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Daily Mirror
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Rich Jones

Great Britain's quest to defend speedway world title after shock victory ended drought

Great Britain ended 32 years of hurt to become speedway world champions last year - and now they are hungry for more.

The revamped national team capped off a remarkable turnaround, which has been bubbling since being taken under new management in 2018, to win the FIM Speedway of Nations in front of their home crowd in Manchester.

The result was years in the making but still a major shock, particularly given captain Tai Woffinden, a three-time individual world champion, was ruled out after a spectacular crash early in the final.

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