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A Kent-born Olympic track cyclist has been banned from ever competing for Australia again following his controversial decision after the Paris Games.
Emily Craig passed on Olympic-standard advice when she returned to the club where she started her rowing career to receive a lifetime membership.
Wheelchair fencer Henry Patient is aiming for the top and the sport’s close-knit community is providing an ideal environment in which to thrive.
Tunbridge Wells’ Will Bayley is over his Paralympics heartache - and is already setting his sights on gold at Los Angeles 2028.
Dartford powerlifter Liam McGarry missed out on a Paralympics medal but returns home with memories that will last a lifetime.
Sevenoaks’ Zak Skinner knows where he needs to improve after falling short of his medal target at the Paris Paralympics.
Tunbridge Wells’ Will Bayley missed out on Paralympics gold - but only just after a thrilling table tennis final in Paris.
Tonbridge’s Iona Winnifrith is ParalympicsGB’s youngest swimming medallist this century with silver in the 100m breaststroke SB7 final in Paris.
Callie-Ann Warrington was pipped to Games gold but still delighted to play her part in a ParalympicsGB one-two.
Will Bayley has made sure of a Paralympics medal after reaching the semi-finals of the class 7 table tennis event in Paris.
Tunbridge Wells’ Will Bayley didn’t drop a set as he began his bid for more table tennis singles glory at the Paralympics in style.
Ashford’s Callie-Ann Warrington missed out on a medal by the narrowest of margins in Paris - but her stronger event is still to come.
Tonbridge swimmer Iona Winnifrith set a European record in her debut Paralympic final - now gold is in her sights.
Cyclist Matthew Robertson watched the last Paralympics on television - now he’s a medal winner after plenty of toil.
Get the lowdown on the county’s Paralympians as they chase records and medals in France.
Former Holcombe star Maddie Hinch returned to the club on Sunday - eight years on from her departure.
A Kent-born cyclist who won three medals for Australia at this summer’s Olympics will now represent Great Britain.
Erin McNeice hopes Britain’s climbing success in Paris will inspire a new wave of youngsters to take up the sport back home.
Dina Asher-Smith helped Team GB secure silver in the women’s 4x100m relay final at the Paris Olympics.
Erin McNeice wants to savour every moment of Paris 2024 - and now she’s in the boulder and lead climbing final the atmosphere will hit new heights.
Dina Asher-Smith was agonisingly close to landing a medal in the women’s 200m final at the Paris Olympics.
Kent rower Emily Craig has won Olympic Gold in the women’s lightweight double sculls.
Georgia-Mae Fenton says she feels privileged to have shared the stage with legendary gymnast Simone Biles in the all-round final at Paris 2024.
Goudhurst sailor Freya Black admits her Olympic campaign didn’t meet expectations - but that will give her extra motivation for Los Angeles in 2028.
Nathan Hales kept his head while all around him lost theirs to claim a nerveless Olympic shooting gold.
The Olympics are over for judo’s Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown, but she leaves France having fulfilled her dream.
Georgia-Mae Fenton believes a mentality shift was the key to Team GB’s improbable run to the brink of a women’s team gymnastics medal.
Medway’s Nathan Hales has claimed Olympic gold with a record-breaking performance.
Gillingham’s Isla Norman-Bell lit up the Stade de France with a spectacular try in the Olympic Games’ rugby sevens.
Georgia-Mae Fenton is set to begin her quest for an Olympic medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics team final - before going for individual glory.
Goudhurst’s Olympics debutant Freya Black was pleased with her day-one efforts alongside Saskia Tidey in the women’s skiff in Marseille.
Kent rower Emily Craig was so relaxed in the heats of the Olympics that she let her thoughts stray to her lunch.
Sevenoaks’ Eva Okaro - the first black woman to represent Team GB in the pool at an Olympics - had an unforgettable night in Paris.
The wait is almost over as the 34th Olympic Games get under way in Paris this week.
Meopham’s Olympic pentathlon champion Kate French admits the pull of another Games bid was too great to resist.
Double Commonwealth Games medallist Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown will represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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