Five home-grown stars of the Commonwealth and Invictus Games were honoured in a special civic ceremony last week in Wolverhampton.

Commonwealth gold medallists Matthew Hudson-Smith and former student of St Edmund’s Catholic Academy – Kristian Thomas, joined silver medal-winning cyclist Andy Tennant, bronze medal-winning wrestler Chinu Singh and Invictus Games wheelchair basket-ball gold medallist Andrew Roberts as guests of honour of Wolverhampton Mayor Councillor Michael Heap.

“These young men are role models for our youngsters,” the mayor said.

Gymnast Thomas, who picked up gold in the team event and two silvers in the vault and horizontal bars in Glasgow, described the ceremony as a ‘proud moment.’

Photograph courtesy of Wolverhampton Chronicle