24 year old Polish rider Bartosz Zmarzlik took the Gold in Speedway’s GP series tonight in front of an ecstatic home crowd in Torun.
Although ahead of Russian Emil Sayfutdinov (Lezsno) by eight points beforehand, there was everything to win and everything to lose for Pole who admitted that nerves had effected his performance in the night’s earlier heats.
But as it turned out it was not the Russian but Danish rider, Leon Madsen (Czestochowa) who would be the biggest threat to the Gorzow/ Vetlanda rider.
Madsen was in third overall after his victory in the Cardiff SGP and he would score a perfect 21 points by winning all seven heats he competed in to win the Torun SGP and ultimately overtake Sayfutdinov to add World Championship Silver to add to his Bronze from the SEC.
But it would not be enough to displace Zmarzlik whose win in the second semifinal was enough to secure the victory for the 24 year old.
But there will be no rest day for the world champion tomorrow, he will be in action for Gorzow as they race to try to maintain their status in the Ekstraliga in the relegation/ promotion qualifier against Ostrovia.
