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Live results for todays 4th final: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/271/wk-ijsspeedway-finale-4-togliatti.html Photo's from yesteradys 3rd final: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1519/dmitry-koltakov-wint-ook-wk-ijsspeedway-finale-3-in-togliatti.html

Should be Pletschacher.

Few pics from practice today: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1518/wk-ijsspeedway-finale-3-en-4-in-togliatti-van-start-met-de-training-.html

Sportowefakty reports that the final will be held in Wroclaw over two days, June 8 and 9.

10 hours to go for Weber and Iwema. Crazy long trip. Seems that Weber had his name wrong on all his papers, he used Hans instead of his birthname Johann. Iwema had document issues as well. We fly out tomorrow; for those who want to follow live results: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/266/wk-ijsspeedway-finale-1-astana.html If there is wifi in the stadium we provide live streaming with Periscope as well.

Same for Iwema. Both are in Latvia, and will now go to Lithuania to cross the border (hopefully).

Weber is stuck at the Russian border: https://www.wasserburger-stimme.de/schlagzeilen/holpriger-start-ins-abenteuer/2018/01/30/

Ahh , yes.

Valeev seems to have broken his collarbone today in Ufa. Very much doubt if he will ride next week in Astana. Klabo is also already out for Astana with Svensson senior replacing him. Think its impossible for Pletschacher to make the trip to Astana to replace Valeev due to via and travel time.

My pics from Weissenbach: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1507/jasper-iwema-behaald-derde-plek-in-tijdens-open-wedstrijd-in-weissenbach.html

Link to watch it again: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/265/internationale-ijsspeedway-wei-enbach.html Just got home from a pretty nice day in Weissenbach not as cold as Ylitornio last weekend lol.

That's correct https://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/1503/wk-ijsspeedway-jasper-iwema-krijgt-permanente-wildcard-.html

Confirmed by FIM.

Not sure if this has been posted on this forum yet, but Glasgow will host one of the semi finals for the U21 Teams.

Haha all good, not cold at all there

My money is on Iwema and Bauer.

Italian

Edit: too late.

Getting better indeed

Doubt if we will see a second day. Ice looks very soft. Not even freezing there.

Arrived on friday in the Netherlands as always.

Here's how the allocations are divided across the federations: Poland 7 -- Russia 6 -- Czech Republic 5 Denmark 5 -- Germany 4 -- France 3 Italy 3 Ukraine 3 Latvia 3 Slovakia 3 Finland 3 Sweden 3 -- Great Britain 2 Slovenia 2 Bulgaria 2 Romania 2 Netherlands 2 Hungary 2 Norway 2 -- Austria 1 Croatia 1 For what it's worth: ACU only requested 2 places.

Russian semi's this weekend on three different tracks. First 5 from each to qualify for the finals. Day 1 top 5 from each semi: Neftekamsk: Valeev, Kononov, Toloknov, Tarasov, Litvinov. Shadrinsk: Koltakov, Karachintsev, Khomitsevich, Nesytykh. Ufa: Ivanov, Shishegov, Solyannikov, Bobin, Shadrin. Full results: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/series/177/2018-russisch-ijsspeedway-kampioenschap.html

2 Brits will be competing in the SEC qualifiers.

Full results from Albury now added: https://www.baansportfansite.nl/series/192/2018-australische-state-titles.html#event-1636