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Makes me feel sick just reading it, My best wishes go out to Tai and everyone associated with him and I pray that we hear some sort of positive news on Monday instead of hearing something that nobody wants to hear.

 

Unofficially, it is known that the speedway rider suffered many fractures. Injuries to both arms, both legs and broken ribs are suspected. After the fall, he was given strong anesthetics. An official announcement on Tai Woffinden's health is expected on Monday.

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Best wishes to Tai, horrible news.

Went to his winter tour at Lynn and you can tell he was really determined to not only get over his elbow injury, but to regain his place in the GP’s. 

was looking forward to seeing how his return would go and now it’s over before he’s had a real crack at it.

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Absolutely devastated for Tai.

 

Really seemed keen to push on this season after a rough one last. A rider that really took to Owlerton like a duck to water and could rely on to give 100%.

 

Can only wish woffy all the best in his recovery and hope it's as pain free as possible.

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Best wishes to Woffy. An absolute hero & has been the rider to drive British Speedway forward. Without him, we wouldn't be winning / reaching finals on the world stage.

He's been the driving force to make TeamGB a professional outfit.

A True Great British Speedway legend.

Hope he & his family get all the support needed 🙏🏻❤️

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1 hour ago, Daniel Smith said:

Best wishes to Woffy. An absolute hero & has been the rider to drive British Speedway forward. Without him, we wouldn't be winning / reaching finals on the world stage.

He's been the driving force to make TeamGB a professional outfit.

A True Great British Speedway legend.

Hope he & his family get all the support needed 🙏🏻❤️

Top post Daniel. 

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9 hours ago, stevebrum said:

Absolutely dreadful crash, yet again the serious ones are always in Poland??

Cant help but feel for Tai, the season hasn’t even really turned many spokes yet.

thoughts are with his family. 

Beat me to it Steve. British Speedway takes a fair amount of criticism including the state/condition of certain tracks etc but as you say, most of the bad accidents happen in Poland. Chasing the dollar and under pressure to perform on big fast tracks. Also seem to be a lot of inexperienced young riders on rocket ships too eager to mix it.  

 

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There will be no official announcement on the health of the world champion. Here's the reason

On Monday, official information was to appear on the health of Tai Woffinden, who had a serious accident on the track in Krosno. However, it turns out that the fans will have to be patient.

Let us remind you that the three-time individual world champion had a serious accident during Sunday's sparring, which was held on the track in Krosno. At the entrance to the first corner of the seventh race it was very tight. Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Banbor and Franciszek Majewski got stuck with their motorcycles and fell on the track. The juniors eventually returned to the car park on their own, but the Briton suffered a lot. He fell under an inflatable berm and was hit hard by one of the motorcycles.

Initially, the medical services had a big problem to get him out from under the gang. Then he was treated on the track for a very long time. The player was initially transferred on a stretcher to an ambulance, and then he was taken to a helicopter of the Air Rescue Service from Sanok, which landed on the pitch of the stadium and transported him to a hospital in Rzeszów. Woffinden is currently undergoing detailed examinations there.

The first unofficial information from people present in the machine park said that the rider of the Rzeszów team suffered many fractures. Injuries to both arms, both legs and broken ribs were suspected. As we have established, some of them have already been confirmed. After the fall, Woffinden was in great pain and was therefore given strong anesthetics.

So far, the club from Rzeszów has not provided official information about the health of the former world champion. He limited himself to a short statement, confirming that initial diagnoses speak of numerous fractures.

The residents of Rzeszów also assured that detailed information will appear on Monday after the tests. Now, however, it turns out that the club cannot give them to the fans, which is due to legal reasons. - We ask for your understanding. Due to medical confidentiality, we cannot provide information about Tai's health. As soon as we receive permission to do so, we will provide all the details to the public - one of the Stal activists tells us.

Let us add that such permission can only be granted to the club by the player or his immediate family. Unofficially, we know that Stal is already in contact with Faye Woffinden. As we have agreed, the wife of the British speedway rider is to appear in Rzeszów in the near future. Currently, all the details are being determined, and Stal activists are doing everything to provide them with the best possible conditions in this difficult situation.

Let's remind you that Tai Woffinden has just returned to speedway after a serious injury from last year, which was a broken elbow. In his history, the 34-year-old has won three individual world championship titles - in 2013, 2015 and 2018. After many years spent at Betard Sparta Wroclaw, where he was an icon of the club and a fan favorite, he decided to move to ZKS Stal Rzeszow, where he wanted to rebuild his form in the 2025 season.

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1 minute ago, TTT said:

There will be no official announcement on the health of the world champion. Here's the reason

On Monday, official information was to appear on the health of Tai Woffinden, who had a fatal accident on the track in Krosno. However, it turns out that the fans will have to be patient.

Let us remind you that the three-time individual world champion had a fatal accident during Sunday's sparring, which was held on the track in Krosno. At the entrance to the first corner of the seventh race it was very tight. Tai Woffinden, Bartosz Bańbor and Franciszek Majewski got stuck with their motorcycles and fell on the track. The juniors eventually returned to the car park on their own, but the Briton suffered a lot. He fell under an inflatable berm and was hit hard by one of the motorcycles.

Initially, the medical services had a big problem to get him out from under the gang. Then he was treated on the track for a very long time. The player was initially transferred on a stretcher to an ambulance, and then he was taken to a helicopter of the Air Rescue Service from Sanok, which landed on the pitch of the stadium and transported him to a hospital in Rzeszów. Woffinden is currently undergoing detailed examinations there.

The first unofficial information from people present in the machine park said that the rider of the Rzeszów team suffered many fractures. Injuries to both arms, both legs and broken ribs were suspected. As we have established, some of them have already been confirmed. After the fall, Woffinden was in great pain and was therefore given strong anesthetics.

So far, the club from Rzeszów has not provided official information about the health of the former world champion. He limited himself to a short statement, confirming that initial diagnoses speak of numerous fractures.

The residents of Rzeszów also assured that detailed information will appear on Monday after the tests. Now, however, it turns out that the club cannot give them to the fans, which is due to legal reasons. - We ask for your understanding. Due to medical confidentiality, we cannot provide information about Tai's health. As soon as we receive permission to do so, we will provide all the details to the public - one of the Stal activists tells us.

Let us add that such permission can only be granted to the club by the player or his immediate family. Unofficially, we know that Stal is already in contact with Faye Woffinden. As we have agreed, the wife of the British speedway rider is to appear in Rzeszów in the near future. Currently, all the details are being determined, and Stal activists are doing everything to provide them with the best possible conditions in this difficult situation.

Let's remind you that Tai Woffinden has just returned to speedway after a serious injury from last year, which was a broken elbow. In his history, the 34-year-old has won three individual world championship titles - in 2013, 2015 and 2018. After many years spent at Betard Sparta Wrocław, where he was an icon of the club and a fan favorite, he decided to move to ZKS Stal Rzeszów, where he wanted to rebuild his form in the 2025 season.

It would have been sensible to change fatal to serious- those who post should take some responsibility !!! 

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