We're just normal kids from Liverpool, say Race Across the World's Jo and Kush

Warning: This article contains spoilers of series six of Race Across the World. When childhood best friends Kush Burman and Jo Diop sprinted through snow-covered forests to reach the final checkpoint in northern Mongolia, they believed they were in second place. "I think we both accepted a loss," said 19-year-old Jo, about the moment when they reached the finish line in Hatgal. "I think the day before, we realised that we'd wasted a lot more time than we assumed. "We genuinely thought that Andrew and Molly overtook us." The pair, from Liverpool, were the youngest contestants to be taking part in the latest series of Race Across the World. The programme sees five teams embark on the journey of a lifetime, racing more than 12,000km (7,450 miles) across Europe and Asia. But as they opened the guest book at the finish line, they realised their suspicions were ill-founded, winning the race three hours ahead of second place. "It was literally like a fever dream to actually open that book and to have it empty in it," said 20-year-old Kush. "It's what we've been manifesting since the start." They fended off competition from daughter-and-dad duo Molly and Andrew, siblings Harrison and Katie

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