Speedway of Nations 2022: Norway to replace Slovakia in Semi-Final 2 following Martin Vaculik shoulder injury

Published 27/07/2022 at 15:01 GMT

The Speedway of Nations 2022 will see one potential debutant replaced by another after Slovakia were forced to withdraw from Semi-Final 2 after SGP star Martin Vaculik suffered a fractured shoulder blade. They will be replaced by Norway will make their SON bow instead. Stream the 2022 Speedway of Nations live and ad-free on discovery+.

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Slovakia will be replaced by Norway at the 2022 Speedway of Nations after an injury to Martin Vaculik.

The Speedway GP rider suffered a fractured left shoulder blade in a meeting for his club Stal Gorzow in the PGE Ekstraliga just days before he was set to lead his country out in Vojens, Denmark.

Vaculik, who recently won round three of the Speedway Grand Prix in Prague currently sits third in the Speedway Grand Prix standings had previously spoken of his excitement to represent his country.

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Sadly, the injury, which is set to rule him out for a number of weeks, means that Slovakia will now no longer be making their debut at the event.

Instead, their place now goes to Norway who come in as a late replacement, who will be making their first Speedway of Nations.

The Norway team will consist of Glenn Moi who captains the side, with Espen Sola at number two.

Lasse Frederiksen takes the number three reserve spot.

It will be Norway’s first appearance at a modern-day world team championships having only reached qualification rounds for the old FIM Speedway World Cup in 2001 and 2010.

They will take their place in Thursday’s second semi-final alongside defending champions Great Britain, Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Italy.

Should they qualify as one of the three best teams, they will progress to the final where hosts Denmark and the three top sides from Semi-Final 1 will be waiting.

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Stream the 2022 Speedway of Nations live and ad-free on discovery+ with live race action also on Eurosport 2.

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