The Anatoly Stepanov Stadium formerly the Stroitel Stadium is a 15,000-capacity Motorcycle speedway and Ice speedway in Tolyatti, Russia.[1] It is the home track of the Russian speedway team called the Mega Lada Togliatti.
 speedway track, Tolyatti | |
| Location | Ulitsa Rodiny, 40, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia 445020 |
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| Coordinates | 53°30′00″N 49°23′26″E / 53.50000°N 49.39056°E |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Opened | 1963 |
| Length | (353 metres) 0.353 km |
History
editThe stadium opened in 1963.
In 2019, the stadium hosted the 2019 Speedway of Nations (the World Cup of speedway). In 2021, the stadium hosted the Speedway World Championship round known as the Speedway Grand Prix of Russia in 2021 and was due to be a regular venue until the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3] The speedway track has a circumference of 353 metres.[4]
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 invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Name
editThe stadium is named after the deputy of the Duma of Samara Oblast and president of the sports club Mega-Lada Anatoly Alexeyevich Stepanov, who was murdered in 2009.[6]
Mega Lada Togliatti
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The speedway team Mega Lada Togliatti competed in the European Speedway Club Champions' Cup from 1999 and from 2002 until 2008. They won the event a record four times.[7] They also hold the record number of wins for the Russian Team Speedway Championship.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Anatoly Stepanov Stadium". OStadium. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "STATEMENT: FIM SPEEDWAY GP OF MFR – TOGLIATTI". FIM. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "TOGLIATTI SGP CANCELLED". Speedway Star. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Supplementary Regulations" (PDF). FIM. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "FIM Suspends Russian And Belarusian Motorcycle Competitors And Competitions". Full Noise. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "Mysteries in assassination of Stepanov". TLTgorod.ru. (in Russian). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Historical statement of results 1998-2012". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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