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Dinar Valeev puts on his protective gear before he puts on his Kevlars
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) warms his bike up before the meeting
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Swedish Riders (l-r) Niclas Svensson (192), Martin Haarahiltunen (199), Ove Ledström (97) and Stefan Svensson (58)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) (left) and Max Niedermaier (88)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Swedish Fans
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Russian Fans
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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FIM President Jorge Viegas with the riders at Heerenveen
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Russian Riders (l-r) Dmitri Koltakov (106). Dinar Valeev (114), Danil Ivanov (333), Nikita Toloknov (383), Dmitri Khomitsevich (919)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) leads Danil Ivanov (333) and Martin Haarahiltunen (199)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) passes Dmitri Koltakov (106) on the inside
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Niclas Svensson (192) leads Stefan Svensson (58)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Ove Ledström (97) leads Johann Weber (33) Nikita Toloknov (383) and Jimmy Tuinstra (273)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Ove Ledström (97) leads Johann Weber (33)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Nikita Toloknov (383) leads Jimmy Tuinstra (273)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) leads Max Niedermaier (88) Charly Ebner (665) and Jasper Iwema (800)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) leads Niclas Svensson (192) (White)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Ove Ledström (97) leads Niclas Svensson (192)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Martin Haarahiltunen (199) leads Jasper Iwema (800) and Nikita Toloknov (383)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) leads Stefan Svensson (58)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Jimmy Tuinstra (273) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) and Dinar Valeev (114) lock together and crash out
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) walks back to the pits
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) walks back to the pits after his crash with his mechanic
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) acknowledges the crowd as he returns for the heat re-run
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) leads Dinar Valeev (114)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Clearing the loose snow off the ice during track preparation
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) leads Dinar Valeev (114) with Jimmy Tuinstra (273) and Bart Schaap (16) behind
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Johann Weber (33) leads Niclas Svensson (192) Max Niedermaier (88) and Martin Haarahiltunen (199) down the back straight
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Martin Haarahiltunen (199) leads Johann Weber (33) and Max Niedermaier (88)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Martin Haarahiltunen (199) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) leads Danil Ivanov (333) Ove Ledström (97) and Jasper Iwema (800)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) leads Danil Ivanov (333)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) leads Danil Ivanov (333)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) passes Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) \on the inside
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Nikita Toloknov (383) leads Charly Ebner (665)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) leads Dinar Valeev (114) and Nikita Toloknov (383) into turn 1
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) (right) walks back to the pits with his manager Rais Mustafin after his third fall of the meeting
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) leads Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) and Max Niedermaier (88)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Koltakov (106) leads Dmitri Khomitsevich (919)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) watches the racing before his next heat
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dinar Valeev (114) cuts across Stefan Svensson (58) and Ove Ledström (97) with Martin Haarahiltunen (199) behind
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Stefan Svensson (58) holds out Martin Haarahiltunen (199)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) leads Johann Weber (33)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) in action
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) leads Johann Weber (33)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Jasper Iwema (800) inside Jimmy Tuinstra (273)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) leads Dinar Valeev (114)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) and Dmitri Koltakov (106) battle it out into the first turn
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Stefan Svensson (58) tries to pass both Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) and Dmitri Koltakov (106) on the inside
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) and Dmitri Koltakov (106) lead Stefan Svensson (58)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Saturday Final Start: (l-r) Dinar Valeev (114), Dmitri Khomitsevich (919), Dmitri Koltakov (106) and Danil Ivanov (333)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Dmitri Khomitsevich (919) and Dmitri Koltakov (106) lead Danil Ivanov (333) in the final on Saturday
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) passes Dmitri Koltakov (106) on the inside
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) passes Dmitri Koltakov (106) on the inside
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov (333) takes the win in Saturday’s final
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov with his winners trophy
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Saturday’s Top 3: (l-r) Dmitri Koltakov (2nd), Danil Ivanov (1st), Dinar Valeev (3rd)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Saturday’s Top 3: (l-r) Dmitri Koltakov (2nd), FIM President Jorge Viegas, Danil Ivanov (1st), Dinar Valeev (3rd)
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
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Danil Ivanov with his winners trophy
FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship, Event 5.1, Ice Rink Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands Saturday 30 March 2019
