FILE PHOTO: Born on June 4, 1965: Mick Doohan, Australian motorcycle racer 500cc World Champion Australian Mick Doohan gestures after the first free practice session ahead of Spanish Motorcycling Grand Prix at Jerez racetrack May 7, 1999. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Mick Doohan dominated the top class of motorcycle racing for half a decade at the end of the last century, wiping the floor with the competition to win five consecutive 500cc world championships.
Ice cool, brave, ultra-aggressive, dismissive of pain and competitive to the point of mania, the Australian controlled the snorting, bucking power of the two-stroke 500cc machine like no one else.
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