Lizzy Yarnold's Olympic gold defence starts today in Pyeongchang
07:30, 16 February 2018
updated: 07:47, 16 February 2018
Kent's very own gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold starts her title defence today.
The 2014 skeleton victor, from West Kingsdown, will feature in the heats for the competition in Pyeongchang.
The former Maidstone Grammar School for Girls student led Team GB's Olympians out during the opening cermeony last week, and hopes to become the first British Winter Olympian to retain her Olympic crown.
The women's skeleton heats air at 11am on BBC1, with the final two runs beginning at 11.20am on Saturday.
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