Teens triumph at Olympic event

Hosting more than 2,200 young athletes from 48 countries, the recent Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) was an exciting sporting event. Held in the city of Banská Bystrica, in Slovakia, young people aged 13 to 18 took part in 10 sports. These included athletics, artistic gymnastics, basketball, cycling, swimming and tennis. Great Britain’s team (Team GB) took 40 teenage athletes to the games. The youngest was 13-year-old swimmer Mabli Collyer from Carmarthenshire, Wales. Team GB won 18 medals at the EYOF, including seven gold medals. Gymnast Danny Crouch, aged 16, from Essex, England, secured a gold and two silver medals at the EYOF. “I feel really proud,” he said. “Meeting people from different sports and watching different sports has been a really good experience, and to be able to…

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