ParalympicsGB have announced a five-strong wheelchair curling squad – the first members of the team that will represent Great Britain at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in two months’ time. The team includes former firefighter David Melrose who has paid tribute to the power of the Paralympics after being selected as part of the
Team GB’s Olympic heroes have been recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours List after they lit up the summer of 2021 with a host of stellar performances in Tokyo. They are joined by the CEO of the British Olympic Association, Andy Anson, after he led the organisation through the Covid-19 pandemic and on to
A host of Olympic and Paralympic champions who train at the University of Bath have been awarded MBEs in the 2022 New Year Honours. Swimmers Freya Anderson, Tom Dean, James Guy, Calum Jarvis and Matt Richards, pentathletes Joe Choong and Kate French, and wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver are among the British sportspeople recognised for their
Skip Eve Muirhead will compete in her fourth Winter Olympics, while teammate Jennifer Dodds is also set to make history as one of the first players to represent Team GB at two curling events at the same Games. Dodds is one of four Olympic debutants making the trip, along with vice skip Vicky Wright, lead
An incredible 19 medals at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold, is the headline stat from an outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath but there was plenty more success to celebrate during an unforgettable 2021. From students winning the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham and conquering the rowing
British Weight Lifting has confirmed a return to competition with spectators – its first flagship event following the pandemic – at the British Weight Lifting Championships 2022 from 29-30 January at Derby Arena, bringing the event to the region for the first time. Next year’s Championships will see athletes from the Home Nations compete in
British Olympic Association selects Short Track Speed Skaters for Beijing 2022 Kathryn Thomson will go to her second Games alongside Farrell Treacy who also raced in PyeongChang in 2018. They will be joined by Farrell’s younger brother Niall, who will make his Olympic debut in China. Thomson will race in the women’s 500m, 1000m and
With 50 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games the British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced the three figure skaters who will represent Team GB in February. Natasha McKay will compete in the Women’s Singles with the pairing of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson skating in the
Four Team Bath judoka were crowned as British Champions and there were six medals in total as a memorable 2021 concluded with a fantastic weekend of Senior and U21 competition at the EIS Sheffield. There was more success at the National Cyprus Judo Championships in Nicosia too as Sport & Exercise Science George Kroussaniotakis won
Tokyo 2020 Olympian Kate Shortman is among an exciting new intake of University of Bath sporting scholars for the 2021-22 academic year. Shortman, who represented Team GB in the women’s duet event this summer, is joined among the scholars by fellow artistic swimmer Daniella Lloyd. Swimmer Cam Brooker, rower Phoebe Hayden, cricketer Gemma Lane, fencer
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