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Back up to: Homegrown Heroes

1. Spours: 'I was so unhappy, I couldn't continue'

   Kristen Spours: From spinal surgery to Team GB's skating team.
2. Matt Weston: pressure of being skeleton favourite

   The Double World Champion, from Tunbridge Wells, is the highest-ranking competitor.
3. Marcus Wyatt: "I've been told I'm crazy, but I'm just me"

   Marcus Wyatt from East Devon is bidding for an Olympic medal in Skeleton.
4. From a motorcycle accident to the Paralympics

   Jason Kean is representing Paralympics GB in Wheelchair Curling.
5. Fearon: ‘I’m the fastest Winter Olympian in history’

   Joel Fearon will be pushing in both the two and four man bobsleigh for Jamaica.
6. Brad Hall: Bobsleigher taught by famous comedian

   Did you know the Olympic veteran's maths teacher was Romesh Ranganathan?
7. Bekker & Hernandez: 'Amazing' Olympic debut

   The ice-skating pair Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez have only been together 5 years.
8. Axel Brown: 'If you try to react, you're too late'

   Bobsleigh pilot Axel Brown is representing Trinidad and Tobago in Italy.
9. ‘My brother, bobsleigher Brad Hall’

   The veteran Olympian’s sister shares the inside track on what makes him tick.