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Delaney Irving, 19, had been travelling with a friend and they decided theyB次元官网网址檇 go watch a cheese-rolling race near Gloucester, England, that annually draws hundreds of people to watch and compete.
The event on CooperB次元官网网址檚 Hill B次元官网网址� a near-vertical slope where competitors run, stumble and tumble down as they try to catch a three-kilogram wheel of double Gloucester cheese B次元官网网址� was held Monday, May 29.
B次元官网网址淲e decided that we should go watch the race, so we headed over to England for that reason,B次元官网网址� said Irving, in an e-mail interview. B次元官网网址淲e only decided about a day or two before the race that we would compete in it. I heard about the race a few years ago when my dad showed me a video of it. I never thought IB次元官网网址檇 be competing in it but here we are.B次元官网网址�
There were about two dozen cheese chasers in the womenB次元官网网址檚 division.
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She was unconscious for about two minutes and was taken to a medical tent where she came to and started to piece together what had happened and that she had won the race. She later went to a hospital for a precautionary CT scan, which showed everything was OK.
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And the reward for going through her ordeal?
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She flies back to Canada this week, when she will find out if she can bring the cheese wheel home in her carry-on bag, but she thinks sheB次元官网网址檒l have to check it in with her luggage and she already has plans for the cheese when she gets back to Nanaimo.
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Irving said sheB次元官网网址檇 like to return, one day, to CooperB次元官网网址檚 Hill, but not necessarily as a competitor.
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