At the moment Martin Smolinski is the best German rider. One of his biggest successes is winning the inaugural Grand Prix round in New Zealand, which was a surprise for the whole speedway world. Unfortunately he wasn’t so successful in European Championship and was sixteenth at the end.
Stal Gorzów won the gold medal in Team Polish Championship. In the final they won with FOGO Unia Leszno 49:41 and was better in two matches. In the match for the bronze medal Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów had a big win over SPAR Falubaz Zielona Góra 63:27 finally took the third place in Polish league.
The second final match of Polish Enea Ekstraliga is already on Sunday, 5th October in Gorzów. Bigger chance for gold medals have hosts who had a narrow win in Leszno 44:46. However the riders from Leszno aren’t going to give up and they promise to fight for each point.
As it was expected,Elit Vetlanda after winning the first match in Kumla, won also the second match on their home track and won the title of Team Swedish Championship which they lost in 2013. Bosse Wirebrand's riders won on Wednesday 57:33 and Bartosz Zmarzlik had a great day and scored maximum with a bonus.
Thanks to great disposition of Tai Woffinden Elit Vetlanda won in the first final match and is a step form a victory in Elitserien. World Champion scored thirteen points. In the home team the best riders were Fredrik Lindgren and Piotr Protasiewicz. The second match is already today in Vetlanda.
Emil Sayfutdinov became the new European Champion and he won third medal for Russia. Because it is the end the season we would like to invite to have a look at some statistics and curiosities. Do you want to know more? These are Speedway European Championships 2014 essentials!
SPAR Falubaz Zielona Góra and Fogo Unia Leszno beat their rivals in the first matches concerning bronze and gold medals of Team Polish Championship. In Zielona Góra the home team won only with four points. Only, because after the first round of starts Falubaz had 14 points of advantage. In the first final match after really tough match the home team won 46:44.
Jarosław Hampel scored a maximum and sensational won the Scandinavian Grand Prix which took place on a track in Stockholm. Greg Hancock stood on the second step of the podium and third was another Pole - Krzysztof Kasprzak! The victory of Pole can be said as sensational because in the last weeks his form was far from this which was expected. Usually he was last and he didn't score too many points. Now, when Hampel won in Sweden, he showed that he shouldn't be scratched too early.
The second year of rivalry in Speedway European Championships is behind us. In 2013 The cross was put really high in 2013 season. Before 2013 the tournament was rather parochial but thanks to the effort of many people fans finally could see the series of four tournaments with very good riders. After the final event in Rzeszów we announced that in new season we wanted to make another step forward and improve our product all the time.
Stal Gorzów and Fogo Unia Leszno have qualified to the Great Final of Polish Enea Ekstraliga. Riders from Gorzów had a big win on their home track over SPAR Falubaz Zielona Góra 62:28 and Fogo Unia Leszno won an away match with Grupa Azoty Unia Tarnów 48:42. First matches concerning bronze and gold medals are already on Sunday.
The last tournament of European Championship behind us. Emil Sajfutdinow has become the new champion and he has ensured the qualification to next year series.
Emil Sayfutdinow has become a new European Champion. Although Russian didn’t win the final tournament but by winning all heats in regular phase he ensured the gold medal of Speedway European Championships.
