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YouTuber 'risks his life' for cheese-rolling win

YouTuber 'risks his life' for cheese-rolling win

Summary

Tom Kopke won the Gloucestershire cheese-rolling race for the second time, where participants chase a rolling cheese down a steep hill. Thousands watched as participants, including other winners like Luke Preece and Ava Sender Logan, raced down Cooper's Hill, with some getting injured.

Key Facts

  • Tom Kopke, a YouTuber, won the cheese-rolling race for the second consecutive year.
  • The event is an annual race at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, where competitors chase a 3kg cheese wheel down a steep slope.
  • This year's race course was dry, making it more dangerous, and some people were injured.
  • Thousands of spectators watched the event from various vantage points on the hill.
  • The second men’s race was won by Luke Preece, who wore a Superman costume.
  • The women's race winner was Ava Sender Logan, a student from London.
  • Some participants required medical attention, and a spectator was taken to the hospital.
  • Byron Smith from New Zealand won the final men's downhill race after finishing second last year.

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