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Simon has been around a while and I think the time he spent training in Russia has increased his confidence. From all accounts had he not clipped the bales in his last ride in Russia he would have been European Champion. He is getting better every time I see him ride. Maybe the Assen and Inzell rounds will see a "comeback" by the likes of Zorn, Bauer, Svensson and Simon.

World Team Championship Berlin 26.2.2011 Day 1 Result: RUSSIA 28 Danil Ivanov (3 3 N 3 2 N) 11 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 N 2 2 N f) 6 Nikolai Krasnikov (2 3 3 3) 11 AUSTRIA 27 Harald Simon (2 2 2 2 2 N) 10 Martin Leitner (N N N N N ef) 0 Franz Zorn (3 3 3 3 3 2) 17 CZECH REP 19 Antonin Klatovsky (0 2 3 0 3 3) 11 Jan Klatovsky (1 1 2 1 1 2) 8 Andrej Divis 0 SWEDEN 16 Stefan Svensson (3 3 1 3 1 3) 14 Per-Anders Lindstrom (FX 0 N N 0 N) 0 Peter Koij (0 1 1) 2 NETHERLANDS 13 Johnny Tuinstra (2 2 N 0 0 N) 4 Sven Holstein (N 1 1 1 N 2) 5 Rene Stellingwerf (0 F 1 3) 4 GERMANY 12 Stefan Pletschacher (1 1 0 N 2 2) 6 Max Neidermaier (3 0 2 1 FX 0) 6 Christoph Kirchner 0 0 FINLAND 10 Mats Järf (0 1 3 2 FX 1) 7 Henri Malinen (N 0 N N N N) 0 Kai Lehtinen (1 1 0 1 0) 3 Leitner in third place apparently in heat 20 when he packed up. Jacqueline says it's a very expensive point for Austria! Russians aren't running away with it though. The Austrians are giving them a run, and Franky Zorn is top scorer today with 17 Thanks to Jacqueline at the track for the updates!

It goes without saying I'm look forward to seeing Las pics too! And I need that lift, the bus to Inzell leaves before my train arrives! Anyway I still have that text message..........

Look forward to seeing your pics Doug!

German Championship Berlin 24.2.2011 Results: 1 Franz Mayerbüchler, (0 2 0 1 1) 4 2 Miroslaw Daniszewski, PZM (1 1 1 0 2) 5 3 FlorianFürst, (3 3 2 2 3) 13 4 Stefan Pletschacher, (2 3 3 3 2) 13 5 Günther Bauer, (3 3 3 3 3) 15 6 Markus Jell, (0 0 2 2 1) 5 7 Mario Schwaiger, OeAMTC (1 1 1 0 3) 6 8 Robert Henderson, SVEMO (2 D 1 3 3) 9 9 Marian Kreklau, (1 1 0 1 0) 3 10 Simon Reitsma, KNMV (A 2 2 1 2) 7 11 Christoph Kirchner, (2 2 3 2 0) 9 12 Johann Weber, (3 2 2 2 2) 11 13 Thomas Wiest, (A S/D 1 0) 1 14 Max Niedermaier, (3 3 3 3 1) 13 15 Jürgen Reimann, (1 0 0 0 0 )1 16 Jouni Seppänen, SML (2 1 1 0 1 ) 5 17 Dirk Fricke, FMS (D) 0 18 Gerrit Oege Schukken, KNMV 1: Furst, Pletschacher, Daniszewski, Mayerbuchler 2: Bauer, Henderson, Schwaiger, Jell 3: Weber, Kirchner,Kreklau, Reitsma (A) 4: Neidermaier, Seppanen, Reimann, Wiest (A) 5: Bauer, Mayerbuchler, Kreklau, Wiest (S/D) 6: Neidermaier, Reitsma, Daniszewski, Jell 7: Furst, Kirchner, Schwaiger, Jell 8: (re-run) Pletschacher, Weber, Seppanen, Henderson (D) 9: Kirchner, Jell, Seppanen, Mayerbuchler 10: Bauer, Weber, Daniszewski, Reimann 11: Neidermaier, Furst, Henderson, Kreklau 12: (rerun) Pletschacher, Reitsma, Schwaiger, Fricke (D) 13: Neidermaier, Weber, Mayerbuchler, Schwaiger 14: Henderson, Kirchner, Wiest, Daniszewski 15: Bauer, Furst, Reitsma, Seppanen 16: Pletschacher, Jell, Kreklau, Reimann 17: Henderson, Reitsma, Mayerbuchler, Reimann (A) 18: Schwaiger, Daniszewski, Seppanen, Kreklau 19: Furst, Weber, Jell, Wiest 20: Bauer, Pletschacher, Neidermaier, Kirchner 21: Furst, Pletschacher, Neidermaier

German Championship, Berlin 24.2.2011 Line up: 1. Franz Mayerbüchler 2. Miroslav Daniszewski (Pol) 3. Florian Fürst 4. Stefan Pletschacher 5. Günther Bauer 6. Markus Jell 7. Mario Schwaiger (A) 8. Robert Henderson (S) 9. Marian Kreklau 10. Simon Reitsma (NL) 11. Christoph Kirchner 12. Johann Weber 13. Thomas Wiest 14. Max Niedermaier 15. Jürgen Reimann 16. Jouni Seppänen (SF) R17. Dirk Fricke (CH) R18. Gerrit Oege Schukken (NL) I believe there may be live updates from Jacqueline on the German Speedway Forum Bauer is defending his title, but isn't riding in the Team Championship at weekend, so the German fans are predicting dire results for the home side this weekend EDIT Change of reserve

I'd just woken up - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

Friday night at Assen should be good with four National Champions doing battle: Koltakov, Divis, Strugala and now Mallinen! Only a couple of weeks to go!

RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE R2 Samara 20.2.2011 Shadrinsk 26 (Zelepukin 13, Novik 11, Akumbaev 2), Glasov 25 (Svitek 15, Sharov 10, Ivanov 0), Saransk 20 (Lushnikov 13, Abroskin 7), Kumertau 18 (Arkhipov 11, Kazakov 4, Khabibullin 3), Kemerovo 14 (Zmaga 10 Sinica 4, Lobachev 0), Samara A 11 (Loumpov 7, Zhakarov 4, Larionov 0), Samara B 10 (Tolokonov 7, Otpushchennikov3) Standings: Shadrinsk 16, Glasov 12, Saransk 9, Kumertau 9, Kemerovo 5, Samara A 5, Samara B 2 Russian Junior Championship, Novosibirsk 19/20.2.2011 Final result Kamensk-Ural 77 (42+35) (Vitaly Belousov 15+11, Basil Nesytyh 15+13, Igor Saydullin 12+11) Saransk 62 (28+34) (Vasily Kosov 14+14, Eugene Kosov 7+11, Maxim Karpukhin 7+9) Novosibirsk 53 (27+26) (Anatoli Komarov 14+9, Alexander Kochetov 11+14, Andrei Zhdanov 2+3) Ufa 32 (15+17) (Nikita Alexeev 8+13, Alex Vitrik 7+4) Blagoveshenk 15 (8+7) (S Logachev 3+3, R Pavlenko 3+2, A Elenski 2+2) Top 3 to the final at Kemertau next weekend

RUSSIAN SUPER LEAGUE R4 Ufa 20.2.2011 TOGLIATTI 27 Danil Ivanov (3 3 2 2 2 2) 14 Dmitri Khomitsevich (1 2 1 3 3 3) 13 Ivan Ivanov DNR UFA 23 Nikolai Krasnikov (2 3 3 3 3 1) 15 Dmitri Koltakov (2 1 2 2 0) 7 Sergei Baltachev (1) 1 NOVOSIBIRSK 18+3 Maxim Korchemakha (1 1 3 3 2 ns) 10 Juri Polikarpov (0 1) 1 Sergei Karachintsev (fx 0 2 3 2) 7+3 KAMENSK-URAL 18+2 Eduard Krysov (2 2 1 0 1 3) 9+2 Danil Golosheykin DNR Ilya Drozdov (3 1 2 1 0 2) 9 STERLITAMAK 17 Andrei Shishegov (x 3 2 fx) 5 Igor Kononov (3 1 fx 2 3 3) 12 Mikhail Bogdanov ( 0 0) 0 SARANSK 12 Yunir Baseev (2 3 2 0 0 0) 7 Andrei Gavrilkin (1 0 1 1 1 1) 5 LUKHOVITSY 11 Sergei Makharov (2 3 3 1 fx 1) 10 Ilya Ulyanov (0 0 0 0 1 0) 1 Standings: Mega-Lada Togliatti 28 Bashkortostan Ufa 27 Kaustic Sterlitamak 19 Kamensk-Ural 16 Luhovitsy 9 Saransk 9 Siberia Novosibirsk 8

RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE R1, Samara 19.2.2011 Shadrinsk 27 (Artem Novick 16, Michael Zelepukin 8, Rustam Akumbaev 3) Glasov 25 (Vyacheslav Svitek 14, Evgeni Sharov 7, Alexei Ivanov 4) Kumertau 21+3 (Stanislav Archipov 17+3, Airat Khabibullin 4, Alexei Kasakov 0) Saransk 21+2 (Maxim Lushnikov 14+2, Alex Abroshkin) Samara A 15 (Maxim Zhakarov 7, Vladimir Loumpv 5, Sergei Larionov 3) Kemerovo 9 (Anton Zmaga 6, Gennedy Sinica 3, Sergei Lobachev DNR) Samara B 4 (Nikita Tolokonov 3, Eugene Otpushchennikov 1) RUSSIAN JUNIOR LEAGUE Semi Final, Novosibirsk, 19/20.2.2011 Day 1: Kamensk-Ural 42 (Vitaly Belousov 15, Basil Nesytyh 15, Igor Saydullin 12) Saransk 28 (Vasily Kosov 14, Eugene Kosov 7, Maxim Karpukhin 7) Novosibirsk 27 (Anatoli Komarov 14, Alexander Kochetov 11, Andrei Zhdanov 2) Ufa 15 (Nikita Alexeev 8, Alex Vitrik 7) Blagoveshenk 8 (S Logachev 3, R Pavlenko 3, A Elenski 2)

Russian Super League R3, Ufa 19.2.2011 UFA 26+3 Nikolai Krasnikov 3 3 2 2 3 3 16+3 Dmitri Koltakov 0 2 3 1 2 2 10 Sergei Baltachev 0 TOGLIATTI 26+2 Danil Ivanov 1 3 2 2 3 1 12+2 Dmitri Khomitsevich 2 2 3 3 1 3 14 Vitalli Khomitsevich 0 STERLITAMAK 19 Andrei Shishegov 1 1 0 1 0 ef 3 Igor Kononov 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 Mikhail Bogdanov 0 KAMENSK-URAL 16 Eduard Krysov 3 1 1 0 2 3 10 Danil Golosheykin x 0 0 3 1 2 6 Ilya Drozdov 0 LUKHOVITSY 14 Sergei Makharov 1 2 3 3 3 2 14 Ilys Ulyanov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SARANSK 12 Yunir Baseev 2 2 ef 2 1 2 9 Andrei Gavrilkin 1 0 1 1 0 ef 3 NOVOSIBIRSK 11 Maxim Korchemakha 2 1 2 1 0 fx 6 Juri Polikarpov 3 0 fx 3 Sergei Karachintsev 0 1 1 2 Standings: Ufa 21 Togliatti 20 Sterlitamak 16 Kamensk Ural 12 Lukhovitsy 8 Saransk 7 Novosibirsk 3

World Individual Championship Final 2 12th/13th February 2011 Day 2 1 Peter Koij (0 0 0 0 0) 0 2 Danil Ivanov (2 2 3 2 3) 12 3 Sergei Karachintsev (2 2 2 2 2) 10 4 Vitalli Khomitsevich (2 3 2 fx 3 10 17 Stefan Pletschacher (1 1 0 0 1) 3 6 Antonin Klatovsky (0 1 1 3 3) 8 7 Dmitri Bulankin (3 0 2 fx 2) 7 8 Dmitri Khomitsevich (3 3 3 3 3) 15 18 Mats Jârf (0 0 0 1 1) 2 10 Ivan Ivanov (1 2 2 1 1) 7 11 Gunther Bauer (2 1 1 1 1) 6 12 Franz Zorn (0 2 1 1 0) 4 13 Nikolai Krasnikov (3 3 3 3 2) 14 14 Stefan Svensson (1 1 1 2 2) 7 15 Harald Simon (1 0 N 2 x) 3 16 Igor Kononov (3 3 3 3 fx) 12 5 Grzegorz Knapp (0) 0 9 Johnny Tuinstra DNR Points Awarded: Dmitri Khomitsevich 25 Nikolai Krasnikov 20 Igor Kononov 18 Danil Ivanov 16 Vitalli Khomitsevich 14 Sergei Karachintsev 13 Antonin Klatovsky 12 Dmitri Bulankin 11 Stefan Svensson 10 Ivan Ivanov 9 Gunther Bauer 8 Franz Zorn 7 Harald Simon 6 Stefan Pletschacher 5 Mats Järf 4 Peter Koij 3 Overall: 1 Nikolai Krasnikov Rus 88 2 Dmitri Khomitsevich Rus 77 3 Danil Ivanov Rus 75 4 Igor Kononov Rus 74 5 Vitalli Khomitsevich Rus 55 6 Dmitri Bulankin Rus 50 7 Sergei Karachintsev Rus 47 8 Ivan Ivanov Rus 46 9 Stefan Svensson S 39 10 Gunther Bauer D 30 11 Antonin Klatovsky CzR 30 12 Harald Simon A 28 13 Franz Zorn A 28 14 Peter Koij S 19 15 Stefan Pletschacher D 14 16 Grzegorz Knapp Pol 13 17 Johnny Tuinstra NL 7 18 Mats Järf SF 4 This meeting ended in farce. The ice had broken up so badly that they couldn't run the finals. So the points were awarded on countback where there were ties. The Russian Forums are rife with enraged fans who think that Togliatti shouldn't be allowed a big meeting again. Russian Junior Championship, Shadrinsk, 12th & 13th February 2011 Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa) 29 (14+15), Artem Novik (Shadrinsk) 27 (13+14), Igor Saydullin (Kamensk-Ural) 23 (12+11), Alexander Rodin (Shadrinsk) 22 (9+11), Alexey Kazakov (Kemertau) 16 (8+8), Vasily Kosov (Saransk) 16 (9+7), Nikita Alexeev 16 (10+6), Andrei Gavrilkin (Saransk 15 (7+8), Eugene Bellasov (Glasov) 12 (4+8), Rustam Akumbaev (Shadrinsk) 12 (2+10), Michael Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) 10 (10+DNR), Alexander Kochetov (Novosibirsk) 9 (4+5), Vyacheslav Svitek (Glasov) 6 (2+4), Anatoly Komarov (Novosibirsk) 6 (1+5), Eugene Kosov (Saransk) 5 (3+2) Maxim Karpukhin (Saransk) 4 (4+DNR), Vitalli Belousov (Kamensk-Ural) 4 (3+1) Airat Khabibullin (Kumertau) 3 (2+1)

I am led to believe that BSI/IMG own the TV rights to World Championship Track Sport coverage (Speedway/Long Track/Ice Racing) as the FIM sold them in a package a few years back. The previous owner was a German company who did have a deal with Eurosport but it fell through, as one of the consortium was Thomas Schiffner who was involved with Bahnsport Aktuell. But you are right about the lack of exposure for this sport. The Assen club did record the meetings using Broadcast standard equipment for Dutch TV and there are two excellent quality DVDs available from them, but they are the only ones I know of. Polish TV did show the Sanok QR round live and there are a couple of bootleg DVDs doing the rounds of that coverage. With the right push, I'm sure The Ice Racing World Championship could attract the sort of audience of Speedway fans desperate for their winter fix on Sky.

World Individual Championship Final 2, Togliatti, 12/13.2.2011 Day 1 Result 1 Peter Koij (0 1 0 0 1) 2 2 Danil Ivanov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 3 Sergei Karachintsev (2 2 2 2 2) 10 4 Vitalli Khomitsevich (1 1 2 3 3) 10 5 Grzegorz Knapp (0 2 f 0 0) 2 6 Antonin Klatovsky (1 0 2 1 1) 5 7 Dmitri Bulankin (3 3 1 3 1) 11 8 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 2 3 2 3) 12 9 Johnny Tuinstra (0 0 0 0 0) 0 10 Ivan Ivanov (3 2 0 1 2) 8 11 Gunther Bauer (1 0 1 1 1) 4 12 Franz Zorn (2 0 1 1 0) 4 13 Nikolai Krasnikov (3 3 3 fx 3) 12 14 Stefan Svensson (0 1 1 2 2) 6 15 Harald Simon (1 1 2 2 ns) 6 16 Igor Kononov (2 3 3 3 2) 13 17 Stefan Pletschacher DNR 18 Mats Järf DNR D Final: Grzegorz Knapp, Peter Koij, Johnny Tuinstra, Gunther Bauer C Final: Stefan Svensson, Antonin Klatovsky, Franz Zorn, Harald Simon B Final: Dmitri Bulankin, Sergei Karachintsev, Ivan Ivanov, Vitalli Khomitsevich A Final: (Re run) Danil Ivanov, Dmitri Khomitsevich, Nikolai Krasnikov (f), Igor Kononov (fx) Overall after 3 rounds: 1 Nikolai Krasnikov Rus 68 2 Danil Ivanov Rus 59 3 Igor Kononov Rus 56 4 Dmitri Khomitsevich Rus 52 5 Vitalli Khomitsevich Rus 41 6 Dmitri Bulankin Rus 39 7 Ivan Ivanov Rus 37 8 Sergei Karachintsev Rus 34 9 Stefan Svensson S 29 10 Gunther Bauer D 22 11 Harald Simon A 22 12 Franz Zorn A 21 13 Antonin Klatovsky CzR 18 14 Peter Koij S 16 15 Grzegorz Knapp Pol 13 16 Stefan Pletschacher D 9 17 Johnny Tuinstra NL 7 18 Mats Järf SF 0 From what's been written, Krasnikov fell in his fourth ride, then was taken out by Kononov in the A Final. Re run and Danil showed he knows the quickest way around Togliatti. Western Riders still struggling, and it looks like Bauer and Tuinstra will sit out Sunday.

No TV coverage again for the Final 2 today and tomorrow from Togliatti but you can follow the results on the link below, but you may need a translation site to help you! World Championship Final 2 Live Updates

Found this result from Switzerland - They staged the Alpenarenacup on Saturday 5th Feb. 1. Simon Gartmann CH 14 2. Christoph Kirchner D 13+3 3. Martin Posch A 13+2 4. Pawel Strugala CH 12 5. Ronny Häring CH 10 6. Markus Jell D 10 7. Simon Reitsma NL 8 8. Josef Kreuzberger A 7 9. Jarno Möri CH 6 10. Heinz Göldi CH 6 11. Domi Aegerter CH 5 12. Dirk Fricke CH 5 13. Thomas Cavigelli CH 3 14. Dmitri Tschatschin D 3 15. Markus Birn CH 2 16. Martin Glarner CH 0 Swiss Championship: 1. Pawel Strugala 2. Simon Gartmann 3. Ronny Häring 4. Simon Reitsma They kept that one quiet

World Individual Championship Final 2, Togliatti 12/13th February 2011 Draw: 1 Peter Koij S 2 Danil Ivanov Rus 3 Sergei Karachintsev Rus 4 Vitalli Khomitsevich Rus 5 Grzegorz Knapp Pl 6 Antonin Klatovsky CzR 7 Dmitri Bulankin Rus 8 Dmitri Khomitsevich Rus 9 Johnny Tuinstra NL /WC 10 Ivan Ivanov Rus 11 Gunther Bauer D 12 Franz Zorn A 13 Nikolai Krasnikov Rus 14 Stefan Svensson S 15 Harald Simon A 16 Igor Kononov Rus R17 Stefan Pletschacher D R18 Mats Järf SF Tuinstra gets the wild card again ("possibly because he's in Russia and there are already 8 Russians'), Klabo gets a starting place as Pletschacher drops to reserve. Reserves will replace the bottom 2 on Day 2. Found this: Russian Junior Championship on a Russian You-Tube type site.

RUSSIAN JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP Semi Finals, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th February 2011 Semi Final 1 - Novosibirsk Dmitri Koltakov (Ufa), 27+3 (13+14) Vyacheslav Svitek (Glasov) 27+2 (15+12) Vitaly Belousov (Kamensk-Urals) 25 (11+14), Alexander Kochetov (Novosibirsk) 24 (12+12), Alexander Rodin (Shadrinsk) 20 (14+6), Maxim Karpukhin (Saransk)19 (10+9), Rustam Akumbaev (Shadrinsk) 18(9+9), Nikita Alexeev (Ufa), 14 (7+7), ----------------------------------- Anatoli Komarov (Novosibirsk) 12+3 (4+8) ----------------------------------- Alex Vitrik (Ufa),12+2 (5+7), Gennady Sinica (Kemerovo) 11 (5+6), Andrei Zhdanov (Novosibirsk), 11 (6+5), Sergei Larionov (Samara), 7 (4+3), Denis Kheremisin (Shadrinsk) 6 (3+3), Sergei Lobach (Kemerovo) 5 (2+3) Semi Final 2 - Kamensk-Ural Artem Novik (Shadrinsk) 29 (15 + 14), Michael Zelepukin (Shadrinsk) 25+3 (14+11) Andrei Gavrilkin (Saransk), 25+2 (11+14), Vasily Kosov (Saransk) 23 (12+11), Igor Saydullin (Kamensk-Urals) 21 (9+12), Evgeni Sharov (Glasov) 18 (9+9), Alexei Kazakov (Kumertau) 17 (10+7), Eugene Kosov (Saransk), 16 (7+9) , --------------------------------- Airat Khabibullin (Kumertau) 14 (6+8) ---------------------------------- Basil Nesytyh (Shadrinsk) 12 (5+7), Dmitry Tikhonov (Kamensk-Ural) 9 (8+1), Roman Kholodov (Lukhovitsy) 9 (5+4), Artem Scherbakov (Saransk), 6 (3+3), Ivan Demidov (Saransk) 6 (2+4), Eugene Otpushchennikov (res)(Samara) 5 (1+4), Igor Kozenyi (Lukhovitsy) 2 (1+1), Nikita Tolokonov (Samara) 2 (1+1) Final at Shadrinsk 12th/13th February 2011

Maybe he'll have a little better luck in Togliatti next week?

No mate, the Russians didn't even record it for highlights on Russian TV or the Local Moscow TV. You are not alone in your disappointment, as there were Russian Fans complaining of the lack of even a webcam on their forums. It could be the FIM couldn't get anyone to do it. Rest assured, Iris123 and I do regularly scan for TV links, and when we find them we do post them.

World Championship Final 1 Krasnagorsk, Russia 6.2.2010 Day 2 Result 1 Sergei Karachintsev (2 2 2 2 0) 8 17 Mats Järf (0 0 0 0 0) 0 3 Peter Koij (0 0 0 0 2) 2 4 Ivan Ivanov (0 3 2 2 2) 9 5 Stefan Pletschacher (0 0 0 0 1) 1 6 Harald Simon (2 2 1 fx 1) 6 7 Gunther Bauer (3 1 1 1 1) 7 8 Dmitri Bulankin (1 1 2 3 1) 8 9 Stefan Svensson (2 2 1 N 0) 5 10 Nikolai Krasnikov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 11 Franz Zorn (1 1 1 1 0) 4 12 Igor Kononov (2 3 2 2 3) 12 13 Dmitri Khomitsevich (3 fx 3 3 3) 12 18 Antonin Klatovsky (1 1 0 1 2) 5 15 Danil Ivanov (1 2 3 3 3) 12 16 Vitalli Khomitsevich (3 3 3 2 2) 13 2 Grzegorz Knapp (1) 1 14 Johnny Tuinstra DNR D Final: Zorn, Koij, Pletscacher, Knapp (Järf declined to ride according to the Russian Forums) C Final: Svensson, Klatovsky, Bauer, Simon B Final: D.Khomitsevich, I.Ivanov, Bulankin, Karachintsev A Final: (re-run) Krasnikov, Kononov, D. Ivanov, V. Khomitsevich (fx) Standings (after 2 rounds) 1 Nikolai Krasnikov Rus 50 2 Igor Kononov Rus 40 3 Danil Ivanov Rus 34 4 Dmitri Khomitsevich Rus 32 5 Vitalli Khomitsevich Rus 30 6 Dmitri Bulankin Rus 25 7 Ivan Ivanov Rus 25 8 Sergei Karachintsev Rus 21 9 Gunther Bauer D 19 10 Stefan Svensson S 19 11 Harald Simon A 15 12 Franz Zorn A 13 13 Peter Koij S 11 14 Antonin Klatovsky CzR 9 15 Stefan Pletschacher D 9 16 Grzegorz Knapp Pol 7 17 Johnny Tuinstra NL 3 18 Mats Järf SF 0 Jarf has yet to ride in a Final Krasnikov on fire! Kononov his nearest challenger. Western riders VERY disappointing!

World Championship Final 1 Krasnagorsk, Russia Day 1 Result: 1 Sergei Karachintsev (2 2 2 1 0) 7 2 Grzegorz Knapp (1 0 1 0 0) 2 3 Peter Koij (f 0 ef 1 2) 3 4 Ivan Ivanov (3 f 1 1 3) 8 5 Stefan Pletschacher (0 0 ef 0 1) 1 6 Harald Simon (1 2 1 N 1) 5 7 Gunther Bauer (2 2 0 2 1) 7 8 Dmitri Bulankin (3 2 3 2 1) 11 9 Stefan Svensson (0 1 2 2 2) 7 10 Nikolai Krasnikov (3 3 3 3 3) 15 11 Franz Zorn (1 1 0 1 2) 5 12 Igor Kononov (2 3 3 3 0) 11 13 Dmitri Khomitsevich (2 3 2 3 3) 13 14 Johnny Tuinstra (0 1 1 0 0) 2 15 Danil Ivanov (3 3 2 3 2) 13 16 Vitalli Khomitsevich (1 1 3 2 3) 10 17 Mats Järf (0) 0 18 Antonin Klatovsky DNR A Final: Nikolai Krasnikov, Igor Kononov, Dmitri Khomitsevich, Danil Ivanov B Final: Vitalli Khomitsevich, Dmitri Bulankin, Ivan Ivanov, Gunther Bauer C Final: Sergei Karachintsev, Stefan Svensson, Harald Simon, Franz Zorn D Final: Peter Koij, Stefan Pletschacher, Grzegorz Knapp, Johnny Tuinstra Standings Nikolai Krasnikov Rus 25 Igor Kononov Rus 20. Dmitri Khomitsevich Rus 18 Danil Ivanov Rus 16 Vitalli Khomitsevich Rus 14 Dmitri Bulankin Rus 13 Ivan Ivanov Rus 12 Gunther Bauer D 11 Sergei Karachintsev Rus 10 Stefan Svensson S 9 Harald Simon A 8 Franz Zorn A 7 Peter Koij S 6 Stefan Pletschacher D 5 Grzegorz Knapp Pol 4 Johnny Tuinstra NL 3 Krasnikov unbeatable in Russia - in his fifth ride, he was last going into Turn 1 and was 1st coming out. Passed them like they were standing still according to one source!

Should be interesting on the parade in Krasnagorsk this evening then, as he'll have to stand next to Pletschacher. And if they don't get on........

That's correct Doug, and he was supposed to be selling all his bikes - theres a reference to it in the main Ice Thread. Must have changed his mind!