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JONES ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO RIO

Lake Macquarie’s Rachel Jones will take another step towards a potential appearance at the 2016 Olympics, when she competes at the BMX World Championships in Belgium this week.

Making the Aussies feel a little more at home, the first corner of the track they’ll compete on has been named the Buchanan Bend, in honour of Jones’s famous teammate, two-time world champion Caroline Buchanan.

19-year-old Jones relocated to the Gold Coast in late 2013, to chase her dream of competing in Rio.

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Mitchell Hughes

Mitchell Hughes started as a tape editor in Newcastle in 1999. He became a reporter in 2004, working in Lismore and on the Gold Coast. Since moving back to the Newcastle office in 2006, he's taken on various roles, such as producer and chief of staff. He became the head sport reporter in 2011 and the main sport presenter in 2015.

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