Source: UIPM World Pentathlon / Filip Komorous

University of Bath stages “a celebration of sport”

The first UIPM Laser Run World Championships staged in Britain proved to be a huge success as more than 560 athletes from 33 countries served up three thrilling days of competition at the University of Bath. Racers of all ages and abilities competed for world titles in 37 categories, from under-9s through to over-70s, including,

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Source: Team Bath

Inclusive Tennis Festival is a hit at Team Bath

Team Bath Tennis is launching weekly pan-disability sessions in September following the success of an Inclusive Tennis Festival last weekend. Fifteen young people aged between five and 20 took part in the event at the Team Bath Sports Training Village (STV), where coaches adapted games and drills using specialist equipment. The Festival was run in

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University of Bath ready to welcome the world

Nearly 800 athletes from 39 different countries will be heading to the University of Bath this week ahead of the eagerly-awaited 2023 UIPM Laser-Run and Pentathlon World Championships. Most of the 191 athletes contesting the Pentathlon championships, from 22nd to 28th August, will be staying in accommodation on campus, just a few minutes’ walk from

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Source: Team Bath

Bath-based swimmers enjoy more medal success

Freya Anderson and University of Bath alumna Anna Hopkin helped British Swimming secure their final medal of the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatic Championships in Japan in record-breaking style. Closer to home, Kieran Bird and Joshua Gammon won double gold and Jemima Hall claimed a medal of each colour as University of Bath-based swimmers enjoyed an

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Source: Anna Barclay

One year to Paris

The countdown is on for athletes who train or study at the University of Bath as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are now just a year away. They will be determined to have secured their place on the biggest sporting stage of all when the Olympic flame is lit in front of the Trocadero on

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Source: Team GB

Team GB’s flagbearers named for the Opening Ceremony

Judoka Irakli Goginashvili and Road Cyclist Erin Boothman have been named as Team GB’s flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony of the Maribor 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) this evening (Sunday 23 July 2023). Goginashvili and Boothman, both aged 16, were nominated by their sports and then selected by Georgina Harland, Team GB’s Chef de

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Source: Matchtight

Artistic swimmer Kate Shortman makes history

University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman was overwhelmed after securing Great Britain’s first-ever Artistic Swimming World Championship medal with a history-making performance in Fukuoka, Japan. The Bill Whiteley Scholar won bronze in the Women’s Solo Free competition on Wednesday with a superbly-executed routine which earned her 219.9542 points, only beaten by home favourite Yukiko

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