South Yorkshire’s Olympian and Paralympian medal-winners have been honoured in a tree-planting ceremony at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
Diver Yasmin Harper and Para badminton player Krysten Coombs were helped by local schoolchildren to plant 17 saplings – one for every medallist from the region.
“When you see all these people come and help plant the tree for you it’s amazing and a real privilege to have that there,” said Harper, who won Team GB’s first medal of the Paris Olympic Games (a bronze) with synchronised diving teammate Scarlett Mew Jensen.
“[Sheffield] is a big base for a lot of athletes so it’s an amazing place to be part of,” added bronze and silver medal-winner Coombs.
