Katherine Prumm was on top of the world after winning two FIM Women's world motocross titles until a training accident, where she broke her back, and ended her career. The 20-year-old arrived at the opening round of the Women's World Motocross (WMX) championship in Qatar as a rookie and set the world alight by winning both races. The injury gremlins have struck again for yet another rising world motocross star, Otago's Courtney Duncan. Josh Coppins was leading the MX1 world championship when he injured his foot, which took him out of contention. By Eric ThompsonIt appears getting to the top of the world motocross totem pole involves a lot of hard yakka and a fair amount of pain for New Zealanders.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 24, 2016 17:03 UTC