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FIM SGP ACADEMY IN TORUN CANCELLED
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the FIM SGP Academy scheduled for Torun during the FIM Speedway of Nations has been cancelled.We regret that it has not proved possible to stage this event and any inconvenience this will cause.However, following the success of the FIM SGP Academy – Down Under in Adelaide in January and the FIM SGP Academy at Swedish club Malilla in July, we look forward to hosting more academy events in 2026.Riders from a total of 10 different nations took part across the Adelaide and Malilla events, enjoying expert coaching from the likes of former Speedway GP world champions Tony Rickardsson, Greg Hancock, SGP star Max Fricke, Swedish team manager Linus Sundstrom, FIM Track Racing Commission director Armando Castagna and FIM race director Phil Morris.We would like to thank all of the riders, families, officials and volunteers who took part in 2025 and look forward to working with the FIM Speedway stars of the future again next season.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF HANCOCKS?
Four-time Speedway GP world champion Greg Hancock admits youngest son Karl is already showing some competitive edge as he takes his first steps into the sport.The 12-year-old took part in the FIM SGP Academy event staged in Malilla earlier this month as Greg joined six-time FIM Speedway world champion Tony Rickardsson and Swedish team manager Linus Sundstrom in coaching the next generation of riders from around the world.Karl was one of three American riders in attendance and is already well known to speedway fans after frequent appearances on Greg’s social media accounts.There’s a chance he could follow Dad on to the shale and, while Greg built a reputation as one of the calmest riders in the business, he admits Karl is a slightly different breed of Hancock.“He’s the most competitive in the family,” Greg said. “He gets really frustrated when things don’t go the way he expects. That’s the part that’s a little bit worrying! I was calm and I got frustrated, but I didn’t show it. He shows it.”Karl’s dedication on and off the track is already impressing Greg. “He has always loved it from a young age,” he said. “I have never pushed it. I do a lot of coaching and work with a lot of the guys, and Karl is always there. He always asks if he can ride and be part of this. ‘Can I ride? Can I go to the practice with you?’“The mission is for him to understand and pay attention to his bikes. He prepares his bike, puts fuel in it, puts chain lube on it, changes his sprocket and puts the wheel back in. I always adjust and look over everything, but I spend three or four hours a day at the track with the guys, and I never once have to do anything for him.“He gets on the bike, starts it himself and goes and rides when we are not riding. When I am with the guys, he is out doing laps and then jumps in with them too. I don’t ignore him, but I don’t need to do much. He does it all on his own.”It’s nothing unusual for youngsters to try their hand at many different sports and Karl is no different.Greg said: “He’s really good at everything. He loves American football, golf, basketball and rides his bicycle everywhere. He is willing and able to do a lot of things. It’s just a case of him deciding what he wants to do in the future.”
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COACHES RICKARDSSON, HANCOCK AND SUNDSTROM HAIL SUCCESSFUL FIM SGP ACADEMY IN SWEDEN
Coaches Tony Rickardsson, Greg Hancock and Linus Sundstrom were delighted with their latest class of FIM SGP Academy stars after 18 riders from eight different countries took part in the event at Swedish club Malilla last week.The second FIM SGP Academy of 2025 saw riders aged 11-15, riding youth bikes ranging from 85cc to the 190cc SGP4 bike under the guidance of six-time FIM Speedway world champion Rickardsson and four-time Speedway GP world champion Hancock, as well as Swedish national coach Sundstrom, who won the 2015 FIM Speedway World Cup.As well as on-track coaching in areas like cornering, starting and passing, riders took part in classroom sessions covering aspects of the sport including regulations, bike preparation, media and social media, sponsorship, fitness and health.Riders representing host nation Sweden, the United States, Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Romania and Finland all took part in an event staged in partnership between FIM Speedway global promoter Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, the FIM and Swedish governing body SVEMO.Rickardsson was delighted with the progress his students made and looks forward to continuing to develop the FIM SGP Academy project ahead of the third and final event in Torun, Poland, which is part of FIM Speedway of Nations week, which runs from September 30 until October 4.
COACHES RICKARDSSON, HANCOCK & SUNDSTROM TO DELIVER MALILLA MASTERCLASS AT FIM SGP ACADEMY
Eighteen riders from eight different countries will get a masterclass in Malilla as they attend the second FIM SGP Academy of 2025 next week.Led by Sweden’s six-time FIM Speedway world champion Tony Rickardsson, four-time Speedway GP world champion Greg Hancock and Swedish national team manager and former FIM Speedway World Cup winner Linus Sundstrom, the FIM SGP Academy is a unique opportunity for riders to enjoy expert coaching on and off the bike as they take their first steps into the sport.The FIM SGP Academy, staged in partnership between the FIM, Swedish motorcycle federation SVEMO and FIM Speedway global promoter Warner Bros. Discovery Sports, gives riders and their families advice in many aspects of speedway, including sporting and anti-doping regulations, starting and riding techniques, bike preparation, media and social media, sponsorship, fitness and health.With the FIM SGP Academy events all taking place away from any youth meetings, they provide the perfect opportunity for riders and their families to learn and hone their skills away from a competition and, most importantly, have fun and meet other young riders and speedway families from around the world.
SUNDSTROM'S SWEDISH SPEEDWAY ACADEMY STEPS UP FOR 2025
Swedish team manager Linus Sundstrom insists he’s determined to give something back to the sport in his homeland as he steps up his Swedish Speedway Academy project in 2025.Sundstrom was appointed as national coach last autumn, replacing Vastervik boss Morgan Andersson, and the 2015 FIM Speedway World Cup winner will lead the side into his first FIM Speedway of Nations in Torun from September 30 until October 4.Aside from his managerial commitments to Poland’s senior and junior sides, Sundstrom continues to build his Swedish Speedway Academy, which he launched in 2023. He will also coach alongside six-time FIM Speedway world champion Tony Rickardsson at the FIM SGP Academy in Malilla from July 3-5.Sundstrom’s aim is to equip more young riders with the skills needed to take on the sport’s biggest stars as he continues his involvement in speedway following his retirement due to injury in 2021.He explained: “I am not done in the sport. I want to give back to it and I feel I have it in me to help Swedish speedway going forward.“We kicked off this academy as a pilot project in 2023, just to try it out, and we went full gas in 2024. Last year we had five weekends, and we had competitions on the 250cc bikes and the 500s. It was open to under-21s. This year, the 85cc and 190cc SGP4 riders will also be with us.“This year’s first weekend will be in Gislaved on April 19-20. We will also invite Lejonen’s own speedway school kids to come. I think we will have between 35 and 45 kids on this weekend. “We will be running on both tracks at the same time – the small track and big track. We will have our training weekends in Gislaved, Kumla and Eskilstuna, and the reason why we go to those places is the same reason why they had SGP4 in Malilla – the small track and its pits are separate. We have the chance to run both tracks at the same time. That’s what we are going to do.”Sundstrom’s efforts have been well supported by his fellow Swedish stars, with both current and former riders taking part as coaches. He said: “I had Pontus Aspgren and Ricky Kling with me as training instructors last year. At one of the weekends, Tony Rickardsson was with us. (Four-time Speedway GP world champion) Greg Hancock was with us when we were in Vastervik.“We had training in Mariestad, and we had PK (Peter Karlsson) and Oliver Berntzon, who chipped in and helped the youngsters. Andreas Jonsson is involved – supporting us financially through the building company he is running today. Freddie Lindgren has also been involved, along with Peter Nahlin and Magnus Zetterstrom.“There are a lot of current and former riders involved, and it was a good first year. We will build on that now for 2025.“I am really thankful and really happy to have all of these guys involved. The response has been better than I could have ever wished for. I am just trying to get a little bit of help and involve as many people as possible in one way or another to share their experience and support the kids.”Sundstrom admits that the Swedish Speedway Academy isn’t only about supporting the young riders. He said: “It’s 50 percent for the riders and 50 percent for their mechanics, which is normally the mums and dads.“We want to help them to save money and give them some tips and tricks to not waste money. We can advise them how and where they need to spend their time, how to look after the bikes and how to make them work well. The academy is not only for the riders.”While Sundstrom admits clubs must still offer youngsters the chance to get a first taste of the sport, he is ready to support Sweden’s young guns as they establish themselves on the shale.He added: “As soon as the youngsters and their parents decide to start with speedway – when they get a bike and a licence – I will look after them in the academy with training sessions and all the help we can offer.“It is still up to each club to make sure they have speedway schools and training sessions, so that they can offer kids the chance to try speedway. But once they are in the sport and have their own bike, I will look after them together with Ricky, Pontus and all of the guys involved in the academy.”
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