Trud Stadium (Balakovo)
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| Location | Sovetskaya Ulitsa, Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia, 413855 |
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| Coordinates | 52°00′37″N 47°45′52″E / 52.01028°N 47.76444°E |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Length | (380 metres) 0.380 km |
Trud Stadium (Russian: Стадион Труд) is a sports stadium in Balakovo. It is located south west of the centre of the city, on the south side of the Volga.[1] The stadium is primarily used for motorcycle speedway and the Speedway Club Turbina Balakovo race at the stadium.[2] The track circumference is 380 metres.[3]
History[edit]
The stadium opened in 1963[4] and was the venue for qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1966[5] and 1967[6] and the qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1973 and 1975.[7] The venue was also chosen for multiple Russian Individual Speedway Championship finals.
More recently the stadium held the final of the 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, a 2018 European Championship qualifier[8] and the final of the 2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship[9] In preparation for the 2019 event, new floodlights were installed.[10]
Since 2022, the stadium has been restricted to domestic use following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions, as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
Turbina Balakovo[edit]
The speedway team Turbina Balakovo race in the Russian league and also competed in the European Speedway Club Champions' Cup in 2010 and 2011. They won the competition in 2010.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ "Balakovo - Russia". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Home Page". Speedway Club Turbina Balakovo. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Supplementary regulations" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "The stadium "Trud". Old Saratov. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "1966 World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "1967 World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Individual Speedway Euro Championship at Balakovo". FIM. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "European Pairs Speedway Championship - Final". FIM. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Equipping the stadium in Balakovo with floodlights of JSC Proton". Proton. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "FIM Suspends Russian And Belarusian Motorcycle Competitors And Competitions". Full Noise. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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