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Delaney Irving, 19, had been travelling with a friend and they decided they含羞草研究社檇 go watch a cheese-rolling race near Gloucester, England, that annually draws hundreds of people to watch and compete.
The event on Cooper含羞草研究社檚 Hill 含羞草研究社� a near-vertical slope where competitors run, stumble and tumble down as they try to catch a three-kilogram wheel of double Gloucester cheese 含羞草研究社� was held Monday, May 29.
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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 she含羞草研究社檒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 she含羞草研究社檇 like to return, one day, to Cooper含羞草研究社檚 Hill, but not necessarily as a competitor.
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