A world area of riders from seven international locations and two continents will contest the 2025 FIM Ladies’s Speedway Gold Trophy (WSGT) this coming Saturday (12 July) on the immaculate Stadion Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia.
- Speedway’s main girls contest 2025 FIM Ladies’s Speedway Gold Trophy
- German star Celina Liebmann goals to double up in Donji Kraljevec
- Can Dutch dynamo Nynke Sijbesma improve to gold this time round?
Constructing upon strong foundations laid down by final 12 months’s profitable inaugural occasion at Teterow in Germany, the second version is supported by HKC Koopmann, Kineo and Anlas and takes place the day after the conclusion of the 2025 FIM Ladies’s Speedway Academy attended by all WSGT opponents.
Selling gender inclusivity and inspiring range, the WSGT is a product of the continued and profitable collaboration between the FIM Observe Racing Fee (CCP) and the FIM Ladies’s Fee (CFM).
The 13 opponents will every contest 4 Warmth races to determine the line-up for the Grand Remaining with seven riders from 2024’s first version returning for a second try on the title and aiming to make use of final 12 months’s hard-won expertise at Teterow to full impact.
Among the many pre-event favourites is defending champion Celina Liebmann from Germany who was in dominant kind final 12 months, remaining unbeaten all through the competitors. The twenty-four-year-old is certainly one of girls’s Speedway’s main lights with a string of accolades to her identify and was the primary feminine competitor to race an FIM Speedway Beneath 21 World Championship (SGP2) occasion and the primary girl to signal for golf equipment in Nice Britain and Poland.
Nevertheless, she is going to face fierce opposition with Dutch racer Nynke Sijbesma – who was second final 12 months in Teterow and has expertise of contesting the FIM Lengthy Observe Beneath 23 World Cup – anticipated to characteristic among the many entrance runners, as is Germany’s Jenny Apfelbeck who additionally made the reduce for final season’s Grand Remaining.
One other competitor from final 12 months, Britain’s Rachel Hellowell claimed two Warmth wins within the 2024 WSGT, however ended the assembly one level in need of qualifying for the Grand Remaining, as did Germany’s Patricia Erhart who may even be in motion in Donji Kraljevec.
With the German pairing of Mascha Schwend and Hannah Grunwald finishing the checklist of returning racers, the remaining entry will probably be experiencing WSGT competitors for the primary time.
Teenaged expertise Alina Sassenhagen, who has raced alongside Liebmann this season for the Friesian Lions crew in her native Germany, will probably be joined behind the tapes by the Danish pairing of Katja Stoffer Jorgensen and Louise Funch Larsen. Polish hopes will relaxation on the shoulders of Martyna Mróz whereas Slovakia will probably be represented by Anna Hajková.
Furthest travelled of the opponents, Australian Tayla Road is a three-time nationwide champion who on the very least will probably be aiming to emulate her compatriot Anika Loftus who completed third final season.
The motion from Donji Kraljevec is scheduled to get underneath means at 15:30 native time. For extra data click here.
Phrases by FIM Observe Racing – Picture by Jesper Veldhuizen
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