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New Zealand's Katherine Prumm is the women's world motocross champion for a second year in a row, dominating her rivals at the final round of the world series in the deep sand of Lierop, in The Netherlands, at the weekend.
The 19-year-old Kawasaki ace from Bombay, in South Auckland, started the weekend one point behind fellow Kawasaki rider Livia Lancelot (France) but, once the gate dropped at the Dutch GP, there was only one rider in contention.
In both races, Prumm (Molson Kawasaki KX250F) beat the second-placed rider, Irish Yamaha star Natalie Kane, to the chequered flag by more than 26 seconds. Lancelot finished ninth and fourth.
Her performance was, however, good enough to give Kawasaki a 1-2-3 result on the championship podium with Prumm first, Lancelot second and German Kawasaki rider Maria Franke taking third spot. Franke finished fifth and third in the two races.
"Im absolutely stoked," said Prumm afterwards. "Because of all the extra support I received from Star Insurance, New Zealand Motorcycle Trader Magazine, Kawasaki New Zealand and help from SPARC in New Zealand, I was better able to prepare for the series."
"I spent the last three weeks in Holland and had my dad [Erich] and brother [Matthew] here to help me. Molson Kawasaki were awesome; I was very relaxed all week and the bike ran like clockwork."
