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Bydgoszcz will host the teams.

Jell and Simon finally crossed the border after 32 hours. They were at the Latvian border. Iwema and Zorn used the Finnish border.

Could have been faster. Iwema said there were some paper issues, but 8 hours wasn't too bad comparing to previous experiences.

They have visa

Iwema has arrived in Togliatti. Think Zorn too. Jell and Simon were at the border last night.

Don't think that will be the final line-up as it's quite unusual. I guess Anisimov will move up to number 1.

Interesting is that Krivonozhko is the second reserve for next weeks world championship in Togliatti. This was his first meeting today. He is a 16 year old from Togliatti.

Junior Championship day 2 in Ufa: 1. Nikita Bogdanov RU 14 (3,3,3,3,3) 29 2. Evgeniy Saidullin RU 13 (3,2,3,3,3) 27 3. Nikita Tarasov RU 13 (2,2,2,3,3) 25 -- 4. Ivan Khuzhin RU 12 (3,3,3,d,2) 23 5. Savely Vedyanov RU 9 (3,3,1,1,3) 20 6. German Khanmurzin RU 10 (2,1,2,3,2) 20 7. Vladimir Fadeev RU 7 (1,3,2,2,2) 17 8. Artem Burmistrov RU 10 (1,2,2,2,0) 17 9. Elisey Vydrin RU 8 (0,2,1,2,1) 14 10. Vlas Nekrasov RU 4 (1,1,3,2,1) 12 11. Kirill Zevakov RU 5 (1,0,0,1,2) 9 12. Pavel Glotkin RU 2 (2,0,1,1,1) 7 13. Nikolay Makarov RU 2 (2,1,0,0,1) 6 14. Ivan Volkov RU 6 (N,N,N,N,N) 6 15. Ilya Krivonozhko RU 3 (0,1,1,0,0) 5 16. Andrey Anisimov RU 2 (N,N,N,N,N) 2

Finally some CAS / WADA info's: "The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) considered that in the circumstances, maintaining the FIM World Championship in Togliatti (Russia) was not in contradiction with the CAS decision mainly based on the extreme circumstances of the case, in particular considering that the FIM Ice Speedway World Championship is due to start in less than two weeks and only a few weeks passed since the issuance of the CAS decision in the Arbitration WADA v. RUSADA. WADA’s position expressed therein is without prejudice to WADA’s position in respect to other FIM events scheduled to be held during the Two Years Period (i.e. 2021 and 2022) in Russia. Among the measures taken by the FIM are, the removal of the Russian national flag from the visual elements (backdrops, race jackets, TV graphics). The Russian nationality of the riders will not be mentioned. The Russian national anthem shall not be played during these events."

Time flies indeed. I even raced against him in a German U21 meeting in Teterow in 2010. Good times.

Marco Gaschka?

Togliatti lineup: 1 Johann Weber de 2 Lukas Hutla cz 3 Dmitry Khomitsevich ru 4 Aki Ala-Riihimaki fi 5 Max Niedermaier de 6 Daniil Ivanov ru 7 Pavel Nekrassov kz 8 Harald Simon at 9 Jasper Iwema nl 10 Luca Bauer de 11 Markus Jell de 12 Andrey Shishegov ru 13 Nikita Toloknov ru 14 Igor Kononov ru 15 Franky Zorn at 16 Dinar Valeev ru -- 17 Andrey Anisimov ru 18 Ilya Krivonoszkho ru

The first riders have got their visa's for Russia. Hutla posted on facebook that he is expected to be in Prague next monday (to receive his visa). So it will be quite a rush for him to get to Togliatti in time (3600km, via Narva russian border).

Cup of Russia, round 4 in Shadrinsk: 1. Daniil Ivanov RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15 2. Nikita Bodganov RU (1,2,3,3,3) 12 3. Ivan Chichkov RU (1,2,3,3,2) 11 4. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (3,1,2,2,2) 10 5. Evgeniy Sharov RU (3,1,2,F,3) 9 6. Ivan Khuzhin RU (3,3,1,2,d) 9 7. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,3,1,3,0) 8 8. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (2,3,2,0,1) 8 9. Eduard Krysov RU (2,1,3,1,1) 8 10. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (2,2,2,d,2) 8 11. Savely Vedyanov RU (2,d,1,1,3) 7 12. Dmitry Borodin RU (0,2,0,2,2) 6 13. Matvey Volkov RU (0,0,1,1,1) 3 14. Elisey Vydrin RU (0,0,0,2,d) 2 15. Artem Burmistrov RU (0,1,0,1,0) 2 16. Vladimir Fadeev RU (1,0,0,0,0) 1

There is a list of around 40 people who have been given the green light by Russia. They all have special personal invitations for the visa, and they need to be at given border points they requested on the exact day they requested. It's all quite tight and strict, but should be OK when all people follow the rules. So it all looks pretty good Visa/border wise. There is still an issue with Russia not being allowed to stage international sport events though. Not sure what the precise status is at the moment.

Cup of Russia, round 3, Shadrinsk: 1. Daniil Ivanov RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15 2. Nikita Bodganov RU (2,3,3,3,3) 14 3. Ivan Chichkov RU (3,1,2,3,2) 11+3 4. Evgeniy Sharov RU (2,2,2,2,3) 11+2 5. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (3,3,0,3,2) 11+d 6. Ivan Khuzhin RU (3,d,1,2,3) 9 7. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,2,3,0,2) 8 8. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (1,2,3,2,0) 8 9. Dmitry Borodin RU (1,1,2,2,2) 8 10. Savely Vedyanov RU (0,3,d,1,1) 5 11. Artem Burmistrov RU (0,2,2,1,d) 5 12. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (2,1,1,0,1) 5 13. Eduard Krysov RU (2,d,1,1,0) 4 14. Vladimir Fadeev RU (0,1,1,0,1) 3 15. German Khanmurzin RU (0,0,0,1,1) 2 16. Igor Saidullin RU (1,0,N,N,N) 1 17. Elisey Vydrin RU (0,0) 0 18. Matvey Volkov RU (0) 0

Superleague today in Ufa: Ufa 47 1. Dinar Valeev RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15 2. Nikita Bodganov RU (2,1,3,2,3) 11 3. Ivan Chichkov RU (2,d,2,3,3) 10 4. Nikita Tarasov RU (1,2,2,3,3) 11 17. Anton Sozykin RU Kamensk Uralsky 35 13. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,3,3,2,2) 13 14. Igor Saidullin RU (2,2,1,3,1) 9 15. Ivan Khuzhin RU (1,3,1,1,d) 6 16. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (2,1,2,2,d) 7 Togliatti 34 9. Igor Kononov RU (3,3,3,1,1) 11 10. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (1,2,1,1,2) 7 11. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,1,0,2,2) 6 12. Daniil Ivanov RU (3,2,2,1,2) 10 19. Vladimir Fadeev RU Kumertau 3 5. Evgeniy Sharov RU (0,d,1,0,0) 1 6. Dmitry Bulankin RU (0,0,0,0,0) 0 7. Elisey Vydrin RU (0,0,0,0,1) 1 8. Vlas Nekrasov RU (0,0,0,0,1) 1 Mayorleague today in Lukhovitsy: Shadrinsk 39 4. Dmitry Borodin RU (3,3,3,3,1,2) 15 5. Artem Burmistrov RU (N,3,2,2,N,3) 10 6. Matvey Volkov RU (N,1,N,N,2,0) 3 14. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (2,2,3,1,3) 11 Kamensk Uralsky 27 7. Eduard Krysov RU (1,1,2,3,3,2) 12 8. Kirill Zevakov RU (0,2,0,1,1,1) 5 9. German Khanmurzin RU (0,3,3,d,1,3) 10 Lukhovitsy 27 1. Sergey Makarov RU (3,2,3,2,2,3) 15 2. Alexey Kolganov RU (1,1,1,1,0,2) 6 3. Nikolay Makarov RU (3,d,0,0,0,3) 6 Novosibirsk 15 10. Andrey Kotonev RU (N,1,d,1,N,1) 3 11. Pavel Glotkin RU (0,N,1,2,0,N) 3 12. Sergey Volodin RU (0,0,0,N,0,0) 0 16. Maxim Korchemahka RU (2,2,2,2,1) 9

Todays live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9uVgGP4ahQ Updates: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/445/russische-superliga-ronde-4-ufa.html

Superleague, round 3, in Ufa: Ufa 46 9. Dinar Valeev RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15 10. Nikita Bogdanov RU (2,2,2,3,3) 12 11. Ivan Chichkov RU (1,2,2,3,3) 11 12. Nikita Tarasov RU (1,0,2,2,3) 8 19. Anton Sozykin RU Togliatti 36 5. Igor Kononov RU (3,3,3,1,1) 11 6. Evgeny Saidullin RU (3,2,1,1,1) 8 7. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,1,N,2,2) 6 8. Daniil Ivanov RU (2,1,3,3,2) 11 18. Vladimir Fadeev RU (d) 0 Kamensk Uralsky 34 1. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,3,3,2,2) 13 2. Igor Saydullin RU (1,3,1,2,1) 8 3. Ivan Khuzhin RU (2,1,2,1,2) 8 4. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (2,1,0,1,1) 5 Kumertau 4 13. Evgeny Sharov RU (d,2,1,0,0) 3 14. Dmitry Bulankin RU (0,d,1,0,0) 1 15. Elisey Vydrin RU (0,0,0,0,0) 0 16. Vlas Nekrasov RU (0,0,0,0,0) 0

FIM and MFR are still trying to arrange the visas.

Day 2 results: 1. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,3,3,3,3) 15 2. Dinar Valeev RU (0,3,3,3,3) 12+3 3. Ivan Chichkov RU (2,2,2,3,3) 12+2 4. Igor Kononov RU (1,3,3,1,3) 11 5. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (3,2,2,2,2) 11 6. Nikita Bodganov RU (3,2,3,2,d) 10 7. Daniil Ivanov RU (2,3,2,1,2) 10 8. Nikita Toloknov RU (1,2,1,2,2) 8 9. Igor Saidullin RU (0,1,0,3,2) 6 10. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (3,1,1,0,1) 6 11. Ivan Khuzhin RU (2,0,1,1,0) 4 12. Eduard Krysov RU (1,0,R,2,1) 4 13. Dmitry Borodin RU (1,0,2,1,d) 4 14. Savely Vedyanov RU (2,1,d,R,1) 4 15. German Khanmurzin RU (0,1,0,0,1) 2 16. Vladimir Fadeev RU (0,0,1,0,0) 1 Round 3 and 4 in Shadrinsk later this month.

For the early birds, round 2 of the Russia Cup starts now. Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1oXXmExvY Live update: https://live.baansportfansite.nl/event/443/rusland-cup-finale-2-novosibirsk.html

Day 1 results of the Russia Cup in Novosibirsk: 1. Nikita Bodganov RU (2,3,2,3,3) 13+3 2. Dinar Valeev RU (2,3,3,2,3) 13+2 3. Igor Kononov RU (3,2,3,3,2) 13+N 4. Daniil Ivanov RU (3,2,3,3,1) 12 5. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (3,1,2,3,3) 12 6. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (d,3,3,2,2) 10 7. Nikita Toloknov RU (0,1,2,2,3) 8 8. Ivan Chichkov RU (3,d,2,1,2) 8 9. Igor Saidullin RU (2,1,1,2,1) 7 10. Eduard Krysov RU (2,3,0,1,d) 6 11. Ivan Khuzhin RU (1,2,0,0,1) 4 12. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (1,d,1,1,1) 4 13. Dmitry Borodin RU (1,2,0,0,d) 3 14. Vladimir Fadeev RU (1,0,1,1,0) 3 15. Savely Vedyanov RU (0,2) 2 16. German Khanmurzin RU (0,1,1,0,d) 2 17. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (0,0,0,N,N) 0 18. Maxim Korchemaha RU (N,N,N,N,N) 0

Classification: 1. Igor Kononov (14,15,12,12) 53 2. Dmitry Khomitsevich (15,11,12,13) 51 3. Dinar Valeev (10,12,12,14) 48 4. Nikita Bodganov (12,5,13,14) 44 5. Dmitry Solyannikov (10,11,9,10) 40 6. Daniil Ivanov (7,10,11,10) 38 7. Igor Saidullin (10,10,9,3) 32 8. Ivan Chichkov (7,9,8,7) 31 9. Ivan Khuzhin (9,3,5,7) 24 10. Konstantin Kolenkin (6,7,5,4) 22 11. Nikita Tarasov (10,2,6,0) 18 12. Nikita Toloknov (2,5,2,8) 17 13. Dmitry Borodin (4,8,4,1) 17 14. Eduard Krysov (2,4,4,6) 16 15. Evgeniy Saidullin (0,3,3,5) 11 16. Vladimir Fadeev (2,3,2,1) 8 17. German Khanmurzin (0,1,2,4) 7 18. Kirill Zevakov (0) 0

Final 4 results: 1. Dinar Valeev RU (3,2,3,3,3) 14 2. Nikita Bodganov RU (2,3,3,3,3) 14 3. Dmitry Khomitsevich RU (3,3,3,2,2) 13 4. Igor Kononov RU (3,3,3,3,0) 12 5. Dmitry Solyannikov RU (2,3,2,d,3) 10 6. Daniil Ivanov RU (3,2,1,2,2) 10 7. Nikita Toloknov RU (2,2,0,3,1) 8 8. Ivan Chichkov RU (d,1,1,2,3) 7 9. Ivan Khuzhin RU (1,2,2,d,2) 7 10. Eduard Krysov RU (1,1,1,2,1) 6 11. Evgeniy Saidullin RU (2,1,0,1,1) 5 12. Konstantin Kolenkin RU (1,0,1,0,2) 4 13. German Khanmurzin RU (0,0,2,1,1) 4 14. Igor Saidullin RU (0,0,2,1,T) 3 15. Dmitry Borodin RU (0,1,0,0,0) 1 16. Vladimir Fadeev RU (1,d,0,0,d) 1 17. Kirill Zevakov RU (0,0) 0