FIM SPEEDWAY: LINDGREN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER POLISH CRASH

Swedish star Fredrik Lindgren was taken to hospital for checks after crashing out of Polish club Lublin’s 46-44 loss away to Leszno in the PGE Ekstraliga on Sunday, May 17.
Lindgren was battling Leszno’s Aussie racer Keynan Rew for third place in heat three, when he ran out of room, hit the home-straight fence and was thrown over the handlebars.
The 40-year-old left the Alfred Smoczyk Stadium track by ambulance, with Lublin confirming that Lindgren is undergoing further tests at a hospital.
In his absence, Ukrainian sensation Nazar Parnitskyi powered to 12 paid 15 points from six rides for Leszno, winning heat 14 ahead of double SGP2 champion Mateusz Cierniak to all but seal the points for the Bulls. Parnitskyi was well supported by 11 points from Aussie ace Ben Cook and 10 from former Speedway GP star Piotr Pawlicki.
Six-time Speedway GP world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik led the Lublin score chart on 13, with SGP frontrunner Kacper Woryna tallying 10 and Lindgren failing to score following his opening-race fall.
In the day’s other meeting, former Speedway GP world champion Artem Laguta stormed to 14 points for Wroclaw as they triumphed 52-38 over Torun at the Olympic Stadium.
Great Britain hero Dan Bewley added 12 paid 13 points, with Polish racer Bartlomiej Kowalski collecting 10 paid 13. World No.2 Brady Kurtz recorded three paid four.
Former world number three Emil Sayfutdinov topped the Torun scoring on 11, with Patryk Dudek bagging 10 paid 11 and Robert Lambert adding four.