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Russian Championship Semi Finals Day 2 Sunday December 19 SF1 Ufa: Daniil Ivanov 30 (15+15) Igor Kononov 28 (14+14) Nikita Tarasov 23 (11+12) Nikita Bogdanov 22 (10+12) Vladimir Fadeev 20 (10+20) Dmitri Bulankin 19 (9+10) Nikita Toloknov 18 (11+7) Eduard Krysov 18 (9+9) Alexei Kolganov 12 (5+7) Saveli Vedyanov 11 (9+2) Mikhail Gorshkov 11 (4+7) Anton Sozykin 6 (4+2) Daniil Lushnikov 6 (2+4) Sergei Volodin 5 (2+3) Vladislav Sakharov 4 (1+3) Sergei Makharov 0 (0+DNR) SF2 Shadrinsk: Dmitri Khomitsevich 30 (15+15) Dmitri Koltakov 25+3 (12+13) Dmitri Solyannikov 25+2 (13+12) Vasilli Nesytykh 25+1 (13+13) Igor Saydullin 18 (9+9) Ivan Khuzhin 18 (10+8) Ivan Bolshakov 16 (7+9) Artem Burmistrov 15 (9+6) Matvey Volkov 14 (7+7) Yevgeni Sharov 12 (6+6) Andrei Anisimov 10 (4+6) Rusland Litvinov 9 (4+5) Daniil Fedorov 9 (5+4) Alexander Fesenko 8 (4+4) Ilya Krivonzhko 3 (1+2) Daniil Demidenko 1 (0+1)

Russian Championship Semi Finals Day 1 Saturday December 18 SF 1 Ufa: Daniil Ivanov 15 Igor Kononov 14 Nikita Tarasov 11 Nikita Toloknov 11 Nikita Bogdanov 10 Vladimir Fadeev 10 Eduard Krysov 9 Dmitri Bulankin 9 Saveli Vedyanov 9 Alexei Kolganov 5 Anton Sozykin 4 Mikhail Gorshkov 4 Daniil Lushnikov 2 Sergei Volodin 2 Vladislav Sakharov 1 SF 2 Shadrinsk: Dmitri Khomitsevich 15 Vasilli Nesytykh 13 Dmitri Solyannikov 13 Dmitri Koltakov 12 Ivan Khuzhin 10 Igor Saydullin 9 Artem Burmistrov 9 Ivan Bolshakov 7 Matvey Volkov 7 Yevgeni Sharov 6 Daniil Fedorov 5 Alexander Fesenko 4

The First round of the Russian Final scheduled for December 25/26 at Togliatti, has been postponed which according to http://www.speedway-press.ru is due to adverse weather conditions. The meeting is now hoped to be staged over Tuesday and Wednesday December 28/29.

SUNDAY R2 TOGLIATTI 31 (Kononov 13, Ivanov 12, Toloknov 6) UFA 26+3 (Bogdanov 12+3, Krasnikov 8, Sharov 6) KAMENSK URAL 26 +2 (Khomitsevich 15+2, Koltakov 7, Weber 4) SHADRINSK 23 (Solyannikov 16, Burmistrov 4, Volkov 3) KUMERTAU 10 (Tarasov 6, Nesytykh 3, Fesenko 1)

SUPER LEAGUE ROUNDS 1, KAMENSK URAL SATURDAY DECEMBER 11 TOGLIATTI 31 (Daniil Ivanov 14, Igor Kononov 11, Nikita Toloknov 6) UFA 30 (Nikita Bogdanov 12, Nikolai Krasnikov 10, Yevgeni Sharov 8) KAMENSK URAL 28 (Dmitri Khomitsevich 15, Dmitri Koltakov 10 Hans Weber 3) SHADRINSK 15 (Dmitri Solyannikov 9, Artyom Burmistrov 3, Matvey Volkov 3) KUMERTAU 13 (Vasilli Nesytykh 7, Nikita Tarasov 5, Alexandr Fesenko 1)

The First round of the Superleague is on Anton's channel :

I watched it. To start the season with a major championship is a bit of a joke, as it appeared only a few of the riders had been training. A lot of the races were really dragged out with over half a lap between first and last. Plus they dragged it out as they only appeared to have a single tractor doing track prep. The final was a decent race with Solyanikov and Ledstrom having a decent battle until Dmitri fell. The season proper starts in Russia next weekend so the standard of racing will go up, as watching some of the Russian training which is on YouTube looks a little cut throat - even amongst team mates!

I know Rob Irvine is going training at the end of November (met up with him at the SoN at Belle Vue), although I understand Tim Dixon is planning to train with Simon Reitsma and some of the Dutch lads. I haven't heard from Roger Newton but I think he may be considering training again.

Dinar Valeev will also qualify as Defending World Champion

Just seen a message from the organisers of the Berlin meeting. They have cancelled the Ice Speedway for 2022. There used to be a track at the Sportforum in the old East, but that’s not suitable any more.

A Provisional Russian Fixture list has been published, and there will be plenty of meetings shown on You Tube, either by the club or by Anton and his trusty band of helpers on the Ice Gladiators YouTube channel . One change is that the Higher League will run three meetings rather than 6, all on the first day, with the Team Cup of Russia for Juniors on the second day. Individual Russian Championship: December 18-19: Semi Final 1 (Ufa) Semi Final 2 (Shadrinsk), December 25-26: Final 1 (Togliatti), January 5-6: Final 2 (Kamensk-Ural). Russian Team Championship (Super League): December 11-12: Kamensk-Ural (1-2 stages) January 22-23: Ufa (3-4 stages), February 19-20: Togliatti (stages 5-6), March 5-6: Shadrinsk (stages 7-8). Team championship of Russia (Higher League): January 22: Lukhovitsy (1 stage), February 19: Vyatskie Polyany (2nd stage), March 5: Novosibirsk (3rd stage). Team Cup of Russia (Juniors): January 23: Lukhovitsy (1st stage), February, 20: Vyatskie Polyany (2nd stage), March 6; Novosibirsk (3 round). Junior Individual and Team Championship of Russia: February 5-6: Final (Ufa). (First day individual competitions, second day team competitions). Cup of Russia: January 15-16: Final-1 (Novosibirsk), January 29-30: Final-2 (Shadrinsk), February 26-27: Final-3 (Vyatskie Polyany). MFR Cup: February 12-13: Final (Lukhovitsy).

Further to my last post, I knew the Stadium had gone, but when I had a look on Google Maps, not only has the Stadium gone, they've already extended the hotel onto it by the look of things. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9833203,6.5431111,3a,75y,208.75h,88.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYT5V9jI3zcnXWEYqEDPIgw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Thats it, season over. CUP OF RUSSIA, ROUNDS 7 & 8, YUGORSK SATURDAY, MARCH 13 & SUNDAY, MARCH 14 RESULTS: SATURDAY ROUND 7 Daniil Ivanov 15, Nikita Bogdanov 14, Dmitri Solyannikov 13, Ivan Chichkov 12, Konstantin Kolenkin 11, Igor Saydullin 10, Evgeny Sharov 9, Nikita Toloknov 8, German Khazmurzin 7, Savely Vedyanov 5, Vladimir Fadeev 5, Artem Burmistrov 4, Matvey Volkov 3, Eduard Krysov 3, Andrei Anisimov 1 SUNDAY ROUND 8 Ivanov 14, Bogdanov 13+3, Solyannikov 13+d, Kolenkin 12, Chichkov 11, Sharov 9, Saydullin 9, Krysov 8, Toloknov 6, Khazmurzin 6, Vedyanov 4, Burmistrov 4, Fadeev 4, Anisimov 2 FINAL STANDINGS: Ivanov 108, Bogdanov 106, Chichkov 87, Solyannikov 86, Kolenkin 68, Toloknov 60, Sharov 59, Krysov 49, I. Saydullin 44, Ivan Khuzhin 41, Vedyanov 30, Khazmurzin 30, Dmitri Khomitsevich 25, Dinar Valeev 25, Igor Kononov 24, Fadeev 21, Dmitri Borodin 21, Evgenei Saydullin 20, Burmistrov 17, Volkov 16, Nikita Tarasov 15, Anisimov 3, Elisey Vydrin 2. Interesting rumour that Daniil Ivanov is leaving Mega-Lada and will line up for Kamensk Ural next year.

No as the Stadium is gone as far as I know. Replaced by Heerenveen.

Final Meeting of the season, Cup of Russia Round 8 on now:

Round 7 of The Cup of Russia due to start https://youtu.be/YaHxJFaZ34U

The Final rounds of the Cup of Russia have been moved back a week from this weekend (March 6/7) to next weekend (March 13/14). Its still at Yugorsk. Could you ask them to finish around 2pm UK time please? That way I won't be late to snap Salford v Scunthorpe!

CUP OF RUSSIA ROUNDS 5 & 6, VYATSKIE POLYANY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28 ROUND 5 Nikita Bogdanov 15, Daniil Ivanov 14, Nikita Toloknov 11, Evgeny Sharov 10, Dmitri Solyannikov 9, Ivan Chichkov 9, Konstantin Kolenkin 8, Igor Saydullin 7, Ivan Khuzhin 7, Eduard Krysov 7, Nikita Tarasov 7, German Khazmurzin 4, Matvey Volkov 4, Evgenei Saydullin 4, Savely Vedyanov 2, Elisey Vydrin 0 ROUND 6 Bogdanov 15, Ivanov 13+3, Chichkov 13+2, Kolenkin 11, Sharov 11, Solyannikov 9, Krysov 9, Khuzhin 8, Tarasov 8, Khazmurzin 7, Vladimir Fadeev 4, Toloknov 3, I. Saydullin 3, Volkov 2, Artem Burmistrov 2, E. Saydullin 1, Vedyanov (Res) 1 STANDINGS Bogdanov 79, Ivanov 79, Chichkov 64, Solyannikov 60, Toloknov 46, Kolenkin 45, Sharov 41, Khuzhin 41 Krysov 38, Dmitri Khomitsevich 25, Dinar Valeev 25, I. Saydullin 24, Igor Kononov 24, Vedyanov 21, Dmitri Borodin 21, E. Saydullin 20, Khazmurzin 17, Tarasov 15, Fadeev 12, Volkov 9, Burmistrov 9, Vydrin 2 A couple of quick videos from the weekend: First two are the same incident from two different angles. Never seen this happen to a bike before https://t.co/MCsRfn99jE?amp=1

SUPER LEAGUE ROUNDS 5 & 6, TOGLIATTI SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 RESULTS: SATURDAY, ROUND 5: UFA 47 (Dinar Valeev 15, Nikita Bogdanov 15, Ivan Chichkov 10, Nikita Tarasov 6, Anton Sozykin 1); TOGLIATTI 37 (Daniil Ivanov 11, Igor Kononov 11, Nikita Toloknov 8, Evgenei Saydullin 7); KAMENSK URAL 18 (Igor Saydullin 7, Ivan Khuzhin 6, Konstantin Kolenkin 5, Kirill Zevakov 0); KUMERTAU 16 (Evgeny Sharov 6, Elisey Vydrin 4, Dmitri Bulankin 3, Vlas Nekrasov 3) SUNDAY ROUND 6: TOGLIATTI 48 (Ivanov 14, Kononov 13, Toloknov 12, E. Saydullin 9); UFA 43 (Valeev 13, Tarasov 11, Chichkov 10, Bogdanov 9); KAMENSK URAL 18 (Kolenkin 7, I. Saydullin 5, Khuzhin 5, Zevakov 1); KUMERTAU 11 (Bulankin 3, Sharov 3, Nekrasov 3, Vydrin 2) FINAL TABLE: UFA 28, TOGLIATTI 18, KAMENSK URAL 14, KUMERTAU 6 MAJOR LEAGUE ROUNDS 3 & 4, VYATSKIE POLYANY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 & MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22 SUNDAY ROUND 3 SHADRINSK 38 (Dmitri Solyannikov 15, Dmitri Borodin 10, Matvey Volkov 7, Artem Burmistrov 6) KAMENSK URAL 33 (German Khanmurzin 15, Eduard Krysov 9, Ivan Volkov 9) NOVOSIBIRSK 20 (Maxim Korchemakha 12, Andrei Kotenev 6, Pavel Glotkin 2) LUKHOVITSY 16 (Sergei Makharov 8, Alexei Kolganov 3, Nikolai Makharov 3) MONDAY ROUND 4 KAMENSK URAL 33 (Khanmurzin 14, Krysov 11, I. Volkov 8) SHADRINSK 32 (Solyannikov 15, Burmistrov 7, Borodin 5, M. Volkov 5) LUKHOVITSY 21 (S. Makharov 12, Kolganov, N.Makharov 1) NOVOSIBIRSK 19 (Korchemakha 11, Kotenev 6, Glotkin 6) FINAL TABLE: SHADRINSK 18, KAMENSK URAL 13, LUKHOVITSY 8, NOVOSIBIRSK 5

The Final Round of the Super League starts at 10am on this link

U-21 TEAM CUP OF RUSSIA, SHADRINSK SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 FINAL 1, SATURDAY: UFA 22 (Nikita Bogdanov 15, Nikita Tarasov 7), KAMENSK URAL 20 (Ivan Khuzhin 13, German Khazmurzin 7), MEGA-LADA TOGLIATTI 17 (Evgenei Saydullin 9, Saveli Vedyanov 4, Vladimir Fadeev 4), SHADRINSK 15 (Artem Burmistrov 10, Matvey Volkov 5), URAL FEDERAL DISTRICT 9 (Ivan Volkov 6, Pavel Glotkin 3), GBU STSH TOGLIATTI 6 (Andrei Masin 6, Ivan Belyaev 0) FINAL 2, SUNDAY: UFA 22 (Bogdanov 15, Tarasov 7), MEGA-LADA TOGLIATTI 21 (Saydullin 9, Vedyanov 9, Fadeev 3), KAMENSK URAL 16+3 (Khuzhin 10+3, Khazmurzin 6), SHADRINSK 16+f (Burmistrov 11+f, Volkov 5), URAL FEDERAL DISTRICT 10 (Volkov 8, Glotkin 2), GBU STSH TOGLIATTI 5 Masin 5, Belyaev 0) OVERALL: UFA 14, MEGA-LADA TOGLIATTI 9+3, KAMENSK URAL 9+2, SHADRINSK 6, URAL FEDERAL DISTRICT 4, GBU STSH TOGLIATTI 2 (Run off for 2nd/3rd overall: Saydullin, Khuzhin) FIM ICE SPEEDWAY GLADIATORS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1 & 2 TOGLIATTI, RUSSIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 & SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 FINAL 1, SATURDAY: (Russia unless stated, Heat Scores in Brackets) Dmitri Khomitsevich 20 (14+3), Igor Kononov 18 (14+2), Dinar Valeev 16 (13+1), Daniil Ivanov 14 (13+0), Nikita Toloknov 12 (10), Franz Zorn (Austria) 11 (9), Andrei Shishegov 10 (8), Harald Simon (Austria) 9 (8), Aki Ala-Riihimaki (Finland) 8 (8), Lukas Hutla (Czech Rep) 7 (5), Andrei Anisimov 6 (5), Markus Jell (Germany) 5 (4), Andrej Divis (Czech Rep) 4 (3), Pavel Nekrasov (Kazakhstan) 3 (3), Luca Bauer (Germany/Italy) 2 (2) Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) 1 (1) Final: Khomitsevich, Kononov, Valeen, Ivanov FINAL 2, SUNDAY: Valeev 20 (14+3), Kononov 18 (13+2), Ivanov 16 (13+1), Khomitsevich 14 (14+d), Simon 12 (11), Zorn 11 (9), Toloknov 10 (9), Jell 9 (7), Shishegov 8 (7), Anisimov 7 (6), Ala-Riihimaki 6 (5), Hutla 5 (4), Iwema 4 (3), Nekrasov 3 (2), Divis 2 (2) Bauer 1 (0). Also Rode: Ilya Krivonoszkho (Reserve) 0 Final: (Re-Run): Valeev, Kononov, Ivanov, Khomitsevich (Fd) Championship Run Off: Valeev, Kononov OVERALL: Valeev 36+3, Kononov 36+2, Khomitsevich 34, Ivanov 30, Zorn 22, Toloknov 22, Simon 21, Shishegov 18, Jell 16, Ala-Riihimaki 14, Anisimov 12, Hutla 11, Nekrasov 6, Divis 6, Iwema 5, Bauer 3 A good two days racing. Just wish I could have gone, rather than watch the feed!

You’d hate it in Berlin then, 45 minutes prep there!

I get the impression that staging this meeting wasn't really a good idea after all.

Well that will go down well with the home fans I’m sure. And I repeat my call for a sarcastic font.

Yes, but its for both days