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Sporting Witness: Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion

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Ashley Fiolek - Deaf Motocross Champion

18/04/2019 GMT

Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion

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How a deaf American rider dominated the fast and dangerous sport of women's motocross

How a deaf American rider dominated the fast and dangerous sport of women's motocross.

In 2008, a deaf American rider called Ashley Fiolek won the first of four women’s motocross championships. Fiolek became the poster girl for one of the most dangerous forms of motor sport despite being short, wearing pink and not being able to hear her motorbike’s engine or her rivals. She talks to Claire Bowes.

PHOTO: Ashley Fiolek (Getty Images)

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