Olympics
Kent athletes going for Gold
March 21st 2012
With London 2012 fast approaching, Kent Life speaks to athletes and para-athletes with a Kent connection who will looking to perform on the world’s largest sporting stage at this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games
Kent’s Olympian and Paralympian hopefuls
December 20th 2011
With London 2012 fast approaching, meet three athletes and para-athletes with a Kent connection who will looking to perform on the world’s largest sporting stage at this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games
Countdown to the London 2012 Olympics
October 26th 2011
Kent is playing host to more athletes competing in the 2012 Games than any other area in the UK, attracted by the county’s superb training opportunities and facilities.
Dame Kelly Holmes talks about 'On Camp with Kelly'
September 28th 2011
Dame Kelly Holmes talks about why On Camp with Kelly will always be her ‘baby’ and how, seven years on, her training and mentoring initiative has gone from strength to strength.
London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics: Volunterring
September 2nd 2011
Why not use the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics as the opportunity to get into volunteering and really make a difference?
Olympics countdown in Kent – July
June 22nd 2011
History will be repeating itself in 2012 when the Olympic torch will be carried through Kent, as it was for the last London Games in 1948
Getting motivated with Kent’s Dame Kelly Holmes
June 20th 2011
Dame Kelly Holmes talks about her role as a BT London 2012 Ambassador for the Olympic Games and why being involved in sport helps improve confidence and self-esteem
Dame Kelly Holmes on being both a BT London 2012 and Kent Ambassador
May 3rd 2011
I have been fulfilling my duty as a BT London 2012 Ambassador, firstly taking part in a photoshoot at the Globe Theatre in London with Wenlock (right), one of the official London 2012 mascots, to launch the BT ‘search for storytellers’...
March 15 marks ‘500 days to go’ until the Olympic Games
March 15th 2011
March 15 marks ‘500 days to go’ until the Olympic Games and tickets will go on sale on March 15...
Young people in Kent are getting involved in the build-up to the London Games...
February 25th 2011
Young people in Kent are getting involved in the build-up to the London Games...
Backing Talent: Dame Kelly Holmes on Kent 2012
February 23rd 2011
Backing Talent: Dame Kelly Holmes on Kent 2012
Kent welcomes the London 2012 Olympic visitors
January 18th 2011
When the Olympics arrive in London next year, there are expected to be 350,000 foreign visitors arriving in the capital every day and many will be thinking about visiting nearby Kent while they are here...
Dame Kelly Holmes on tackling urban and extreme sports in Channel 4's Famous and Fearless
January 17th 2011
Dame Kelly Holmes on tackling urban and extreme sports in Channel 4’s Famous and Fearless, her mentoring and education programmes and why she loves Tunbridge Wells...
Kent and the Olympics countdown
December 21st 2010
With the Olympics and Paralympics likely to only come to the UK once in our lifetime, now is the time as a county to make the most of this very special event. In the first of a new series, we bring you up to date with Kent’s vital role in 2012
Dame Kelly Holmes
December 21st 2010
Kent’s own First Lady of Sport, Dame Kelly Holmes, in the first of a monthly series where she invites us to share her world
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