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MICHELSEN ON ROAD TO RECOVERY
European champion Mikkel Michelsen is beginning his road to recovery after undergoing successful surgery on his shattered humerus and shoulder joint.Michelsen suffered the injuries when he crashed in his opening ride at the OlyBet FIM Speedway GP of Latvia – Riga on September 7.The Dane went under the knife last Thursday and will miss the remainder of the 2024 season, including the final Speedway European Championship round in Chorzow on Saturday and the Speedway GP finale in Torun on September 28.Michelsen is now taking some time to heal before beginning his rehabilitation and he took to his Facebook page to give fans an update. He posted: “Hey Everyone, it has been a rough couple of days since the surgery on Thursday morning. I was discharged from hospital on Friday evening and have been trying to relax and recover since then.“The surgery went according to plan and the surgeon was happy with the results. I underwent a four-hour long procedure where he fixed my shattered humerus and shoulder joint. Now it needs time to heal before hopefully soon starting some rehab. “The fractured elbow should heal on its own and, after scans on my foot, we found out that my heel is fractured as well. The road to recovery is long but there’s light at the end of the tunnel! “Once again, thank you so much for all your get well wishes, messages and calls. It means a lot. Kind regards, MM.”Michelsen still has a chance of securing qualification for the 2025 Speedway GP series, as he holds the sixth and final automatic spot on 101 points currently.Australia’s Jack Holder is four points behind on 97 after scoring two at the Deluxe Homeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens last Saturday. He needs at least five points to overhaul Michelsen for sixth spot. Should Holder score four, he would be ranked lower than the Dane on countback as Michelsen has achieved two fifth places to Holder’s one – both have a win, a third and a fourth place.Polish international Dominik Kubera will also have the last top-six spot in his sights. He is eighth on 88 and will need to at least reach the final in Torun to have any chance of finishing above both Holder and Michelsen.We wish Mikkel all the best with his recovery.
POLISH HERO ZMARZLIK READY FOR QUESTION NO.6 AFTER WINNING FIFTH SPEEDWAY GP WORLD TITLE IN VOJENS
Poland’s five-time Speedway GP world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik cemented his spot among FIM Speedway’s greats – and immediately braced himself for questions about chasing title No.6.Zmarzlik finished second in the Deluxe Homeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens on Saturday, with Great Britain racer Robert Lambert powering to his first-ever SGP victory at Denmark’s national speedway stadium.With a 22-point lead over Lambert in the Speedway GP standings, Zmarzlik heads to the final round at Polish track Torun on September 28 to collect an historic fifth World Championship gold medal and his third in as many years.The 29-year-old became only the second rider in speedway history to win three FIM Speedway World Championships on the bounce, matching New Zealand legend Ivan Mauger’s World Final hat-trick, achieved between 1968 and 1970.Zmarzlik is now tied on five world titles with Swedish icon Ove Fundin and stands just one short of the record haul of six, shared by Mauger and Swedish legend Tony Rickardsson.The Pole now has plenty of time to celebrate title No.5. But asked about the prospect of taking his place in FIM Speedway’s most elite club alongside Mauger and Rickardsson, Zmarzlik admits speculation about his next historic achievement is nothing new to him.
FAMOUS FIVE FOR POLISH ICON ZMARZLIK
Polish hero Bartosz Zmarzlik cemented his status as one of the sport’s all-time greats after sealing his fifth FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship at the Deluxe Homeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens on Saturday.Zmarzlik secured a record-equalling third gold medal in as many years by taking second place on a night Great Britain hero Robert Lambert claimed his first-ever Speedway GP win, with Poland’s Maciej Janowski third and Latvia’s Andzejs Lebedevs fourth in his first-ever SGP final.Zmarzlik becomes only the third rider in history to win three FIM Speedway world titles in a row – matching New Zealand legend Ivan Mauger’s hat-trick of World Final wins between 1968 and 1970.He is now just one Speedway GP World Championship away from equalling Mauger and Swedish icon Tony Rickardsson’s all-time record haul of six world titles.Lambert leapfrogged Swedish star Fredrik Lindgren for second place in the Speedway GP World Championship standings. This sets up a tense silver-medal showdown at the series-closing DeWalt FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Torun on Saturday, September 28, with Lambert on 137 points and Lindgren on 127.Full report and reaction from Vojens to follow later.
BEWLEY EYES EARLY FINISH WITH SPEEDWAY GP TOP-SIX SPOT
Great Britain racer Dan Bewley is determined to seal 2025 FIM Speedway Grand Prix qualification with a top-six finish – so that he can get back on his motocross bike.The Cumbrian racer goes into tonight’s Deluxe Homeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens placed sixth in the Speedway GP World Championship after finishing third in Riga last Saturday.While Bewley was unable to extend his astonishing 100-percent record in Speedway GP finals to five, he is now on 100 championship points – 22 clear of Dominik Kubera in eighth, giving him a great chance of sealing a top-six finish, with Denmark’s Mikkel Michelsen on 101 in fifth place ruled out for the rest of the season due to injury.If Bewley fell short of the top six, he has a place at the FIM SGP Challenge at Czech track Pardubice on October 4, where the top four riders seal qualification for Speedway GP in 2025.But the two-time FIM Speedway of Nations world champion admits he would rather make alternative plans for that weekend.He said: “I would like to be in the top six, finish my season a week earlier and get riding some motocross again! That’s the plan. I have a couple more rounds and a couple of good results would be nice. To be honest, after the first few rounds, I wasn’t really thinking about the medals or even the top six. I just wanted to get a win again, make some finals and be up there more consistently.”Having won the FIM SON in Manchester on July 13 and the FIM Speedway GP of Great Britain – Cardiff at Principality Stadium on August 17, Bewley has been on fire in the second half of the season.While he would have liked to add a second win in Riga last weekend, Bewley was pleased to make another final – even if he couldn’t extend his run of Speedway GP final wins to five.He said: “All in all, I was happy just to be in the final and back on the podium. Bartek has 25 wins, and Freddie is pretty high up on the total win list too on seven. Obviously, they have won a few, but the reason they are so high up the standings is that even when they are not winning, they are in the final. I just want to be up there more consistently. If the win is there, you take it, but if not, you have to remember I got a lot more points than I would have got, had I missed the final. It’s awesome to be up there and I am happy with it.”
EKSTRALIGA | SPEEDWAY GP QUARTET FIRES LUBLIN INTO FINAL
Speedway GP duo Fredrik Lindgren and Jack Holder topped the score chart for PGE Ekstraliga champions Lublin as their big guns fired them into their fourth straight play-off final.Lublin overturned a 12-point first-leg deficit, defeating visitors Torun 59-31 on the night for a 98-82 aggregate success.Their Speedway GP riders all hit the road for the 11-hour drive to the Deluxe Homeart FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens in good spirits, with Lindgren and Holder leading the way on 11 paid 12. Dominik Kubera also impressed on 10 paid 11, with four-time Speedway GP champion Bartosz Zmarzlik notching nine paid 10 – just 24 hours before he bids to wrap up title No.5 in Vojens.Great Britain racer Robert Lambert led Torun’s scoring with an impressive 15 points, with Emil Sayfutdinov scoring six and Patryk Dudek picking up five paid six points.The other semi-final between Wroclaw and Gorzow at the Olympic Stadium was due to take place on Sunday but has been postponed due to a wet weather forecast. That will now be staged on Friday – just two days before the play-off final, first leg is due to take place on Sunday, September 22.For full details of the result and scorers from Lublin, CLICK HERE (link in Polish).
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