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The young Czech pilot Jakub Gurecky passed away this Monday at the age of 16.
The boy, who was the 2021 champion of the Northern Talent Cup – one of those one-make cups promoted by Dorna, the MotoGP organizing company, to look for young talents who may one day reach the Motorcycle World Championship – lost his life as a result of an accident that occurred when he was training with a minibike on a small track in Slovakia.
Gurecky lost control of his motorcycle and suffered trauma that caused a brain hemorrhage.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, but nothing could be done to save his life.
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The boy, one of the great promises of Czech motorcycling, was preparing to debut this year in the Red Bull Rookies Cup, another one-make competition considered the prelude to the Motorcycle World Championship.
The most talented riders in the world are seeking a place on the Red Bull grid as a preliminary step to their debut in the Moto3 category.
The news of Gurecky's death comes hours after the death of American rider Jason Aguilar, a regular in the MotoAmerica championship and who lost his life at the age of 25 after suffering an accident when he was training on a bike last Saturday.
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