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LAUREN PARKER SELECTED FOR GOLD COAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Mitchell HughesFebruary 26, 2018

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Commonwealth Games selectors have named Australia’s inaugural para-triathlon team.
The Hunter’s Lauren Parker was one of six athletes selected, remarkably less than a year after suffering the injury that left her in a wheelchair.

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Mitchell HughesFebruary 26, 2018

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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.