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No World Champs Comeback for Rachel Atherton

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2008 World Downhill Champ Rachel Atherton has been out of the running this year, since riding her road bike into an SUV while listening to ACDC in January  (full story here).  Sounds like she’s pretty gutted, but amped for next year on her blog:

Some nights i just wake up and cannot sleep for the thoughts going through my head, the remembering of the feelings that i get when i race, is incredible and i try and hold onto them for as long as i can. They bounce around inside me and everything else just falls back and gives them the space to bounce, when I’m training the bad memories come flooding back and the only way i can describe it is like someone has shot concentrated, pure desire into me and I don’t think i can stop until i have got what i want, what i need. (more)

Phoaaar! Them’s fightin’ words. Get well soon Rachel, next year’s gonna be a big year!

To follow Rachel’s blog, head over to www.animalcommencal.tv.