Advancement to the 2024 FIM Speedway of Nations final

Competition in the first semi-final of this year’s Speedway of Nations has ended. The Poles finished second in the tournament and advanced to Saturday’s final. Bartosz Zmarzlik scored eleven points and a bonus in three starts.

In the first race, Poland beat France 7:2 after a perfect start. Zmarzlik triumphed in this run. Kubera came second. Bellego came third and Goret was last.

Poland competed against speedway riders from Italy in race five. Polish competitors took their second double victory in this competition. Kubera and Zmarzlik defeated Castagna and Covatti 7:2.

In the ninth race, Maciej Janowski rode in place of Dominik Kubera as an ordinary reserve. The race had to be re-run, with Bartek and Lewiszyn falling on the track in the first turn. No one was excluded from the re-run, in which Zmarzlik and Janowski won another seven points for our country without too many problems.

Results:

1. Sweden: 38
1. Fredrik Lindgren (3,4,4,3*,4,3) 21+1
2. Jacob Thorssell (2*,2,3*,4,2,4) 17+1
3. Oliver Berntzon NS

2. Poland: 37
1. Dominik Kubera (3*,4,4,3,4) 18+1
2. Bartosz Zmarzlik (4,3*,4) 11+1
3. Maciej Janowski (3*,2,0,3*) 8+2

3. Germany: 33
1. Kai Huckenbeck (4,3*,4,3,4,4) 22+1
2. Norick Bloedorn (0,4,3*,0,2,2) 11+1
3. Erik Riss NS

4. Finland: 23
1. Jesse Mustonen (3,0,0,3*,0,0) 6+1
2. Antti Vuolas (2*,3,2,4,4,2) 17+1
3. Otto Raak NS

5. Italy: 21
1. Paco Castagna (4,2,3,2,3,3) 17
2. Nicolas Covatti (d,0,2,0,0) 2
3. Nicolas Vicentin (2,w) 2

6. France: 19
1. David Bellego (2,4,4,2,3,4) 19
2. Steven Goret (0,0,0,0,0,0) 0
3. Mathias Tresarrieu NS

7. Ukraine: 16
1. Stanisław Melnyczuk (3,2,0,2,3,w) 10
2. Marko Lewiszyn (2,0,2,0,2,w) 6

Heat after heat:

1. Zmarzlik, Kubera, Bellego, Goret
2. Castagna, Melnyczuk, Lewiszyn, Covatti
3. Huckenbeck, Lindgren, Thorssell, Bloedorn
4. Bellego, Mustonen, Vuolas, Goret
5. Kubera, Zmarzlik, Castagna, Covatti
6. Bloedorn, Huckenbeck, Melnyczuk, Lewiszyn
7. Lindgren, Vuolas, Thorssell, Mustonen
8. Bellego, Castagna, Covatti, Goret
9. Zmarzlik, Janowski, Lewiszyn, Melnyczuk
10. Huckenbeck, Bloedorn, Vuolas, Mustonen
11. Lindgren, Thorssell, Bellego, Goret
12. Kubera, Huckenbeck, Janowski, Bloedorn
13. Thorssell, Lindgren, Castagna, Covatti
14. Vuolas, Mustonen, Melnyczuk, Lewiszyn
15. Huckenbeck, Bellego, Bloedorn, Goret
16. Lindgren, Kubera, Thorssell, Janowski
17. Vuolas, Castagna, Vicentin, Mustonen
18. Bellego, Melnyczuk, Lewiszyn, Goret
19. Kubera, Janowski, Vuolas, Mustonen
20. Huckenbeck, Castagna, Bloedorn, Vicentin
21. Thorssell, Lindgren, Lewiszyn, (w) Melnyczuk (w)