2021 Individual Ice Racing World Championship

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The 2021 FIM Ice Speedway World Championship was the 56th edition of the FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship season. Due to the continuing issues regarding the COVID-19 pandemic it was decided to hold a two-day final at the Anatoly Stepanov Stadium in Tolyatti, Russia, on 13 and 14 February 2021. [1]

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Dinar Valeev of Russia won the World Championship series to become world champion for the first time. Valeev defeated Igor Kononov in a race off after both riders finished on 36 points. [2] [3]

Russian athletes competed as neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes. [4]


Final Series

VenueDateWinners
1 Flag of Russia.svg Tolyatti 13 February Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Khomitsevich
2 Flag of Russia.svg Tolyatti 14 February Flag of Russia.svg Dinar Valeev

Classification

PosRiderPts
1 Flag of Russia.svg Dinar Valeev 36
2 Flag of Russia.svg Igor Kononov 36
3 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Khomitsevich 34
4 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Ivanov 30
5 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Toloknov 23
6 Flag of Austria.svg Harald Simon 21
7 Flag of Austria.svg Franz Zorn 21
8 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Shishegov 18
9 Flag of Germany.svg Marcus Jell 16
10 Flag of Finland.svg Aki Ala-Riihimäki 14
11 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Anisimov 12
12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Hutla 11
13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrej Diviš 7
14 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Pavel Nekrassov 5
15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jasper Iwema 5
16 Flag of Germany.svg Luca Bauer 3
17 Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Krivonozhko 0

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References

  1. "Dinar Valeev is World Champion!". EIS Speedway. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. "ICE SPEEDWAY: VALEEV IS THE CHAMPION". FIM Awards. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. "Dinar Valeev is the 2021 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Champion". Speedway Info. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press . Retrieved December 17, 2020.