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Ashley Fiolek - Deaf motocross champion
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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Mon 22 Apr 201903:50GMT
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