Lily Rice peered down the 15ft drop, the front wheels of her chair dangerously close to the edge. She wanted to launch herself off the vertical drop ramp like she had done time and time again, but ever since a back crash her body sometimes won’t let her. “When I’m on the edge sometimes my body doesn’t push itself over, it won’t happen,” Lily says. “Dropping into steep ramps is a critical part of wheelchair motocross (WCMX).
I know I can do it, my brain is saying I can but my body is saying I can’t.” Lily is the women’s world champion of WCMX, which is similar to BMX and skateboarding with athletes scoring points by doing stunts and tricks.
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