Sophie Smith is a journalist, broadcaster, editor and MC with more than a decade of experience covering elite sports and breaking news for TV, newspapers, magazines and websites. She's worked as Australian and British press, spending the formative years of her career in London where she specialised in pro cycling. Sophie has reported from eight consecutive Tours de France, the London 2012 Olympics, multiple UCI Road World Championships, plus major meets across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and USA. She was raised in Melbourne's eastern suburbs and majored in Journalism at Monash University. Sophie is based in Melbourne and travels globally for stories.
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