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Chibana, the daring young cyclist making waves

On the bike: Chibana
On the bike: Chibana

Within a single season of the 2023 Motor-Cycling races and after appearing in just under 10 competitions in South Africa and at a young age of 13 years, Elang Myma Chibana continues to set and break motor-cycling records.

So successful has Chibana been in a short space of time that at some stage and for a whole season of 2023, she was not even n aware that she had already achieved a feat of ever getting to a podium position in South Africa’s motor-cycling competitions.

Because of the very fierce and tough competition in South Africa, this is one mission that she had been battling with for the rest of her just over five-year career. Just when she and her team thought they had ultimately accomplished that podium finish recently on November 25 2023, when she finished third, they would, to their surprise learn that she had actually performed even better earlier in the year on January 28 after finishing second.

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