Every year in western England, a group of enthusiasts chase a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down Cooper’s Hill for the chance to be crowned champion. “It’s a very steep hill,” Lampe, the winner of this year’s first women’s race told CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, adding she estimates it is about “45 degrees.”Chaotic scenes as competitors come tumbling down the hill during the annual Cooper's Hill cheese-rolling competition. But I wanted to renew that win and bring the title back to the US,” added Lampe, who is from North Carolina. Once a local event, the competition at Cooper’s Hill, in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, attracts entrants and spectators from all over the world. “My face took a lot of hits down the hill – so did my body – but that’s the cost that it takes to win the cheese rolling,” she added.

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Persons: Abby Lampe, “, ” Lampe, CNN Sport’s Don Riddell, Henry Nicholls, it’s, ”, Lampe, – it’s, Jacob King, Tom Kopke, Australian Dylan Twist, Josh Shepherd Organizations: CNN, Getty Locations: England, Gloucester, AFP, North Carolina, Brockworth , Gloucestershire, Germany, Australian