The Final of the FIM Team Speedway World Championship ended with a brilliant victory for the Russian team in the Trud Stadium of Balakovo (Russia), which brought together more than eighteen thousand fans singing in unison, "Russia!" Welcoming the FIM World Champions.
The Russians were in the lead almost from the beginning of the meeting. The fact that the Russian riders were at home helped. The FIM World Championship silver medalist, Team Denmark, the first part of the meeting raced under their level. But the guests are not upset, put under pressure, and in the last race could still win a well-deserved second place.
The rostrum places were not decided yet because of the close racing done by the Czech, the Ukrainian and Danish until the end of the meeting. So, the second place was decided in the 25th final heat won by the Danish team.
One of the most interesting moment of the race arrived in a Race-off, which decided the fate of the bronze medalists. In a tough fight the Ukrainian riders pulled out third place with their rivals from the Czech Republic.
All the teams rode at a high level, the teams of Denmark, the Czech Republic and Ukraine were practically the same. A crowd of 18 thousand of spectators could watch some spectacular overtaking and interesting points race.
After the end of the ceremony, Jonas B Andersen said: "It was an amazing feeling, to act on the stage of world-class. Yes, we should have easy access here, and we are very happy with the silver medals. And, of course, I was impressed by the audience support. We would like to thank all the fans for helping us. "
Anders Secher, Danish Team manager declared: “The Russian U21 squad was unbeatable tonight; the races were very close until the very last heat where we made it! The boys made it ! I am happy they get this well deserve silver medals”
The Team manager of the Ukrainian team, Sergey Lyatosinskyy: "A little bit unlucky with our kids. We have made a tactical substitution, and as a result of Loktaev came fourth. Tsukanov fell, and these two factors influenced the final outcome of arrival. We would like to applaud the Russian riders who deserved this victory and thank the organizers and the FIM and the aid and support. "
Team Russia - 61 pts 1- Andrey Kudryashov (Captain) 10 pts 2- Artem Laguta 15 pts 3- Vitaliy Belousov 11 pts 4- Ilya Chalov 14 pts 5- Vladimir Borodulin 11 pts Team Denmark - 31 pts 1- Rene Bach (Captain) o pt 2- Mikkel B. Jensen 9 pts 3- Jonas B Andersen 5 pts 4- Michael Jepsen Jensen 12 pts 5- Mikkel Michelsen 5 pts Team Ukraine - 29+3 pts 1- Kiril Tsukanov (Captain) 5 pts 2- Andriy Kobrin 10 pts 3- Aleksandr Loktaev11+3 pts 4- Volodymyr Teygel 2 pts 5- Stanislav Melnichuk 1 pt Team Czech Republic - 29+2 pts 1- Michael Hadek (Captain) 5 pts 2- Jan Holub 5 pts 3- Vaclav Milik 11+2 pts 4- Roman Cejka 4 pts 5- Michal Dudek 4 pts