By Nathan Pynn

A British woodcutter has smashed a speed saw record to hack her way to global glory as the world's best female lumberjack.

Rachel Ferrington , 44, is chopping down timber and competing with her sharp wood-cutting skills.

She only took up the sport by chance after talking to a male friend at the gym three years ago, which she initially thought was a bizarre chat-up line.

After one training session, Rachel discovered she was a natural and in June, she set a new world record for speed sawing.

She entered a stock saw event, which involves cutting lumps of wood into cookie shapes, which she managed in just 8.82 seconds - slicing a second off the previous record.

Rachel was also picked to represent Britain at the World Timbersports Championships in Milan, Italy, last we

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