Wednesday, 3 October, LIUZHOU (China): Poland’s Artur Gniadek made a solid start in his first appearance in the Aquabike World Championship in this morning’s free practice.

Running a Weber powered HSR-Benelli S4, the 20 year-old from Legionowo [Warsaw] posted a top six-time, 1.38.95s around the 1200metre 24 pin circuit and is optimistic he can improve and go better in this afternoon’s official qualifying.

The young Polish rider has notched up over 40 race wins in his career on his way to winning a hat-trick of Polish National Championships in 2010,2011 and 2012

Official qualifying starts at 15.00hrs (local).