simon 4, Klatovsky 2, Litvinov (res) 1, Weber 0, Ledstrom 0, Ivan Bolshakov (res) 0 Semi Final 1: Koltakov, Zorn, Ivanov, Toloknov Semi Final 2: Khomitsevich, Valeev, Kononov, N. Svensson (f) FINAL: Khomitsevich, Koltakov, Valeev, Zorn STANDINGS (After 2 Rounds) *= Wild Card Koltakov 37, Khomitsevich 36, Ivanov 30, Valeev 28, Kononov 28, Zorn 23, Toloknov* 19, S. Svensson 13, Bauer 13, Olsen 13, Neidermaier 9, N. Svensson 9, Simon 7, Klatovsky 4, Ledstrom 4, Weber 1 RUSSIA MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDS 3 &4, LUKHOVITSY FEBRUARY 4-5 (Please note: This fixture was moved forward a week, to accommodate the Ice Speedway Gladiators Final 2 at Shadrinsk) ROUND 3, SATURDAY LUKHOVITSY 27 (Sergei Makharov 14, Roman Kholodov 10, Alexei Kolganov 3) KAMENSK URAL 24 (Vladimir Bobin 14, Daniel Golosheykin 6, Alexander Kozyrev 4) SARANSK 22 (Vasilli Kosov 9, Evgeny Kosov 8, Maxim Lushnikov 5) NEFTEKAMSK 19 (Dmitri Bulankin 10, Sergei Baltachev 8, Anton Sozykin 3) SHADRINSK 14 (Artem Akulov 13, Dmitri Zverev 1, Rodion Verhoturtsev 0) ALMATY KAZAKHSTAN 13 (Alex Utusikov 7, Vladimir Cheblakov 6, Pavel Nekrasov 0) IZHEVSK 7 (Ivan Volkov 6, German Hanmurzin 1, Pavel Masalov 0) ROUND 4, SUNDAY KAMENSK URAL 26 (Bobin 17, Golosheykin 6, Kozyrev 3) LUKHOVITSY 21+3 (Makharov 10+3, Kholodov 6, Kolganov 5) SARANSK 21+2 (V. Kosov 10+2, E. Kosov 7, Lushnikov 4) NEFTEKAMSK 19 (Baltachev 8, Sozykin 6, Bulankin 5) SHADRINSK 15 (Akulov 15, Zverev 0, Verhoturtsev 0) ALMATY KAZAKHSTAN 14 (Utusikov 8, Cheblakov 6, Nekrasov 0) IZHEVSK 10 (Volkov 6, Masalov 4, Hanmurzin 0) LEAGUE TABLE (After 4 Rounds) Kamensk Ural 30, Lukhovitsy 23, Neftekamsk 20, Saransk 19, Shadrinsk 10, Almaty 9, Izhevsk 5

I don't think he's nervous, but the Russians do have the edge over him. They start training late November and their season starts in December, so they have six weeks advantage over the rest. Franky is still the best rider outside Russia, and looking at the results he managed a win over Dinar Valeev in Heat 20. Reading the Russian Forum, they would really like Franky to race there in their league, as Harald Simon did.

Turns out Zorn was at Practice but didn't hang around for the group photos. ASTANA EXPO FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 1, TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA FEBRUARY 4-5 ROUND 1 - SATURDAY: (Russia unless stated) Dmitri Koltakov 18 (13+2+3), Dmitri Khomitsevich 18 (13+3+2), Danil Ivanov 17 (14+2+1), Igor Kononov 15 (12+3+0), Franz Zorn (Austria) 12 (11+1), Dinar Valeev 12 (11+1), Nikita Toloknov 9 ((+0), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 7 (7+0), Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 7, Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 6, Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 4, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 4, Harald Simon (Austria) 3, Niclas Svensson (Sweden) 2, Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) 2, Hans Weber (Germany) 1, Mikhail Litvinov (res) 0 Semi Final 1: Kononov, Ivanov, Valeev, Toloknov Semi Final 2: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Zorn, Bauer FINAL: Koltakov, Khomitsevich, Ivanov, Kononov

Zorn didn't appear to be at Practice either as he's not in the group photo. Maybe Bauer and Simon were right to ride in Ufa last weekend after all!

Astana Expo FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Final 1 Togliatti, Russia 4/5 Feb 2017 Start List: 1 11 Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 2 911 Igor Kononov (Russia) 3 50 Harald Simon (Austria) 4 33 Hans Weber (Germany) 5 114 Dinar Valeev (Russia) 6 81 Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 7 88 Max Niedermaier (Germany) 8 106 Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 9 192 Niklas Svensson (Sweden) 10 WC Nikita Toloknov (Russia) 11 100 Franz Zorn (Austria) 12 333 Danil Ivanon (Russia) 13 22 Gunther Bauer (Germany) 14 58 Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 15 919 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 16 69 Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep.) R1 TR1 Mikhail Litvinov (Russia) R2 TR2 Ivan Bolshakov (Russia)

RUSSIA SUPER LEAGUE, ROUNDS 3 & 4, UFA SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 - 29 RESULTS: Round 3, Saturday KAMENSK URAL 38 (Dmitri Khomitsevich 14, Dinar Valeev 12, Evgeny Sharov 10, Vasilli Nesytyh 2, Harald Simon 0) TOGLIATTI 33 (Danil Ivanov 10, Nikita Toloknov 10, Igor Kononov 9, Ivan Bolshakov 3, Mikhail Litvinov 1) STERLITAMAK 25 (Andrei Shishegov 9, Nikita Tarasov 7, Alex ei Ivanov 5, Dmitri Solyannikov 4) UFA 23 (Nikolai Krasnikov 13, Gunther Bauer 6, Nikita Shadrin 2, Nikita Bogdanov 2) Round 4, Sunday KAMENSK URAL 37 (Valeev 13, Khomitsevich 11, Sharov 8, Simon 5, Nesytyh DNR) TOGLIATTI 34 (D. Ivanov 14, Kononov 8, Toloknov 7, Litvinov 5, Bolshakov DNR) STERLITAMAK 28 (Shishegov 8, A. Ivanov 7, Tarasov 7, Solyannikov 6) UFA 20 (Krasnikov 13, Bauer 3, Shadrin 3, Bogdanov 1) League Table: (After 4 Rounds) Kamensk Ural 18 (5,3,5,5), Togliatti 14 (3,5,3,3), Sterlitamak 7 (1,2,2,2), Ufa 5 (2,1,1,1) MAJOR LEAGUE, ROUNDS 1& 2, NEFTEKAMSK SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 - 29 Round 1 Saturday KAMENSK URAL 29 (Vladimir Bobin 18, Alexander Kozyrev 6, Daniel Golosheykin 5) NEFTEKAMSK 24 (Dmitri Bulankin 13, Sergei Baltachev 7, Anton Sozykin 4) SARANSK 19 (Maxim Lushnikov 10, Alex Abroskin 5, Maxim Karpuhkin 4) LUKHOVITSY 17 (Sergei Makharov 15, Roman Kholodov 2, Alexei Kolganov 0) ALMATY KAZAKHSTAN 13 (Alex Utusikov 7, Vladimir Cheblakov 6, Pavel Nekrasov 0) IZHVESK 12 (Ivan Volkov 9, Pavel Masalov 2, German Hanmurzin 1) SHADRINSK 10 (Artem Akulov 9, Dmitri Zverev 1, Rodion Verhoturtsev 0) Round 2 Sunday KAMENSK URAL 25 (Bobin 16, Golosheykin 6, Kozyrev 3) NEFTAKAMSK 24 (Bulankin 17, Baltachev 4, Sozykin 3) LUKHOVITSY 21 (Makharov 15, Kholodov 4, Kolganov 2) SARANSK 17 (Lushnikov 11, Abroskin 6, Karpuhkin 0) SHADRINSK 16 (Akulov 14, Verhoturtsev 2, Zverev 0) ALMATY KAZAKHSTAN 15 (Utusikov 9, Cheblakov 6, Nekrasov 0) IZHVESK 8 (Volkov 6, Hanmurzin 2, Vladimir Bashmakov 0) League Table (After 2 Rounds) Kamensk Ural 16, Neftekamsk 12, Lukhovitsy 9, Saransk 9, Almaty 5, Shadrinsk 4, Izhvesk 3 AUSTRIA INTERNATIONAL ICE SPEEDWAY, ST. JOHANN IM PONGAU SATURDAY JANUARY 28 RESULT Heat Scores: Franz Zorn (Austria) 12, Hans Weber (Germany) 10, Luca Bauer (Germany) 9 Simon Reitsma (Netherlands) 8, Charly Ebner (Austria) 7, Max Niedermaier (Germany) 7, Markus Jell 6, Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 5, Andrej Divis (Czech Rep) 4, Sebastian Gegenbauer (Germany) 3, Erwin Schuster (Austria) 1, Jan Klatovsky 0 (Czech Rep). Res: Bart Schapp (Netherlands) DNR Semi Final 1: Zorn, Jell, Niedermaier, Reitsma Semi Final 2: Weber, Ebner, Kreuzberger, Bauer C FINAL: Gegenbauer, Schapp, Divis, Schuster B FINAL: Niedermaier, Bauer, Reitsma, Kreuzberger A FINAL: Zorn, Weber, Ebner, Jell Meeting held over 12 Heats, 2 Semi Finals and 3 Finals INTERNATIONAL ICE SPEEDWAY, WEISSENBACH SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 RESULT (Heat Scores in brackets) C FINAL: Simon Reitsma (Netherlands) (5), Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) (3), Ronny Haring (Switzerland) (5), Beat Dobler (Switzerland) (1) NS B FINAL: Bart Schaap (Netherlands) (6), Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) (6), Erwin Schuster (Austria) (5), Reinhard Greisel (Germany) (7) A FINAL: Charly Ebner (Austria) (12), Sebastian Gegenbauer (Germany) (9), Luca Bauer (Germany) (10), Markus Jell (Germany) (8) Meeting held over 13 heats with three finals. Thanks again to Jesper and his Baansportfansite.nl for the Live updates from Austria.

Has Stefan withdrawn from the full series or just the opening rounds? EDIT: Answering my own question here. Just had information Pletschacher has a shoulder injury and will be having surgery so has ruled himself out of the series

Thanks for that Mark, on a deadline to complete my reports! Czech Republic Open Championship Round 2, Koprivnicach Sunday January 22 Klatovsky 21 (3,3,3,3,3,3,3), A. Divis 16 (3,2,3,2,3,1,2), Volejnik 16 (2,3,2,3,3,2,1), L. Hutla 13 (1,3,3,3,1,2,0), ========================== Klauz 13 (3,2,1,2,2,3), R. Hutla 8 (2,1,2,1,2,0), J. Divis 5 (0,1,2,2,0,1), Ruzicka 5 (2,2,1,0,0,0), ========================== Behal 3 (F, ns, 1,0,0,2), Pecina 3 (1,D,1,1,D), Lizak 2 (0,0,0,1,1), Janura DNR

Russian Junior Individual Championship, Vyatskie Polyany, Saturday & Sunday January 21-22 Dmitri Solyannikov (Sterlitamak) 27 (14+13), Nikita Shadrin (Ufa) 25 (13+12), Nikita Tarasov (Sterlitamak) 24 (13+11), Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 23 (14+9), Vadim Svinuhov (Izhevsk) 21 (6+15), Alexander Kozyrev (Kamensk Ural) 17 (7+10), Alexei Kolganov (Lukhovitsy) 16 (9+7), Yuri Olejnik (Shadrinsk) 15 (7+8), Ivan Khuzhin (Kamensk Ural) 15 (7+8), Nikita Bogdanov (Ufa) 13 (7+6), Dmitri Litvinov (Lukhovitsy) 10 (3+7), Evgeny Saydullin (Togliatti) 8 (5+3), Ivan Bolshakov (Togliatti) 8 (2+6), Mikhail Afanasyev (Togliatti) 6 (5+1), Roman Knyazev (Blagoveshchensk) 6 (2+4), Rodin Verhoturtsev (res) (Shadrinsk) 5 (5+DNR), Arsenyi Oktyabrev (Sterlitamak) 1 (1+0) International Ice Speedway Open, Steingaden, Sunday, January 22 Franz Zorn (Austria) 15 (3,3,3,3,3), Gunther Bauer (Germany) 14 (3,3,3,3,2), Max Niedermaier 13 (3,2,2,3,3), Charly Ebner (Austria) 11 (2,2,1,3,3), Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 11 (3,2,2,2,2), Tobias Busch (Germany) 9 (0,3,3,2,1), Markus Jell (Germany) 9 (1,3,1,2,2), Josef Kreuzberger (Austria) 7 (1,1,2,0,3), Sebastian Gegenbauer (Germany) 7 (2,0,2,1,2) Hans Weber (Germany) 7 (2,1,1,2,1), Erwin Schuster (Austria) 6 (1,1,3,1,f), Luca Bauer (Germany) 4 (2,0,1,1,0), Simon Reitsma (Netherlands) 3 (0,2,0,1,0), Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) 2 (0,1,0,0,1), Reinhard Greisel (Germany) 2 (1,0,0,0,1)

According to the Swiss Ice Speedway website, http://www.ice-speedway.ch/index.php/fr/ the International Open was on Saturday 21st and the Swiss Championship is today (22nd) Most of the top riders from Yesterday will be in Steingaden today.

It would appear that there were holes in the track which made it unsafe. I'm trying to get hold of Roger Newton to see if tomorrows Swiss Championship is going ahead Czech Open Championship Round 1, Opatovice Saturday, January 21 Jan Klatovsky (Klabo Team) 21 (3,3,3,3,3,3,3), Lukas Volejnik (Osecna) 14 (3,3,2,2,D,2,2), Jan Klauz (Prague) 14 (2,3,1,3,2,2,1), Lukas Hutla (Pardubice) 16 (2,2,3,3,3,3,D), ===================================== Andrej Divis (Nepomuk) 12 (1,2,3,2,3,1), Jan Pecina (Osecna) 10 (3,2,2,F,2,1), Radek Hutla (Pardubice) 8 (2,1,2,1,2,0), Josef Divis (Nepomuk) 4 (1,0,0,2,1,0), ===================================== Martin Behal (Osecna) 4 (1,1,1,F,1), Robert Ruzicka (Prague) 2 (0,0,1,0,1), Kamil Junura (Poland) 2 (F,1,0,1,0), David Lizak (Divisov) 0 (0,0,0,F,0)

ASTANA EXPO FIM 2017 ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP No. Personal No. Rider 1 919 Dmitri Khomitsevich (Russia) 2 333 Danil Ivanov (Russia) 3 100 Franz Zorn (Austria) 4 88 Max Niedermaier (Germany) 5 106 Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 6 114 Dinar Valeev (Russia) 7 22 Gunther Bauer (Germany) 8 69 Jan Klatovsky (Czech Rep) 9 911 Igor Kononov (Russia) 10 Stefan Svensson (Sweden) 11 Ove Ledstrom (Sweden) 12 99 Stefan Pletschacher (Germany) 13 Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 14 Hans Weber (Germany) 15 Niclas Svensson (Sweden) 16 Wild Card 17 Track Reserve 1 18 Track Reserve 2 NOMINATED SUBSTITUTES 19 Harald Simon (Austria) 20 Timo Kankunen (Finland) 21 Charly Ebner (Austria) 22 Luca Bauer (Germany)

I have to agree that there may not be a Finnish Rider this year. Aakko is conspicuous by his absense, as is Mats Jarf (who I reckon was a contender at one point), Tomi Tami is a good rider but not ISG Material yet.

RUSSIAN JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL, LUKHOVITSY SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 14-15 RESULT Nikita Shadrin (Ufa) 28 (14+14), Alexei Kolganov (Shadrinsk) 26 (11+15), Alexander Kozyrev (Kamensk Ural) 23 (11+12), Nikita Bogdanov (Ufa) 22 (11+11), Dmitri Lotorev (Lukhovitsy) 18 (13+5), Ivan Khuzhin (Kamensk Ural) 18 (7+11), Nikita Tarasov (Sterlitamak) 16 (5+11), Dmitri Strelkov (Izhevsk) 14 (8+6), ------------------------------------------------------------ Arsenyi Oktyabrev (Sterlitamak) 12 (5+7), Rodion Verhotursev (Shadrinsk) 11 (6+5), Dmitri Zverev (Shadrinsk) 10 (4+6), Artem Afanasyev (Ufa) 7 (4+3), Alexei Karatysh (Kamensk Ural) 7 (7+0), Nikita Kolyabin (Novosibirsk) 6 (3+3), Ivan Volkov (Glasov) 6 (3+3), German Hanmurzin (Salavat) 5 (5+0), Viktor Yaroslavtsev (Shadrinsk) 2 (0+2), Pavel Maslov (Glasov) 1 (1+DNR) Final: January 21/22 Vyatskie Polyany Already seeded to the final: 1. Dmitry Solyannikov (Sterlitamak) 5. Yuri Oleynik (Shadrinsk) 6. Mikhail Litvinov (Togliatti) 8. Ivan Bolshakov (Togliatti) 9. Roman Knyazev (Blagoveshchensk) 10. Vadim Svinuhov (Sterlitamak) 12. Eugene Saidullin (Togliatti) 13. Mikhail Afanasiev (Togliatti)

Are they going on QR Scores? In that case it makes sense. Weber to get the Wildcard in Berlin as a consolation?

Ice Speedway Gladiators Qualifying Round 2 Stromsund, Sweden 14.1.2017 Franz Zorn (Austria) 15 (3,3,3,3,3) Dmitri Koltakov (Russia) 14 (2,3,3,3,3) Gunther Bauer (Germany 13 (1,3,3,3,3) Igor Kononov (Russia) 12 (3.2,2,2,3) Ove Ladstrom (Sweden) 11 (2,2,3,2,2) Jimmy Olsen (Sweden) 9 (3,1,2,1,2) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hans Weber (Germany) 8 (1,1,2,2,2) Tomi Kankkunen (Finland) 6 (1,1,0,3,1) Luca Bauer (Germany) 5 (2,2,0,0,1) Erwin Schuster (Austria) 5 (1,0,1,2,1) Simon Reitsma (Netherlands) 5 (2,T,1,1,1) Martin Haarahiltunen (Sweden)(res) 4 (2,2) Lukas Hutla (Czech Rep) 3 (3,0,F,0,R) Robert Henderson (Sweden) 3 (0,3,Fd,Ns,Ns) Andrej Divis (Czech Rep) 3 (0,0,2,1,0) Jo Saetre (Norway) 1 (0,1,1,0,0) Claude Cadeyne (France) 1 (0,0,1,0,0) Mikael Flodin (Res) (Sweden) 1 (1) Franky Zorn puts a marker down, beating both the Russians. Bauer third is another good result, with Kononov losing to both Zorn and Bauer. Robert Henderson crashed out in Heat 12, and has either broken his collar bone or dislocated his shoulder, the SVEMO site weren't too sure . Thanks to both Jesper http://live.baansportfansite.nl and SVEMO for the results