The girls are warriors (Part I)
Names like Vicky Golden, Ashley Fiolek, Tarah Gieger or Livia Lancelot are some of the references in the motor world in X Games
In the motor world, the females are in the vanguard too. Only the long blonde hair that hangs from their helmets, say to us that the riders who are driving their motorbikes are not guys but girls.
Vicky Golden, Tarah Gieger and Livia Lancelot are probably the best riders in the Moto X. The gold, silver and bronze medal respectively in the 2011 edition of the X Games Los Angeles repeated the podium in 2012 and they experienced a deja vu of the last year.
Vicky Golden, who won the gold medal in the X Games 2012 thanks to this wonderful round at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, returned to the competition after suffering a serious injury in the beginning of 2012. Her return arrived with the confirmation of the title that got in the previous year. Golden, involved in social causes because one of her best friends in the childhood, Seth Nothcutt, died for his addiction to the heroine, dedicated the victory to the Seth Foundation, a foundation which supports young teenagers in drugs addiction. The American was the queen of Moto X in Los Angeles, beating the Puerto Rican rider, Tarah Gieger, who with three silver and one gold medals, is at the top of the list of females with more medals in the discipline of Moto X.
When we talk about Tarah Gieger, we have to move to Puerto Rico where he started in the motor world. Her parents, natives of Florida, moved to the South of America to surf every day. Tarah grew up in this country and she started to take contact with the motor, participating in the local competitions. With her arrival at the Puerto Rico’s Honda Team, she began her International way, winning the gold medal in 2008 at the inaugural session of the Moto X.
If we look to the old continent, the French Livia Lancelot, twice bronze medal in Moto X, can boast about being the first girl in the history who was the world champion in Motocross, winning the 2008 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship. The Kawasaki’s rider is one of the women that made her dream come true and every day shows that girls are warriors.
Another important name is Ashley Fiolek. She debuted in the racing world in 1990 when she was only seven years old. She is a deaf person but with only three years, her father, a fan of the world of the two wheels, bought Fiolek her first motorcycle. She learned to be guided by the vibrations of her motor and drive gear changes through her feelings, controlling and watching their rivals through their shadows on the pavement. With only 13 years she won the most prestigious amateur championship title in the U.S. That year, the American Association of Motor, named her as the most outstanding young pilot in the season. Fiolek won her first gold medal in X Games 2009 in the female Moto X.
Despite the toughness and aggressiveness that she shows when she is in her Honda CRF205R, a smile of infinite sweetness hides under the helmet.