Female driver overtakes competition at Dakar race
By Reuters
27 March 2023 |
12:15 pm
Cheered on by her family, driver Fatumata Bah raised her arms in triumph after winning an amateur motor drag race in Dakar that saw four men and four women competing for first place.
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