Commonwealth Games 2022: James Hall to Adam Gemili which Kent athletes are competing and when to watch them

The eyes of the sporting world are on Birmingham as the Commonwealth Games get under way this morning - and some of Kent's best sportsmen and women will be in the spotlight over the next 11 days.

Despite the withdrawal of Blackheath & Bromley Harriers' sprinter Dina Asher-Smith through injury, the county still boasts genuine medal-winning potential across a range of sports, starting this morning with the men's team gymnastics.

Maidstone's James Hall and Gravesend's Giarnni Regini-Moran, along with Hall's ex-Peagsus Gymnastics Club team-mate Courtney Tulloch, will all be in action as they try to retain Team England's team gold won in 2018. Qualification for the individual events, which will be held from Sunday until Tuesday, also takes place.

If bowls is your thing, keep an eye out for Whitstable's Sian Honnor and Dartford's Michelle White. Like the gymnastics, the lawn bowls and para lawn bowls get under way today - at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa - and Honnor will be hoping to add to her triples gold won four years ago in Australia, while White is in para bowls women's pairs action with Surrey's Gill Platt.

This Saturday sees Gravesend's Georgia-Mae Fenton step onto the gymnastics mat as Team England's women begin their quest for artistic medals. As with the men, qualification for individual categories will also take place, and on Sunday, the attention switches to weightlifting, with Bexleyheath's Jack Oliver going for gold in the 73kg class.

Tonbridge judo player Jemima Yeats-Brown won bronze at the Glasgow Games in 2014 - she begins her mission for another medal in the 70kg class on Tuesday. Tuesday is also the start of England women's team's hockey campaign, and Canterbury-born Grace Balsdon will be hoping to have