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O’Connor narrowly misses out on a third medal

British Swimming National Centre Bath, can already boast three medals this week at the FINA World Championships final in Kazan, Russia and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor has two of them – bronze in the 200m individual medley and gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay, along with Chris Walker-Hebborn. O’Connor narrowly missed out on a third medal on Thursday

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World record and world title for GB swimmers in Kazan

Chris Walker-Hebborn and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor helped Great Britain’s mixed 4x100m medley relay team set a new world record during a golden evening at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia. The swimmers, who both train with the British Swimming National Centre at the University of Bath, teamed up with Adam Peaty and Fran Halsall to

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Brilliant bronze for Siobhan-Marie O’Connor at World Championships

Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (pictured above) became the first University of Bath-based swimmer to win a medal at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia when she took 200m individual medley bronze on Monday. The 19-year-old, coached by Dave McNulty and Graeme Antwhistle at the British Swimming National Centre Bath, held off fast-finishing American Maya Di Rado to

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Six of the best for University of Bath swimmers

University of Bath swimmers won a host of medals, including six gold, during an impressive week at the British Summer Championships, which took place at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Pharmacy student Anne Bochmann (pictured above) got the week off to a super start as she led the women’s 19yrs+ 200m freestyle

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Riders add Hayward to their Scottish contingent

Leicester Riders are continuing a positive summer for the club after confirming they have signed Dee Hayward out of Armstrong University.  The Scottish guard finished her senior year at Armstrong averaging 14.9 points per game along with 3.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists in the best campaign of her collegiate career. Hayward will join her fellow

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Bronze in the women’s four for Sam Courty

University of Bath rower Sam Courty has another World U23 Championships medal to add to her collection after an excellent afternoon for the GB Rowing Team in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Courty, a Santander Sports Scholar who has just graduated in Sports & Exercise Science, won bronze in the women’s four with Emily Ford, Melissa Wilson and

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