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Hey everyone,
Last weekend (29th and 30th August) was my last Women’s World MX round! I’d spent the past month in Belgium riding at Lommel which has deep sand. It was all going well and I felt pretty confident about the last GP in Lierop (Netherlands) before, on the 21st, I had a bike failure on the face of a tabletop. The front wheel dropped and there was nothing I could do about it, crashed and had be taken to hospital to get checked over! I had bruises everywhere, blurred vision in my left eye and worst of all, ligament and muscle damage on my upper right leg, although but nothing was broken.

I spent the next week then going to see Eve (my sports trainer in Belgium) who got me into a very good physio. I’d like to say thanks very much to all them for all their help!! On Thursday 27th I tried riding at the Eindhoven track but felt sore and stiff so didn’t ride for very long. On Friday Eve took me to the physio again for one last bit of treatment where I also had my leg strapped for support…

Saturday I didn’t ride much in free practise and timed qualifying but still ended up first in practise and third in timed qualifying, which obviously I was pretty happy with! Between all my time outs I had a quick look at the track then tried to just rest up! Then at 6pm we had our first race where I didn’t make such a good start and almost crashed with Elien Dewinter. I also hit my leg (which wasn’t great!) and only ended up 5th but I was happy to finish!! Then in Sunday morning free practise I again just took a few laps to have a look at track. I then got the holeshot in race two before Steffi Lair passed me. Then she had a little crash but got back up to 3rd behind me and Fontanesia. Me and Chiara were having a good battle back and forth for the lead! My leg was getting sorer every lap though so I just backed off and finished 3rd. Steffi and Fontanesia got back passed me but well done to them as they were riding awesome!! I ended up 4th overall on the day and moved up to 3rd in championship!! I’m very happy with my 3rd overall in the World Championship. Now I will rest up before my last few races in England for women’s British championship and Women’s Red Bull MX of Nations!!

c u Natalie #44

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