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LANGFORD ON THE BRINK OF LEG 8 VICTORY

Lake Macquarie’s Kyle Langford and his crew are locked in an intense battle for the win on leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race.
As we go to air, Team Brunel is just a few hours from reaching Long Island, on America’s north east coast.
“There’ll be plenty of action on deck and probably not a lot of sleep as we push for the last 24 hours to get to Newport.”
Lucas Chapman is the next best placed of our Hunter sailors, currently sitting in fifth onboard ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’.

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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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