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Injuries can't keep 12-year-old junior racer Christian Ho off the track

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Christian Ho was the first Asian to win a race in the five-stop DKM German Karting Championship Series.

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Nicole Chia

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SINGAPORE - Christian Ho is only 12, but he has suffered a litany of injuries - fractured left shoulder and right arm, plus both wrists - that easily outnumber those of seasoned athletes many years older than him.
Yet the kart driver remains sure of his decision to continue pursuing his aim of racing in Formula One - a distant dream that he is now a step closer to realising after a breakthrough win at the Aug 2-4 DKM German Karting Championship Series in Genk, Belgium.
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