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![Strong woman: Jessi Combs died in 2019. On her last journey, she reached 841 km / h and is now officially history as the fastest woman in the world. Combs died of severe traumatic brain injury.]()
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Strong woman: Jessi Combs died in 2019. On her last journey, she reached 841 km / h and is now officially history as the fastest woman in the world. Combs died of severe traumatic brain injury.
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![Combs paid for her record hunt with death. It should have been her last trip.]()
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Combs paid for her record hunt with death. It should have been her last trip.
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“Let and write history!” With this wake-up call, Combs was on her last day.
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![In 2013, Combs became the “fastest woman on four wheels”. With her red rocket racer she made 632 kilometers per hour.]()
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In 2013, Combs became the “fastest woman on four wheels”. With her red rocket racer she made 632 kilometers per hour.
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![Apparently, Combs collided with an object in her accident, as the investigation report shows. She died of severe traumatic brain injury.]()
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Apparently, Combs collided with an object in her accident, as the investigation report shows. She died of severe traumatic brain injury.
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It is a speed that a normal person can hardly imagine. 841 km / h! At this insane pace, Jessi Combs raced across the desert sand. An adventure that the racing driver paid for with her life.
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The trip for the history books happened in August 2019. With a rocket vehicle, Combs, who was also known to a large audience as a TV moderaton of the “Mythbusters” series, meticulously prepared for the world record hunt in the Alvord Desert in the US state of Oregon.
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During the decisive journey, however, it strikes an object in the desert sand, suffers a defect on the front wheel and crashes at a speed at which even guardian angels are powerless.
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After the crash there was even talk of 885 km / h. Now, however, “Guinness Book of Records” has officially named Combs the fastest woman in the world. With her last trip she reaches 841 km / h and breaks a 40 year old record. In 1976 the stunt woman Kitty O’Neil was around 825 km / h fast in the same place.
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Partner with moving words
Now that the world record is officially owned by Combs, her partner Terri Madden writes an emotional message on Instagram. He has mixed feelings. «It is not worth a record that she is no longer here today. But it was a goal that she really wanted. » It should be her last try, Madden writes. After that, she would have given up chasing records.
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He couldn’t even look at the car without breaking into tears. «I am so proud of her. She woke up that morning with an alarm that said, “Let’s make history.”
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Jessi Combs has fulfilled her last wish. She just didn’t know it should be her last.
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