Overview

• German YouTuber Tom Kopke sprinted down Cooper’s Hill to win the first men’s downhill race for the second consecutive year, securing his 7lb Double Gloucester prize.
• London student Ava Sender Logan won the women’s downhill on her debut, racing for the Refugee Community Kitchen charity despite tumbling and striking her head.
• Dry weather hardened the hillside, sending cheese and racers hurtling at higher speeds and leading multiple competitors to require on-site medical attention.
• Competitors from around the world, including local Luke Preece in the second men’s race and New Zealander Byron Smith in the final downhill, underscored the contest’s global draw.
• The unofficial event has run since its 2010 cancellation over safety fears, with the 200-yard, 1:2 gradient descent tracing its origins back to at least 1826 and cheese speeds up to 70mph.