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Trud Stadium (Balakovo)
Trud Stadium () is a sports stadium in Balakovo. It is located south west of the centre of the city, on the south side of the Volga. The stadium is primarily used for motorcycle speedway and the Speedway Club Turbina Balakovo race at the stadium. The track circumference is 380 metres. History The stadium opened in 1963 and was the venue for qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1966 and 1967 and the qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1973 and 1975. The venue was also chosen for multiple Russian Individual Speedway Championship finals. More recently the stadium held the final of the 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, a 2018 European Championship qualifier and the final of the 2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship In preparation for the 2019 event, new floodlights were installed. Since 2022, the stadium has been restricted to domestic use following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian motorcycle riders, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakovo
Balakovo ( rus, Балако́во, p=bəlɐˈkovə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located on the East bank of the Volga River about northeast of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in 1762 by the Old Believers who returned from Poland and was granted town status in 1911. Russian Empire For a long time it was believed that the city of Balakovo was founded in 1762, but later a document dated 1738 was found in the archives of St. Petersburg, which mentions the Cossack meadow possession of Balakov Yurt, located two versts from the Volga. December 14, 1762 Empress of Russia Catherine the Great, Catherine II issued a manifesto calling on the Old Believers, who had fled to Poland, to return from abroad to Russia and settle on the lands between the Bolshoy Irgiz River, Bolshoy and Maly Irgiz River, Maly Irgiz rivers. To the zealots of the old faith, 70,000 dessiatins (76,300 hectares) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga
The Volga (, ) is the longest river in Europe and the longest endorheic basin river in the world. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of .«Река Волга» , Russian State Water Registry It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge at delta – between and – and of . It is widely regarded as the national river of |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championships were held in 1936. Today, the championship is organised as a series of Speedway Grand Prix events, where points are awarded according to performance in the event and tallied up at the end of each season. However, up to 1994, it was usually run as a single-night event after qualifying rounds during the season, leading up to a final consisting of 20 heats, where points were awarded according to riders' heat placings and then tallied up at the end. Before the World Championship received its formal recognition from the ACU and the FIM in 1936, other unofficial Speedway World Championships were staged between 1931 and 1935, in Europe, South America and Australasia, such as the Star Riders' Championship. Unofficial World Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway, speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001. Format From 1960 until 1985, each team consisted of four riders and a reserve. A final meeting was held after qualifying rounds, the winner being decided on total points scored in that final meeting. In 1986, the teams that qualified for the 'final' raced three meetings, the winner of each meeting being awarded three points, second place awarded two points, and third place awarded a point. The total points gained over the three meetings determined the champion. In 1987, the three meeting system was used again, but this time the aggregate points scored by the individual riders were added together to determine the champion. 1988 saw the championship revert to the original format. In 1994, the Speedway World Pairs Championship, World Pairs Championship was merged with the World Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Individual Speedway Championship
The Russian Individual Speedway Championship is a motorcycle speedway championship held each year to determine the Russian national champion. Mikhail Starostin holds the record for the most titles with seven. The Soviet Union Individual Speedway Championship was staged injunction with the Russian Individual Speedway Championship from 1959 to its dissolution in 1992. Russian Championship 1960–present Soviet Union Championship 1959–1992 See also * Sport in Russia References {{International speedway Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... Motorsport competitions in Russia Speedway competitions in Russia National championships in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship was the seventh Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Team Speedway Junior World Championship, Team Under-21 World Championship season. The final took place on 3 September, 2011 at Balakovo in Russia. It was the first final in Russia. The defending Champions were Denmark national under-21 speedway team, Denmark. Results As the 2011 Under-21 World Cup Final was staged in Russia, the Russia national under-21 speedway team, Russian team was seeded directly into the Final. The other three finalists were to be determined in two Semi-Finals on May 28. However, Sweden national under-21 speedway team, Sweden, who qualified for the Final by winning Semi-final 1, and Australia national under-21 speedway team, Australia who qualified by winning Semi-final 2, both withdrew from the Final due to travel cost and visa problems. After both Poland national under-21 speedway team, Poland and Finland national under-21 speedway team, Finl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship
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The 2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship was the 16th edition of the European Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held at the Trud Stadium in Balakovo, Russia on 29 August. The title was won by Russia for the first time. Final * Trud Stadium, Balakovo See also * 2019 Speedway European Championship References 2019 European Championship Pairs Speedway European Championship The Individual Speedway European Championship is an annual individual speedway event organized by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) to determine the champion of Europe. The competition was founded in 2001 and was initially staged as a one-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fédération Internationale De Motocyclisme
The International Motorcycling Federation (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) or (FIM) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 123 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six continental unions. There are seven motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 82 world championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships: enduro, Motorcycle trials, trial, Road racing, circuit racing, motocross and supermoto, Motorcycle racing#Cross-country rally, cross-country, Electric bicycle, e-bike, and track racing. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women. History The FIM w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thousands of Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War, military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, civilian casualties. As of 2025, Russian troops Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupy about 20% of Ukraine. From a population of 41 million, about 8 million Ukrainians had been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million Ukrainian refugee crisis, had fled the country by April 2023, creating Europe's List of largest refugee crises, largest refugee crisis since World War II. In late 2021, Russia Prelude to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, massed troops near Ukraine's borders and December 2021 Russian ultimatum to NATO, issued demands to the Western world, West i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Speedway Club Champions' Cup ...
The European Speedway Club Champions' Cup was an annual speedway event held in different countries and organised by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM) from 1998 to 2011. The competition involved mainly Eastern European countries. Only Poland from the 'Big four' leagues entered teams to compete in the competition, with the British, Swedish and Danish leagues choosing not to compete. Previous winners Medals classification References See also * Motorcycle speedway {{International speedway Clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Club (magazine), ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup
The 2010 European Speedway Club Champions' Cup was the 13th European Speedway Club Champions' Cup season. It was organised by the European Motorcycle Union (UEM). The final took place on 2 October 2010 in Miskolc, Hungary. The competition was primarily for Eastern European teams and only featured Polish teams from three of the 'Big four' leagues, with the British, Swedish and Danish leagues choosing not to compete. The Cup was won by Russian SK Turbina Balakovo. Summary * Miskolc * 2 October 2010 Final *2 October 2010 * Borsod Volán Stadion, Miskolc *Referee and Jury President: Anthony Steele See also * 2010 in sports References 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ... European Club {{motorcycle-speedway-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
