Igor Alexandrovich Kononov is a Russian ice speedway world champion.
On three occasions Kononov has finished runner-up in the
Individual Ice Speedway World Championship
The Individual Ice Speedway World Championship is an Ice speedway championship held annually to determine an individual World Champion.
History
The first Championships were held in 1966. A European Championship was held for the two years precedi ...
title in 2011, 2017 and 2021. During the
2021 Championship he was in the lead on the last lap of the race-off with
Dinar Valeev but hit a rut approaching the last two bends which allowed Valeev to overtake and claim the title for himself.
He is a two times team world champion after winning the
Team Ice Racing World Championship
The FIM Ice Speedway of Nations, formerly known as the Ice Speedway Team World Championship, is an international ice speedway competition, first held in Kalinin (Tver), USSR, in 1979. Since its establishment, the tournament has been noted by a cont ...
title with Russia in
2017
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and
2020
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.
References
1987 births
Living people
Russian speedway riders
Ice Speedway World Champions
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