SPORTING youngsters from across Bexley are celebrating their fifth place in this year's London Youth Games.
More than 500 young people represented Bexley across a series of sports over a six-week period.
This year's contest was closer than ever, with just 22 points separating the first five places.
Highlights for Bexley included gold medals in weightlifting, girls' artistic gymnastics, boys' floor and vault gymnastics and silvers in aquathlon, diving and boys' hockey.
There were also improvements for the borough's trampolining team (4th), boys' athletics (5th) and girls' basketball (5th) More than 22,000 young people from London's 32 boroughs and the City of London took part in this year's event, the 31st annual London games.
Bexley Council cabinet member for leisure, art and culture Councillor Peter Catterall said: "We are fortunate to have a wealth of young sporting talent in Bexley, for which this event is an ideal showcase."
He added: "The first-class sportsmanship and skills shown by these young people make them a credit to the borough."
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