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WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL 1 top 3 sides qualify + highest scoring 4th place side |
| There were no real shocks in this Semi as Norway, Sweden and America qualified fairly comfortably. Norway were immaculately led by maximum man Hans E Bergestol with Olle Bjorn Thoresen offering good support and reserve Rudi Juritzen helping to win the meeting with a final race 5-1 after Thoresen had withdrawn as a precaution following a tumble in the previous race, and with qualification already wrapped up. Sven Svensson raced to 17 points for Sweden with Lennart Levin scoring in all but one race, where he suffered an engine failure. America put together a strong team display with both riders reaching double figures. |
| Finland came 4th as Niemi suffered some bad luck with Eskleninen stepping in from reserve to score well but too much work needing to be done. Irwin and Mabo both competed well for Australia but neither scored big enough points to threaten the top sides while Stoyanov was exellent for Bulgaria but received no real support. At the bottom old stager Petkovic battled gamely for Croatia but they were unable to find a heat winner between them all afternoon and were never likely challengers. |
| NORWAY 25 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Olle Bjorn Thoresen....... 0 1 3 2* F - 6+1 (I) |
| 2. Hans E Bergestol.......... 3 3 2* 3 3 3 17+1 |
| 3. Rudi Juritzen............. 2* - - - - - 2+1 |
| SWEDEN 24 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Sven Svensson............. 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 |
| 2. Lennart Levin............. 1 R 2* 1 2* 1* 7+3 |
| 3. Johannes Flood............ Did not ride |
| AMERICA 21 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Braxton McChesney......... 1* 1 3 1 2* 2 10+2 |
| 2. Ricky Antunovich.......... 2 3 2* 0 3 1* 11+2 |
| 3. Billie-Ray Campo.......... Did not ride |
| FINLAND 16 |
| 1. Ila Niemi................. 2 R Fx - - - 2 |
| 2. Hannu Helinen............. 0 2 1 3 1 0 7 |
| 3. Yrjo Eskelinen............ 1 3 3 - - - 7 |
| AUSTRALIA 15 |
| 1. Ryan Irwin................ 1* 3 1 2 0 0 7+1 |
| 2. Eddie Mabo................ 2 1 0 1* 1 3 8+1 |
| 3. Andrew Scott.............. Did not ride |
| BULGARIA 13 |
| 1. Dimitar Stoyanov.......... 3 2 2 3 2 0 12 |
| 2. Rumun Dimotrov............ 0 0 0 1 - - 1 |
| 3. Venci Hristov............. 0 0 - - - - 0 |
| CROATIA 12 |
| 1. Roberto Asanovic.......... 1* 2 0 0 - - 3+1 |
| 2. Matija Petkovic........... 2 R 1 2 0 2 7 |
| 3. Eugen Ilijas.............. 1 1* - - - - 2+1 |
| No. Results |
| 1: Sven Svensson, Ila Niemi, Lennart Levin, Hannu Helinen |
| 2: Hans E Bergestol, Eddie Mabo, Ryan Irwin, Olle Bjorn Thoresen |
| 3: Dimitar Stoyanov, Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic, Rumun Dimotrov |
| 4: Sven Svensson, Ricky Antunovich, Braxton McChesney, Lennart Levin (R) |
| 5: Ryan Irwin, Hannu Helinen, Eddie Mabo, Ila Niemi (R) |
| 6: Hans E Bergestol, Roberto Asanovic, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Matija Petkovic (R) |
| 7: Ricky Antunovich, Dimitar Stoyanov, Braxton McChesney, Rumun Dimotrov |
| 8: Sven Svensson, Lennart Levin, Ryan Irwin, Eddie Mabo |
| 9: Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Hans E Bergestol, Hannu Helinen, Ila Niemi (Fx) |
| 10: Braxton McChesney, Ricky Antunovich, Matija Petkovic, Roberto Asanovic |
| 11: Sven Svensson, Dimitar Stoyanov, Lennart Levin, Venci Hristov |
| 12: Hannu Helinen, Matija Petkovic, Yrjo Eskelinen, Roberto Asanovic |
| 13: Dimitar Stoyanov, Ryan Irwin, Eddie Mabo, Venci Hristov |
| 14: Hans E Bergestol, Olle Bjorn Thoresen, Braxton McChesney, Ricky Antunovich |
| 15: Sven Svensson, Lennart Levin, Eugen Ilijas, Matija Petkovic |
| 16: Yrjo Eskelinen, Dimitar Stoyanov, Hannu Helinen, Rumun Dimotrov |
| 17: Ricky Antunovich, Braxton McChesney, Eddie Mabo, Ryan Irwin |
| 18: Hans E Bergestol, Sven Svensson, Lennart Levin, Olle Bjorn Thoresen (F) |
| 19: Yrjo Eskelinen, Braxton McChesney, Ricky Antunovich, Hannu Helinen |
| 20: Eddie Mabo, Matija Petkovic, Eugen Ilijas, Ryan Irwin |
| 21: Hans E Bergestol, Rudi Juritzen, Rumun Dimotrov, Dimitar Stoyanov |
| INJURY NEWS - Olle Bjorn Thoresen took a knock to the ribs and was replaced for his last race solely as a precaution. |
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WORLD PAIRS SEMI FINAL 2 top 3 sides qualify + highest scoring 4th place side |
| Oleg Yelesnev led Russia to a surpise win in this meeting despite two early blanks for his partner Nikita Fedorenko; Denis Gomozov was used from reserve and supplied the support to the top man to help them claim top spot in this Semi. England made harder work of qualifying that expected but eventually eased through with Nick Ambrose offering solid support to Liam Reay. Poland also looked in trouble, after losing Maciej Tercjak to an injury, but Gabrys Irzyk won 4 of his races and Boguslaw Kryznowek came good in the final heats to see them through. They beat Denmark in a runoff for 3rd place but with both sides having already outscored Finland's 16 points in the other Semi both progressed to the World Pairs Final. The Danes were led by Jens Isaksen with 11+2 points and Henrik Hansen offered solid enough support to see them do enough to stay in the competition. |
| Germany ran the top sides close with Juttke reaching double figures whilst Scotland finished on the same number of points but Bridges couldn't quite do enough in support of Treadwell to put them over the line. For Slovenia it was a familiar story with Verner excellent as always but lacking support to challenge the stronger pairings. |
| RUSSIA 21 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Nikita Fedorenko.......... 0 0 - - - - 0 |
| 2. Oleg Yelesnev............. 3 2 3 3 2* 2 15+1 |
| 3. Denis Gomozov............. 1 1 3 1* - - 6+1 |
| ENGLAND 20 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Liam Reay................. 2 3 3 R 1* 3 12+1 |
| 2. Nick Ambrose.............. 0 1 2* 2 2 1 8+1 |
| 3. Hayden Wood............... Did not ride |
| POLAND 19 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Maciej Tercjak............ 1 Fx - - - - 1 (I) |
| 2. Gabrys Irzyk.............. 3 3 0 3 3 0 12 |
| 3. Boguslaw Kryznowek........ 1 0 2* 3 - - 6+1 |
| DENMARK 19 (QUALIFIED) |
| 1. Jens Isaksen.............. 1* 2 2* 3 0 3 11+2 |
| 2. Henrik Hansen............. 2 1* 3 1 1 0 8+1 |
| 3. Steen Eriksen............. Did not ride |
| GERMANY 17 |
| 1. Otto Juttke............... 3 2 0 2 0 3 10 |
| 2. Henrik Wasserman.......... 0 1* 1 0 3 2* 7+2 |
| 3. Sepp Manzbach............. Did not ride |
| SCOTLAND 17 |
| 1. Scott Bridges............. 1* 1 Fx 2 2 0 6+1 |
| 2. Luke Treadwell............ 2 3 2 1* 1* 2 11+2 |
| 3. Mark Briggs............... Did not ride |
| SLOVENIA 13 |
| 1. Jernej Keglovits.......... 0 0 - - - - 0 |
| 2. Petr Verner............... 3 2 2 3 1 1 12 |
| 3. Janez Djbas............... 0 1 0 0 - - 1 |
| No. Results |
| 1: Otto Juttke, Henrik Hansen, Jens Isaksen, Henrik Wasserman |
| 2: Gabrys Irzyk, Liam Reay, Maciej Tercjak, Nick Ambrose |
| 3: Oleg Yelesnev, Luke Treadwell, Scott Bridges, Nikita Fedorenko |
| 4: Petr Verner, Jens Isaksen, Henrik Hansen, Jernej Keglovits |
| 5: Gabrys Irzyk, Otto Juttke, Henrik Wasserman, Maciej Tercjak (Fx) |
| 6: Liam Reay, Oleg Yelesnev, Nick Ambrose, Nikita Fedorenko |
| 7: Luke Treadwell, Petr Verner, Scott Bridges, Jernej Keglovits |
| 8: Henrik Hansen, Jens Isaksen, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Gabrys Irzyk |
| 9: Liam Reay, Nick Ambrose, Henrik Wasserman, Otto Juttke |
| 10: Oleg Yelesnev, Petr Verner, Denis Gomozov, Janez Djbas |
| 11: Jens Isaksen, Luke Treadwell, Henrik Hansen, Scott Bridges (Fx) |
| 12: Oleg Yelesnev, Otto Juttke, Denis Gomozov, Henrik Wasserman |
| 13: Gabrys Irzyk, Scott Bridges, Luke Treadwell, Boguslaw Kryznowek |
| 14: Petr Verner, Nick Ambrose, Janez Djbas, Liam Reay (R) |
| 15: Denis Gomozov, Oleg Yelesnev, Henrik Hansen, Jens Isaksen |
| 16: Henrik Wasserman, Scott Bridges, Luke Treadwell, Otto Juttke |
| 17: Gabrys Irzyk, Boguslaw Kryznowek, Petr Verner, Janez Djbas |
| 18: Jens Isaksen, Nick Ambrose, Liam Reay, Henrik Hansen |
| 19: Otto Juttke, Henrik Wasserman, Petr Verner, Janez Djbas |
| 20: Boguslaw Kryznowek, Oleg Yelesnev, Denis Gomozov, Gabrys Irzyk |
| 21: Liam Reay, Luke Treadwell, Nick Ambrose, Scott Bridges |
| RUNOFF FOR 3RD: Gabrys Irzyk, Jens Isaksen |
| INJURY NEWS - Maciej Tercjak injured his elbow but will be fit for next meeting. |