Location | Sovetskaya Ulitsa, Balakovo, Saratov Oblast, Russia, 413855 |
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Coordinates | 52°00′37″N 47°45′52″E / 52.01028°N 47.76444°E |
Opened | 1963 |
Length | (380 metres) 0.380 km |
Trud Stadium ( Russian: Стадион Труд) is a sports stadium in Balakovo. It is located south west of the centre of the city, on the south side of the Volga. [1] The stadium is primarily used for motorcycle speedway and the Speedway Club Turbina Balakovo race at the stadium. [2] The track circumference is 380 metres. [3]
The stadium opened in 1963 [4] and was the venue for qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1966 [5] and 1967 [6] and the qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1973 and 1975. [7] The venue was also chosen for multiple Russian Individual Speedway Championship finals.
More recently the stadium held the final of the 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, a 2018 European Championship qualifier [8] and the final of the 2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship [9] In preparation for the 2019 event, new floodlights were installed. [10]
Since 2022, the stadium has been restricted to domestic use following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions, as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [11]
The speedway team Turbina Balakovo race in the Russian league and also competed in the European Speedway Club Champions' Cup in 2010 and 2011. They won the competition in 2010. [12]