FIM SPEEDWAY: WOFFINDEN BACK ON BIKE!

(Story from FIM Speedway GP)

Triple Speedway GP world champion Tai Woffinden admitted, “I’m loving every second of it” after getting back in the saddle Down Under recently.

Woffinden’s 2024 season was ended by a badly broken elbow suffered at the FIM Speedway GP of Poland – Gorzow on June 29, with the Perth-raised star forced to undergo a lengthy and patient recovery following surgery.

This appears to have paid off after a delighted Woffinden uploaded footage from Western Australia of his first practice session since he suffered the injury.

He posted: “Not even sat on one of my bikes in the last seven months! Straight back to it and I’m loving every second of it. Body feels great, no issues with the elbow, see you all in a month’s time.”

Speaking in the video with a bike warming up in the background, a suited and booted Woffinden said: “It has been a while since I heard that noise and since I’ve been wearing these things! 

“But it’s 31 degrees out here today, the sun is shining, Steve Sutherland has prepped the track, Jake Rose is on the tools, I am borrowing (Oxford rider) Luke Killeen’s bike, and I am hyped!

“The last time I rode a bike was seven months ago, so I think we should go out there and send it straight away.”

Woffinden’s return to fitness comes as a timely boost to his European clubs as he lines up for British Rowe Motor Oil Premiership side Sheffield, Polish Metalkas 2 Ekstraliga team Rzeszow and Swedish Bauhaus Elitserien club Vastervik.

While this will be his first season outside of the Speedway GP starting line-up since 2012, he will serve as third substitute rider for the championship and could be called into action if one of the 15 regular members of the series are sidelined due to injury, illness or other reasons.