Amelia Eaton is 11 years old and has just won her fourth national BMX title. Encouraged by her dad Matt, the British champion for her age range now has her sights set on Olympic gold. Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I started riding a balance bike when I was two and a half and started riding a pedal bike.
00:06 And I started, my first race was when I was four.
00:09 I like how everyone is friendly even if they don't win the race.
00:13 Well it almost sort of happens by accident.
00:18 You know, they start winning a few races, some local races,
00:23 you know, then your friends persuade you, you know what, you've got to come and race at national level.
00:27 She's really fast, she's really good.
00:30 And off we went and then she starts winning there as well.
00:32 At that point you start to realise, actually she's pretty sharp.