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Americans Kelly Moran (2) and Ronnie Correy (1) chase Australian Todd Wiltshire and Swede Jimmy Nilsen. Hans Nielsen and Jan Pedersen gave Denmark its sixth consecutive World Pairs Speedway titl e by finishing 1-2 in the final and deciding race. England's Kelvin Tatum and New Zealander Dave Bargh chase Correy through a turn. Correy won three of his races and scored a total of 15 points. Correy leads Mi tch Shirra of New Zealand and Swedish riders Per Jonsson and Jimmy Nilsen. Americans Correy and Moran fin ished sixth overall with 28 points. "T he main probl em was th at we did not ha ve the opportunity to practice togethe r, or even have a team ta lk," said a di sappointed Correy. " We were sup po sed to ride as partners but instead we were a couple of individuals; Kell y just did his own thing." " I reckon whoever is chose n in the fu ture, the rid ers should be given th e cha nce to get together and di scuss tactics," said Correy. " We have to show a more serio us att itude. As far I was concerne d, it was a valuable experience but I th ink we could have don e mu ch better i[ we had been given more time to prepare." Correy's ou tburst could not hid e th e [act tha t the American team was not good eno ug h on thi s occas ion. The du o was no t sharp enough [rom the tapes and although Correy won three of his races, h is other three riders produced only th ree po ints. Co ns iste ncy wa s the key a nd alt ho ug h Denmark had their problems , especia lly in the second heat whe n World Champion Hans Ni elsen [ell on the first bend and was excluded [or causing a wh olesale pile-up, they were able to take the Cup [or the sixt h successive tim e. But it was not until the last race that Denmark was safe. Nielsen and his partner Jan Ped er sen need ed Iul l points to finish ahead of Aus tral ia , and after Nielsen too k the lead Pedersen Denmark reigns on the U,S, By John Hipkiss LANDSHUT, W GERMANY, JULY22 . SA' s R on nie Correy openly ex pressed th e n eed for more serio us te a m work followi ng America 's fail ure in the World Pairs Speedway Final at Landshu t, Correy's pairi ng with fellow American Kell y U Moran simp ly did no t work ou t as Denmark won its sixth consecutive World Pairs Speedway victory , while the USA team finis hed down the score chart in sixth pl ace wit h 28 points, Correy scoring 15 to Moran's 13. i I forced hi s way th rou gh [rom the back to Iollow him home. Den mark topped the chart wit h 43 points, two better than the Australian surprise packet of Bri tish League newcomers Todd Wiltshire, who was , the leadi ng individual with 25 points, and hi s partner Leigh Adams. It was th e last six-ma n race final to be all ow ed under FIM rules, following th e near-fatal injuries susta ined by Polish rider Piotr Swist in the qualifying round in Austria, as the mas s cha rge d into th e turn a n d again brought disaster. The whole Landshut meeting was clouded by a first heat crash , which resulted in England's Simon Cross being rushed to a specia l hospital in , Munich with a broke n back. He fractured one vertebra and displaced two more whe n he clipped a back wheel comi ng out of the fou rth bend and was thrown heavily in to the solid wooden fence. Doctors wh o carr ied ou t eme rge ncy operations to pin th e dam aged vertebra said there was no paralysis and th ey are confiden t Cross will make a comp lete recovery but he 0'1 wi ll not ride again th is year. Results O / A: I. Denmark (H ); 2. Aumalia (4 1); 3. H un ga ry (33); 4. Sweden (33); 5. Now Zaland (31); 6. USA (28); 7. Ceechcelc vaki a (21); 8. Eng lan d (20); 9. G=any ( 15).