ADE JONES admits she cannot wait to return home from her debut IPC World Athletics Championships after her campaign in New Zealand ended on a damp note.

The 15-year-old took to the track at Christchurch’s Queen Elizabeth II Park for the fifth and final time on Saturday, battling wet and windy conditions to finish seventh in the 400m final.

After the heats Jones expressed a desire not to come home last but a tough lane draw made that an uphill struggle as she crossed the line in eighth in 1:04.74minutes.

However, the Middlesbrough wheelchair racer was promoted to seventh after Dong Hongjiao, of China, fell foul of the officials and was disqualified.

Jones will now fly back with the rest of the Aviva GB&NI team today and revealed that she is looking forward to doing so after a tough week of racing in New Zealand.

“It has been a hard but good experience and I am looking forward to going home now,”

said Jones, who earlier in the week finished fifth in the 200m and eighth in the 800m.

“The 400m final was terrible.

It was really, really bad.

The rain didn’t help and lane one, which I was in, was like a swimming pool, which isn’t great.

“But getting into the final was an achievement for me. I just wanted to get to a final and I got to three, so I am happy with that.

“You do raise your expectations as the week goes on and the more finals you get into, but I am only 15 so I am not putting that much expectation or pressure on myself.

“I have done well and I am happy with what I have done.

I have no idea what happens now. Hopefully I will have a couple of days off when I get home, but I’m not sure.”

American Tatyana McFadden claimed her fourth gold of the championships in the 400m final in a time of 54.88secs.

And Jones, who won five golds and a silver at last year’s IWAS World Junior Championships, is adamant she will only learn from racing against the likes of McFadden.

“It is hard racing against these girls but it is a good experience and it is good to race against them at my age and see their tactics and the way they do things,” she said.

“I am ranked fifth in the 200m now and hopefully I can keep improving.

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