Woman wins Coopers Hill cheese rolling race despite being knocked out

‘It feels great,’ said Delaney Irving, victorious in the women’s race at the bank holiday event near Gloucester

A woman was knocked unconscious while running down a hill to chase a 7lb (3kg) cheese wheel, but still managed to win her race at the bank holiday event.

Video footage posted on social media showed Delaney Irving falling while pursuing the double gloucester down the almost-vertical Coopers Hill in Brockworth, near Gloucester.