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8-Year-Old Ayan Rafi Dominates Racing with 65cc Bike, Wins Over 40 Awards!
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News18•04-10-2026, 11:10
8-Year-Old Ayan Rafi Dominates Racing with 65cc Bike, Wins Over 40 Awards!
- •Ayan Rafi, an 8-year-old from Maddadka, Beltangady, trains on a 65cc racing bike.
- •He has won over 40 awards in various racing competitions across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in the last 9 months.
- •Ayan recently secured the Under-10 Overall Winner and Best Rider awards in a Coimbatore competition.
- •He is now receiving advanced training in Bengaluru from national racing champion Suhail Ahmed.
- •Ayan dreams of competing in the MRF Moto National Racing Championship and the Dakar Rally.
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Ayan Rafi is an eight-year-old boy from Maddadka, Beltangady, who rides a 65cc racing bike and has won over 40 awards in various competitions across Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over a nine-month period, including Under-10 Overall Winner and Best Rider awards in Coimbatore.
Ayan showed a childhood interest in speed and fast bicycles, prompting his father Mohammed Rafeeq to take him to a Coimbatore racing track where trainers advised that he could achieve great success with proper training.
Ayan dreams of competing in the MRF Moto National Racing Championship once he turns nine and enters his tenth year, and ultimately aims to become a professional racer participating in the Dakar Rally.
