SWINDON suffered a 48-42 defeat at home to King's Lynn tonight after the visitors staged a fightback late on.

SKY SPORTS ELITE LEAGUE, ABBEY STADIUM

SWINDON ROBINS 42: Scott Nicholls (3-2*-3-2-2)12+1, rider replacement, Tomasz Chrzanowski (1*-0-1-1*-0)3+2, Maciej Janowski (1-3-3-2-0)9, Simon Stead (2-1-1-1*-0)5+1, Justin Sedgmen (2*-0-1-0)3+1, Josh Grajczonek (3-1*-3-F-1-2)10+1

KING'S LYNN STARS 48: Kenneth Bjerre (2-2-3-3-3)13, rider replacement, Olly Allen (2*-2*-2-R-3)9+2, Mads Korneliussen (3-3-2-3-1)12, Niels Kristian Iversen (3-1-3-0)7, Nick Morris (1-FX-0-1*-2*-2*-1)7+3, Filip Sitera (0-0-0-0)0

Heat 1: Nicholls, Bjerre, Chrzanowski, Sitera, 67.89 (4-2)

From the gate. Nicholls just beats Bjerre into the first corner and then lifts on the back straight but gets away with it.

Heat 2: Grajczonek, Sedgmen, Morris, Sitera, 67.71 (9-3)

Sedgmen is out first. Grajczonek is blasting round the top and passes his teammate on the home straight. Morris has a look at Sedgmen but can't get close enough.

Heat 3: Korneliussen, Allen, Janowski, Chrzanowski, 68.30 (10-8)

A maximum for the Stars, this time. The visiting duo ease in front at the start and Janowski is never really that close to Allen.

Heat 4 (re-run x2): Iversen, Stead, Grajczonek, 67.30 (13-11)

Carnage at the first corner as very rider except for Stead comes to grief. Probably just as well with the Sheffield-born rider still struggling with breathing problems. All four back. Morris crashes into the air fence on bend three in the re-run and is excluded. At the third time of asking Iversen gates and Stead is close throughout but can't get past. If he was fully fit he probably would have won it.

Heat 5: Janowski, Bjerre, Chrzanowski, Sitera, 66.55 (17-13)

From the gate. Bjerre was nowhere near Janowski.

Heat 6: Grajczonek, Nicholls, Iversen, Morris, 67.90 (22-14)

Grajczonek powers round the outside into first on bend one while Nicholls zips up the inside of Iversen. Really super ride from Grajczonek.

Heat 7: Korneliussen, Allen, Stead, Sedgmen, 67.55 (23-19)

The King's Lynn pair hit the front from the off and Stead looks like he's suffering a bit behind them. A comfortable 5-1.

Heat 8: Janowski, Allen, Morris, Grajczonek (F), 67.71 (26-22)

Top effort from Janowski once more, leading in from the gate. Grajczonek was initially in second at the start but is passed by Allen on bend two and Morris on bend three. Grajczonek piles into the air fence on lap three, bend three.

Heat 9: Iversen, Janowski, Chrzanowski, Sitera, 67.99 (29-25)

Class from Iversen. Janowski has looked very good tonight but never threatens on this occasion. Chrzanowski is having a poor time of it.

Heat 10: Nicholls, Korneliussen, Sedgmen, Allen, 67.80 (33-27)

Nicholls holds off the Stars duo on the back straight of lap one. Sedgmen keeps going throughout and eventually overhauls Allen at the start of the final lap. Allen then pulls up.

Heat 11: Bjerre, Morris, Stead, Sedgmen, 67.83 (34-32)

Suddenly a home win hangs in the balance. In truth Bjerre and Morris secured the one-two easily after an initially-tight second bend.

Heat 12: Allen, Morris, Grajczonek, Chrzanowski, 68.46 (35-37)

Allen gates. It's as simple a 5-1 as you will ever see. Could the visitors steal an away win?

Heat 13: Bjerre, Nicholls, Stead, Iversen, 67.58 (38-40)

Stead makes his first gate of the night but Bjerre cruises between the Robins skipper and Nicholls on the exit of bend two.

Heat 14 (re-run x2, both unsatisfactory starts): Korneliussen, Grajczonek, Morris, Janowski, 68.33 (40-44)

Mad race for Grajczonek, who goes from third, to first, to second. Janowski overhauls Morris on lap three, bend two, but then falls back into last again.

Heat 15: Bjerre, Nicholls, Korneliussen, Stead, 67.23 (42-48)

Bjerre comes round the top into first on the second bend. Korneliussen, who has had a terrific evening, goes past Stead on the back straight of lap two.

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