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CHARLIE HATTON: “I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A WORLD CHAMPS-WINNING RUN”

mbr Congratulations Charlie! It’s nearly a week after winning the Worlds at Fort William, has it sunk in yet?

Charlie Hatton Yes, it’s definitely changed things a lot for me. It’s been a crazy, crazy few days. I finally got back yesterday, but it’s been amazing and I’m trying to let it soak in still, I guess.

mbr World champion is a long way from the Forest of Dean (when we first met you as a kid, sessioning the jumps on the GBU trail).

Yeah, I must have been six, seven, eight, something like that! I grew up in the Forest of Dean, riding with

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