2025 FIM Speedway GP
Round Seven – Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla
Fresh off his maiden FIM Speedway Grand Prix victory in Gorzow, Brady Kurtz doubled down with another standout performance, claiming back-to-back wins at the Virkvarn FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla overnight. The Australian topped the podium at Sweden’s biggest speedway event, edging out five-time world champion Bartosz Zmarzlik and Great Britain’s Dan Bewley — replicating the exact podium from Gorzow two weeks prior.
With the win, Kurtz now sits second in the Speedway GP World Championship standings with 122 points, cutting Zmarzlik’s lead to just nine points (131) with three rounds remaining in the 2025 season.
Returning to familiar ground at the Skrotfrag Arena, where he previously raced for Swedish powerhouse Dackarna (2022–2023), Kurtz was dominant. He won five of his six outings and was only denied a perfect score when Heat 11 was stopped while he was leading. That incident resulted in a third-place finish — his only blemish on the night.
The final brought a tense moment as fellow Australian Jason Doyle crashed on turn four, causing a red flag. In the restart, Kurtz executed a perfect launch and held strong at the front. Zmarzlik was left to battle past Bewley for second, but couldn’t reel in the flying Kurtz.
While his breakthrough win in Gorzow holds special meaning, Kurtz was thrilled to prove it was no one-off.
Kurtz knows Zmarzlik’s nine-point advantage in the Speedway GP world title race could be closed or extended rapidly if either rider fails to reach a final at the remaining rounds in Latvian capital Riga on August 2, Polish city Wroclaw on August 30 and Danish venue Vojens on September 13.
Brady Kurtz
“Winning in Gorzow was pretty special. I think that’s the one I will definitely remember. But winning twice is great – more so because I know the first one wasn’t a fluke. That’s the coolest part in my mind – that I could win again. It was nice to do it here in Sweden on kind of my home track. I raced here for a few years, and it was nice to be back. I love it! (the wet track), I have ridden at Belle Vue for quite a few years in a row. We race in the rain a lot in Britain. I just kind of like to get on with it. I went for the track walk, went back to my pits, told the boys what setup we were going to use and away we went.”
Both men have reached six finals in the first seven rounds and Kurtz is keen to keep up the pressure in his quest to become the first rider in the series’ 30-year history to win the world title in their Speedway GP debut season.
Runner-up Zmarzlik battled his way through the last-chance qualifiers to take his place in the final, winning LCQ1 with an astonishing first lap to hit the front and guarantee he left with top spot in Speedway GP tonight.
Like Kurtz, third-placed Bewley is also a former Dackarna rider and adapted superbly to the wet conditions to deliver his third Speedway GP podium in four rounds, which leaves him fourth on 97 points – just two behind Swedish star Fredrik Lindgren, who is third on 99.
Jason Doyle continued his return to form with a fourth place, while countrymen Jack Holder and Max Fricke were eighth and fourteenth, respectively. Holder is fifth in the championship standings, and Fricke seventh.
With momentum on his side and the championship race tightening, all eyes will be on Kurtz as the 2025 Speedway GP season enters its final stretch.
2025 FIM Speedway GP of Sweden – Malilla Results
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Pos
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Riders
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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SF
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F
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Points
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1
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B. Kurtz
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3
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3
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1
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3
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3
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1st
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20
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|
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2
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B. Zmarzlik
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2
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2
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2
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2
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3
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1st
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2nd
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18
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3
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D. Bewley
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1st
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3rd
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16
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4
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J. Doyle
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2
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3
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3
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3
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1
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4th
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14
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|
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5
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F. Lindgren
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1
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2
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3
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2
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2
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2nd
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12
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|
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6
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J. Kvěch
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0
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2
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2
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0
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3
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2nd
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11
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|
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7
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R. Lambert
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2
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1
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2
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3
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3
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3rd
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10
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|
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8
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J. Holder
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3
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3
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0
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1
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1
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3rd
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9
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|
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9
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A. Lebedevs
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2
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3
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3
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3
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0
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4th
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8
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|
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10
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K. Huckenbeck
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1
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1
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3
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1
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0
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4th
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7
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|
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11
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D. Kubera
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3
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1
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1
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1
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0
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6
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||
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12
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M. Michelsen
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1
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0
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1
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2
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1
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5
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||
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13
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K. Nilsson
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1
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0
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0
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1
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2
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4
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||
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14
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M. Fricke
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0
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1
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0
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0
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2
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3
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||
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15
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A. Thomsen
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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2
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16
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M. Vaculik
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0
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0
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1
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17
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R. Karlsson
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0
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0
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0
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18
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S. Van Dyck
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0
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0
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FIM Speedway GP Standings
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Pos
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Riders
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Points
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1
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B. Zmarzlik
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131
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2
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B. Kurtz
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122
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3
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F. Lindgren
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99
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4
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D. Bewley
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97
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5
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J. Holder
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86
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6
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A. Lebedevs
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59
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7
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M. Fricke
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59
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8
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R. Lambert
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57
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9
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D. Kubera
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51
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10
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J. Kvěch
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49
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11
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M. Michelsen
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48
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12
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A. Thomsen
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45
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13
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J. Doyle
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39
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14
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M. Vaculik
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39
|
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15
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K. Huckenbeck
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32
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16
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L. Madsen
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16
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17
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P. Dudek
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16
|
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18
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C. Wright
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7
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19
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K. Nilsson
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4
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|
20
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O. Paluch
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2
|
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21
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E. Riss
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2
|
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22
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B. Kowalski
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1
|
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23
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D. Klíma
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1
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Images Taylor Lanning and Jarek Pabijan
