Gym couple receive OBEs
A couple who sold their home to fund a gym which was later used as a training centre for the Olympics are honoured at Buckingham Palace.
VIDEO: Gym couple honoured by Princess Anne
Married couple Yvonne and Leonard Arnold, dedicated gymnastics coaches who sold their own home to keep their Kent gymnastics club open, were both awarded an OBE for services to gymnastics. Princess Anne did the honours.
Mrs Arnold was a British and Olympic gymnast and captained the British Olympic gymnastic team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
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