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October 2016 In Sports
__NOTOC__ Events calendar {, class="wikitable sortable" , - !Date !Sport !Venue/Event !Status !Winner/s , - , 1 , Motorcycle speedway, Speedway , 2016 FIM Torun Grand Prix of Poland , International , Niels Kristian Iversen , - , 1–3 , Table tennis , Table Tennis World Cup, 2016 Men's World Cup , International , Fan Zhendong , - , 1–8 , Radio-controlled car, R/C 1:8 nitro off-road racing , 2016 IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship , International , David Ronnefalk ( HB Racing) , - , 2 , Formula One , 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix , International , Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull Racing) , - , 2 , Horse racing , 2016 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , International , Found (horse), Found (Jockey: Ryan Moore (jockey), Ryan Moore) , - , 2–8 , Darts , 2016 World Grand Prix (darts), 2016 World Grand Prix , International , Michael van Gerwen , - , 3–8 , Amateur boxing , 2016 World University Boxing Championships , International , , - , 3â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of track racing, speedway is adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
