WenLu She Racing in Little 500 - second from left (photo credit WenLu She)

Little 500 First-Timers

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Spoiler alert: Lexie Parkins and Wenlu She did not win the Little 500 bike race this year. For both women it was their first time competing in Little Five. What possesses someone who has never raced a bike before to compete in the most famous bicycle race of them all? For Parkins and She it was more about the journey than the destination. Correspondent Morgan Rusk follows their experience on and off the track in a feature report produced in partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.

Lexie Parkins Racing in Little 500 (photo credit Lexie Parkins)
First Women’s Little 500 in 1988 (photo credit IU Archives)

CREDIT:
Today’s feature story on two first-time riders in the Little 500 bicycle race was produced by Morgan Rusk in partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.

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