Anatoly Stepanov Stadium
speeway track, Tolyatti
LocationUlitsa Rodiny, 40, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia 445020
Coordinates53°30′00″N 49°23′26″E / 53.50000°N 49.39056°E / 53.50000; 49.39056
Opened1963

The Anatoly Stepanov Stadium formerly the Stroitel Stadium is a 15,000-capacity Motorcycle speedway and Ice speedway in Tolyatti, Russia.[1]

History

The stadium opened in 1963 and is the home of the Russian speedway team called the Mega Lada Togliatti. 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.

Since 2022, the stadium has been resticted 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.[4]

Name

The 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.[5]

Riders preparing for race in 1986

See also

References

  1. ^ "Anatoly Stepanov Stadium". OStadium. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "STATEMENT: FIM SPEEDWAY GP OF MFR – TOGLIATTI". FIM. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "TOGLIATTI SGP CANCELLED". Speedway Star. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "FIM Suspends Russian And Belarusian Motorcycle Competitors And Competitions". Full Noise. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Mysteries in assassination of Stepanov". TLTgorod.ru. (in Russian). Retrieved 26 January 2023.


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