Pentathlon GB’s Kerenza Bryson built on her best-ever fencing performance to claim the second UIPM World Cup gold of her career with a stunning performance in Ankara, Turkey. The University of Bath-based pentathlete, who had won bronze in the opening World Cup of the Paris 2024 Olympic season, was in magnificent form in the fencing
Today, as official sportwear provider of Team GB and ParalympicsGB, adidas has unveiled the team kit that the athletes will wear at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With one central design story, Team GB and ParalympicsGB’s athletes are united under a design DNA that celebrates the unique aspects of Great Britain, while
Swimmers Freya Anderson, Kieran Bird, Leah Crisp, Tom Dean and Jacob Whittle have today become the first University of Bath-based sportspeople to be officially selected by Team GB for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. All five are members of the Aquatics GB Bath Performance Centre squad, coached by David McNulty and Jamie Main at the
The University of Bath’s status as a UK Sport-accredited Elite Training Centre (ETC) was officially recognised on Friday at a ceremony attended by Olympic and Paralympic Champions, high-performance coaches and staff. Professor Ian White, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath, received the prestigious ETC award from Sally Munday, Chief Executive of UK Sport, during a
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill confirmed for Team GB House alongside hosts Nick Bright, Nicole Holliday and Perri Shakes-Drayton Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is the first to join the bill for Team GB House, Team GB’s home-from-home at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with sport and entertainment presenters Nick Bright, Nicole Holliday and Perri Shakes-Drayton to host the
Pentathlon GB, the national governing body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon, has launched a series of seven hubs across the UK to help increase participation. The hubs, which also intend to decentralise talent from its historic home base of Bath, will launch in April. The hubs will be located at: Millfield School in
Olympic Champion Tom Dean and Paralympian Suzanna Hext both recorded Paris 2024 nomination times when University of Bath-based swimmers contested the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. University of Bath Swimming Club’s Ben Proud also booked his place at a third Olympic Games in fine style, while Tokyo gold-medallist Anna Hopkin is heading to
Volunteer led charity, IIH UK has partnered with digital workout creator, 1FitLife, to create specialist activity videos as part of the charity’s ongoing work to encourage people living with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) to improve their wellbeing. IIH is a rare neurological condition associated with raised fluid pressure around the brain, causing disabling daily headaches,
Over half of girls nationwide are struggling to meet the recommended minimum of 60 minutes daily exercise, with 56% not meeting the target, according to Sport England’s latest Active Lives survey. This figure is exacerbated in London, with girls in the capital nearly 10% less active than boys, with 58% not meeting the target. Children
Places in the Team GB squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be on the line when 40 University of Bath-based swimmers compete in the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships next week (2-7 April). Competition will be fierce in the London Aquatics Centre as swimmers seek not only a place on the podium but
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