Disabled schoolchildren will compete at an Olympic venue this month as they compete for the glory of their borough.
Teams from Harrow, Sutton, Havering and Lambeth, will compete at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the right to be crowned 2016 London Panathlon Plate champions on June 16.
More than 200 disabled schoolchildren from 25 schools will compete in the Panathlon finals, which is a multi-sport competition in the style of the Paralympics.
Paralympic champion and Panathlon ambassador Liz Johnson said: “Very few people get the chance to compete at such an iconic venue as the Copper Box Arena. Without Panathlon, many of these children wouldn’t get the chance to play any sport at all, so to get the opportunity to compete in the Olympic Park is very special.”
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