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] [2]

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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. [3] [4] Defending champion Daniil Ivanov finished fourth. [5]

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. [6]


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. ↑ "FIM ice Racing/ Speedway European & World Championships" (PDF). Motorsport Top 20. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "ICE SPEEDWAY: VALEEV IS THE CHAMPION". FIM Awards. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dinar Valeev is the 2021 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Champion". Speedway Info. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ivanov fails to retain World Ice Speedway title". IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press . Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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