tv Documentary RT January 3, 2021 3:30am-4:00am EST
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countries are considered the birthplace of ice racing but it quickly caught on in russia. speedway is beautiful expensive and very dangerous on top of that races take place in extremely low temperatures which doesn't exactly help with promoting the school. ice races are often compared to good at ages and i often seem to be treading a fine line between life and death when they're on the race track. i have a horse. and decide on. the. track i have a job i sail. link with god. now we're going through ice while people. before the trip
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takes his youngest son to ice hockey practice. this really is a popular sport. kristoff is one of the best ice speedway races in russia but only a few people actually know about it this is not a sport that promises glory or riches. medic's competing in the european championship too but he still has 2 days to practice he could go to a neighboring city and practice in a stadium but he's decided that it's easier to make his own track on a lake just a couple of kilometers from his garage. is ethics for and. then you set up a track on a lake without friends. to shoot visitors are never sure if the. the shoot the one from a shuttle bus full of you should meet with. the snow needs to be cleared from the lake to expose. you know it's beneath going to do that you need.
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the big problem is that people are scared of losing their vehicles in the water. seemed to have convinced. that his tractor weighs 1000000 tons. and the ice has to be at least 60 centimeters thick to stop the tractor falling through it. the ice seems to be strong enough. but when the tractor gets on the lake the ice starts to creak. reluctant to go any further the tractor driver drives away.
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for the tires. dedicated mechanics to. they spend as much time with their bikes as they do with their families. used. to just. win races collide the studs on the tires can often contra right through their protective gear. this is this these. bikes have no brakes. only. have a plan they intend to convert this old lever into a snowplow tractor like this would be light enough to be sure it won't fall through
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the improvised snow plough is ready. is my 1st time. might as. well call it an island. last winter. but there are. only. many many times. and 2 of his mechanic friends take their time packing for the trip to russia. it's 2300 kilometers from tampa to be out skip. if they want to be on time to qualify on the day off to morrow they'll have to drive for a soul of 30 hours. to make that happen the guys are definitely going to need a coffee maker. 3. 000 it's. we need.
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it already but the guys need to clear away some snow. back at the lake that's what they start to do. when they begin by testing the snow. while the real tractor was too heavy for the lake this one isn't heavy enough for the slow. it's not working the car can't shift the snow keeps getting stuck. but. they can use to get.
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. told me steam has no been driving nonstop for about 24 hours. meanwhile it is trying to perfect his turning technique the motorcycle can reach 140 kilometers per hour principally takes to $70.00 to $80.00. pulling is just a part of the show but can often result in spinal compression fractures. favorable than 20 years of speedway racing because become 5 centimeters short of. 12 more hours and the ice gladiators from finland will reach the coliseum in vs on the.
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same wrong but all rolls just don't call. me lol but yet to shape out does they become agitated and in games from an equal speed trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just on the common ground. americans love. this was a fundamental part of how our political leadership and our country at large understood
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the bargain you get a hope and then you know rebel right as the things you don't revolt if you have a stake in the system. and think about the longer deeper history housings men in the united states not just that question of the american dream but the bigger question of who the dream is for. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going for and let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical guy in time to sit down and talk.
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and then as planned across the delusional. but you have australian vision there you go. we're. going to dump it on to the new year. to go to live to. the needs of those but it seems to me. you need to go to church for this new look like a loser well going to turn you into a political good nature or to be a hero to it will show you switch to all of them on the postal order over out of the roof through. were full of can churn you. point of the beautiful and hear them mostly we're going. to put so that the new word to. their ambitions. for.
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from the czech republic. ship favorites. than anyone else. this is my mechanic my dead. body will he still. be going to cut it off is the leading contender for the 1st place. and exchanges a good to. see this is where the truth. is he. going to go see. him some of the way well the point from which he will but.
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there are 16 races in the championship and another 2 in reserve the competition runs for 2 days with $24.00 heats per day. the races build up to schools through each of the. 3 points for 1st place 2 points the 2nd one for nothing. so a racist simply needs to have the most points. there's no secret to winning in speedway the tactics are simple. let's get much. much more sympathy if you do you mean to be too quick to just go for.
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up and i don't know it's every time it's sometimes one right and right and sometimes i know right. so it's good i think the russians will be the rates are. going to inject myself. going down and down as this and my breast stayed behind. making. me. look at it that yes i think that. will be. the last bill if they need it because. of the previous.
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between gladiator battles is another ancient tradition. but it. was. the tragedy is that if the races really did fill legless is would be no racing tomorrow. so the gladiators themselves be allowed to enjoy the spectacle. of it and think it was stealing divided them yet the couples could see snow play it he didn't do it you will. see it. that it. will. be played and. it just a little bit. well that really was
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but tell me takes off prematurely. that gets him disqualified. from russia takes his place and that doesn't bode well. it was banking on 3 points from racing against weaker opponents. but the russian is stronger meaning that only takes 2 points away instead of 3. but who knows that. now has a real sporting drama. i
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and. the chick is the only one still going and he's happily convinced that he's going to take home a medal it's not always that simple. but he never. did get. but none of the drama concerns tommy us to go back to work tomorrow he's come to collect his road money say see. this is going. to do took a week because there are good and you know. i don't know your speed is right or booze is there in youth. he was 60 years old i think so. i have. 17 years of bed yes i don't know. when i go to drag on i fear i
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an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country trying to wipe out an american town. we do everything in our power to protect the. water they escaping climate change is the same threat right now alaska seems some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world lost about 35 feet. 35 feet of ground in just about 3 months while we were measuring. it is fast and
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in the headlines ahead of the one year anniversary of washington assassinating iran's top general u.s. strategic bombers fly over the region and to rand vowed revenge for his killing in fact what you're seeing there is mourners holding a more funeral procession in baghdad on the highway leading to. where that strike took place back on january 3rd 2020 more about coming up. and the other news of the week the u.s. suffers a post-holiday coronavirus with cities like los angeles already out of intensive care beds while a nurse tells us it's not just the wards themselves that are in short supply either . but we're stuck now.
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