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The fourth-place finisher, Californian Sam Ermolenko, leads Englishman Kelvin Tatum and Czechoslovakian Roman Matousek.
The dominating Danish squad (from left) : Second place Hans Nielsen,
wi nner Erik Gundersen and third-place man Jan Pedersen .
it's a great da y for all of us. It was
a great thrill to win my first championship in 1984. but to win it for
a thi rd time in front of my own
peopl e was someth in g speci al. "
For Ermolenko , third in 1985 and
again last yea r', th ere could o n ly be
disappointment. As the only American to rea ch the Final he wa s pleas ed
he had been given an advantageous
draw. H e had the inside lane on all
hi s ch ief rivals apart from Ni els en
but a freak thunderstorm less tha n
two hours before th e sch edu led stan
flooded the track . The grou n d staff
worked frant icall y to rep air the
damage a nd mop up the surplus
water a n d th e circuit wa s perfect for
racing after the first few ' heat s, but
th e ad va ntage o f the inside lanes was
nullified .
" It was reall y disap p o inting
because I felt I could do it th is time,"
Dan ish racer Hans Ni elsen leads fe llow count ryma n Ja n Pedersen in
race three - which wa s restarted three tim es due to mud.
said th e dejected Ermolen ko . " After
winnin g my first two ra ces everything was.going fin e, an d even when
N iels en beat m e in m y th ir d he at I
was su re I could co me back. Bu t
wh en I finish ed th ird to Gun de rse n
and]onsson my cha nces were gone. ';'
Results
FINA L: 1. Erik Gund ersen-Oenm ark {14); 2 . Hans
Nielsen-De nmark (14); 3. Jan Pedersen-D enmark
(13); 4: Sam Ermolenko-USA (12 ); 5. (TIEl Per
Jonsson-Sweden / Simon Wigg ·Engl and (9 ); 7 .
(TIE) Roman Matous ek·Cze choslovakia/Kelvin
Tat um-En gland (8); 9 . Connv Ivarsson-Sweden (7);
10 . (TIE) Chr is Morton·Engla nd /Anta l KoesoHunga ry (6).
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