Event I: Leszno - 12-07-08

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SWC EVENT I: Leszno - 12-07-08

Australia..56

1..J Crump..3,1,2,2,3 = 11
2..L Adams..3,2,3,3,6,3 = 20
3..R Sullivan..2,3,1,1,1 = 8
4..D Watt..2,3,0,1 = 6
5..C Holder..3,2,1,3,2 = 11

Russia..36

1..D Gizatulin..0,1,3,2,1 = 7
2..G Laguta..1,1,1,2,2 = 7
3..D Ivanov..1,1,1,1,1 = 5
4..R Gafurov..1,1,0,1,0 = 3
5..E Sajfutdinov..2,2,2,2,6 = 14

Hungary..10

1..M Ferjan..2,0,1,2,4,0 = 9
2..S Tihanyi..0,0,0,0 = 0
3..J Tabaka..0,0,0,1,0 = 1
4..N Magosi..0,0,0,0,0 = 0
5..L Szatmari..0,0,0,0,0 = 0

Poland..56

1..K Kasprzak..1,2,3,2,2 = 10
2..R Holta..2,3,3,3,2 = 13
3..T Gollob..3,3,2,1,3 = 12
4..J Hampel..3,3,3,3,3 = 15
5..W Jagus..1,2,2,0,1 = 6

Ht 1..Crump, Ferjan, Kasprzak, Gizatulin 3-0-2-1 (3-0-2-1)
Ht 2..Adams, Holta, Laguta, Tihanyi [Ex/T] 3-1-0-2 (6-1-2-3)
Ht 3..Gollob, Sullivan, Ivanov, Tabaka 2-1-0-3 (8-2-2-6)
Ht 4..Hampel, Watt, Gafurov, Magosi 2-1-0-3 (10-3-2-9)
Ht 5..Holder, Sajfutdinov, Jagus, Szatmari 3-2-0-1 (13-5-2-10)
Ht 6..Gollob, Sajfutdinov, Crump, Magosi 1-2-0-3 (14-7-2-13)
Ht 7..Hampel, Adams, Gizatulin, Szatmari [E/F] 2-1-0-3 (16-8-2-16)
Ht 8..Sullivan, Jagus, Laguta, Ferjan 3-1-0-2 (19-9-2-18)
Ht 9..Watt, Kasprzak, Ivanov, Tihanyi 3-1-0-2 (22-10-2-20)
Ht 10..Holta, Holder, Gafurov, Tabaka 2-1-0-3 (24-11-2-23)
Ht 11..Hampel, Crump, Laguta, Tabaka 2-1-0-3 (26-12-2-26)
Ht 12..Adams, Jagus, Ivanov, Magosi 3-1-0-2 (29-13-2-28)
Ht 13..Kasprzak, Laguta, Sullivan, Szatmari 1-2-0-3 (30-15-2-31)
Ht 14..Holta, Sajfutdinov, Ferjan, Watt 0-2-1-3 (30-17-3-34)
Ht 15..Gizatulin, Gollob, Holder, Tihanyi 1-3-0-2 (31-20-3-36)
Ht 16..Holta, Crump, Ivanov, Szatmari 2-1-0-3 (33-21-3-39)
Ht 17..Adams, Ferjan, Gollob, Gafurov 3-0-2-1 (36-21-5-40)
Ht 18..Hampel, Sajfutdinov, Sullivan, Tihanyi 1-2-0-3 (37-23-5-43)
Ht 19..Adams [J], Gizatulin, Tabaka, Jagus [E/F] 6-2-1-0 (43-25-6-43)
Ht 20..Holder, Kasprzak, Gafurov, Magosi 3-1-0-2 (46-26-6-45)
Ht 21..Crump, Ferjan [J], Jagus, Gafurov 3-0-4-1 (49-26-10-46)
Ht 22..Adams, Kasprzak, Gizatulin, Tabaka 3-1-0-2 (52-27-10-48)
Ht 23..Sajfutdinov [J], Holta, Sullivan, Magosi 1-6-0-2 (53-33-10-50)
Ht 24..Gollob, Laguta, Watt, Szatmari 1-2-0-3 (54-35-10-53)
Ht 25..Hampel, Holder, Ivanov, Ferjan [E/F] 2-1-0-3 (56-36-10-56)

Ht 26..Adams, Hampel

Notes:

1..Ht 2 and Hungary's Tihanyi gets into mischief at the tapes and is excluded.
2..Ht 13 and Laguta replaces Gafurov in a tactical move by Russia.
3..Ht 19 and Adams replaces Watt as a "Joker" in a tactical move by Australia.
4..Ht 20 and Gafurov replaces Laguta in a tactical move by Russia.
5..Ht 21 and Ferjan replaces Tihanyi as a "Joker" in a tactical move by Hungary.
6..Ht 22 and Gizatulin replaces Sajfutdinov in a tactical move by Russia.
7..Ht 23 and Sajfutdinov replaces Gizatulin as a "Joker" in a tactical move by Russia.
8..Ht 26 and we've a race-off between Australia's Adams and Poland's Hampel to decide the meeting winner.

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Well, we're not far off the action now. The SWC really is my favourite competition in the speedway world. It always provides first class racing and drama. Last season's two meetings at Leszno were among the finest speedway meetings you're likely to see and hopefully tonight will be no different.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the young Russian team get along. The Russians have two teenagers in the side. And what a pair of teenagers they are. Emil Sajfutdinov and Artiom Laguta have to be two of the brightest prospects in the speedway world.
But you have to suspect that the main battle will be between the Australians and the Poles. The Poles will be looking to get straight through to the final, while the Australians might not mind having a shot at the race-off in Vojens.
My prediction:

1..Poland
2..Australia
3..Russia
4..Hungary

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And the Russians make a change, with Renat Gafurov replacing Artiom Laguta in their line-up.

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Baa, it appears our Polish friends aren't streaming this meeting.

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How does it look? The miserable bastards at swedish television are not showing this one

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It looks as if Artiom Laguta wasn't able to get a visa to enter Poland and that's why he's missing.
But so far he isn't missing much - a decent enough race between Holder, Sajfutdinov and Jagus there, but most of it has been mundane.

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Ahh well looks like Cavendish's second stage on Le Tour will be sporting viewing this evening.

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Australia look to mean business. I was half thinking they'd want the race-off as Vojens-practice ahead of the final.

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It's getting better - Gollob from the gate in Ht 6, but Sajfutdinov passes Crump in fine style and then holds the charging Crump back to claim second place.

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Any links for this online. All the ones on that polish site aren't working.

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The DK4 stream just shows what looks like a disclaimer and the sopcast stream is permanently offline.

Very disappointed this isn't online.

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Doesn't appear anyone on Justin.tv is stream it either......

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Average stuff so far on the Polish longtrack . Team Australia doing well against the Polish bogeymen , while Russia only have that Emil bloke and the Hungarians are completely out of their depth and missing Robert Nagy .

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Jul 12, 2008 17:50:57 GMT @paulco said:

Average stuff so far on the Polish longtrack . Team Australia doing well against the Polish bogeymen , while Russia only have that Emil bloke and the Hungarians are completely out of their depth and missing Robert Nagy .

Lezno is actually rather small, but still an excellent racing track

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Another procession , but a good ride by Davey Watt to increase the lead over Poland to two points . Gollob and co will be worried as they've no chance if they have to go to the Danish Rye House on Thursday .